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