Bad Luck Boy

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Bad Luck Boy
Studio album by Phil Guy
Released	1983 (1983)
Recorded	March 1982
Studio	Soto Sound Studio, Chicago
Genre	Blues
Length	38:02
Label	JSP
Producer	Phil Guy
Phil Guy chronology
The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy (1982) Bad Luck Boy (1983) (1985)

Bad Luck Boy is the second album by blues musician Phil Guy, recorded in March 1982 and released on JSP Records in 1983.

Background and recordings[]

"Bad Luck Boy" was recorded at the same session, like Phil Guy’s previous album The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy, but it was released a year later. The album’s last two tracks was recorded in December 1981, also in the Soto Sound Studio, when they recorded DJ Play My Blues for Buddy Guy.^[1]

Release[]

“Bad Luck Boy” released only on vinyl in 1983. Tracks 1-4 were released on Phil Guy’s All Star Chicago Blues Session compilation CD in 1994 by JSP, while tracks 5-6 were released on Buddy Guy’s DJ Play My Blues CD.^[2][3]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Phil Guy & Eddie Lusk, except where noted.

Note

• “Bad Luck Boy” is a rework of "Born Under a Bad Sign", written by Booker T. Jones and William Bell. Although "Cold Feeling" credited to Phil Guy and Eddie Lusk, originally written by Jesse Mae Robinson.^[4] "Money" was written by Berry Gordy & Janie Bradford.^[5]

Personnel[]

• Phil Guy – guitar, vocals
• Buddy Guy – guitar
• Doug Williams – guitar
• Professor Eddie Lusk – keyboards (tracks 1-4)
• J. W. Williams – bass (tracks 1-4)
• Mike Morrison – bass (tracks 5-6)
• Ray Allison – drums
• Maurice John Vaughn - saxophone (tracks 1-4)
• Larry Cox - harmonica (credited, but he doesn't play on these tracks)

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