If there’s one subject that’s truly a cornerstone of not only country music but also blues and R&B, it’s Bad Boys – the ones who took that short but fatal step from the wrong side of the tracks to the wrong side of the law and wound up either in jail, on the run, or six feet under. On this splendid 2CD compilation, you’ll discover a wide selection of them. The boys may be bad, but the songs are anything but!
Disc 1
1. I’m Bad – Bo Diddley
2. Wanted Man – Frankie Laine
3. Don’t Mess With Me Baby – Howlin’ Wolf
4. Delia’s Gone – Johnny Cash
5. I Smell Trouble – Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland
6. Lonesome Jailhouse Blues – Glen Campbell
7. Fixin’ To Die – Bob Dylan
8. Evil Woman Champion – Jack Dupree
9. Bad Things On My Mind – Lightnin’ Hopkins
10. When It’s Springtime In Alaska – Johnny Horton
11. Song Of The Bandit – Marty Robbins
12. Takin’ Care Of Business – Freddy King
13. Bad Luck Blues – Kokomo Arnold
14. Jesse James – Jimmie Driftwood
15. Lookin’ For Trouble – Eddie Taylor
16. The Wall – Freddie Hart
17. Baby You Can Get Your Gun – Earl King
18. Trouble, Trouble – Lowell Fulson
19. It Must Have Been The Devil – Otis Spann
20. I’m Gonna Kill That Woman – John Lee Hooker
Disc 2
1. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
2. I Get Evil – Albert King
3. Don’t Dog Your Woman – Buster Brown
4. Cocaine Blues – Hank Thompson
5. Double Trouble – Muddy Waters
6. Mean And Evil – Elmore James
7. They’re Hanging Me Tonight – Marty Robbins
8. Bad Blood Champion – Jack Dupree
9. One Hour Ahead Of The Posse – Sam Cooke
10. Crap Shootin’ Sinner – ’Cile Turner
11. Evil – Howlin’ Wolf
12. Bad Boy – John Lee Hooker
13. The Long Black Veil – Lefty Frizzell
14. Patrol Blues – Lazy Lester
15. Double Trouble – Otis Rush
16. Good Man Gone Bad – B.B. King
17. Bad Luck And Trouble – Fats Domino
18. Shotgun – Lightnin’ Hopkins
19. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer – Amos Milburn
20. I’m A Man – Bo Diddley