Beans and Fatback

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Beans and Fatback is the 1973 release by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist, and Shawnee Indian Link Wray. The album was recorded in 1971 in an old chicken shack on Wray's Maryland farm. The music is a blend of Blues, Country, and Folk rock. The standout tracks are "I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud", "Hobo Man", "Georgia Pines", and "Alabama Electric Circus".

The compilation "Wray's Three Track Shack" features "Beans And Fatback" from 1973 together with "Link Wray" and "Mordicai jones", both from 1971, but the track "Take My Hand (Precious Lord)" was replaced (without credit) by "Backwoods Preacher Man".

Track listing

1. "Beans and Fatback" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 1:36
2. "I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 6:21
3. "Shawnee Tribe" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 3:27
4. "Hobo Man" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 3:53
5. "Georgia Pines" (Traditional) - 3:57
6. "Alabama Electric Circus" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 3:59
7. "Water Boy" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 6:12
8. "From Tulsa to North Carolina" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 4:30
9. "Right or Wrong (You Lose)" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 2:58
10. "In the Pines" (Traditional/Wray/Verroca) - 7:09
11. "Take My Hand (Precious Lord)" (Traditional) - 3:38

Personnel

• Link Wray - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, dobro, 12 strings guitar, bass, steel guitar, lead vocals
• Doug Wray - rhythm guitar, background vocals
• Bobby Howard (Mordicai Jones) - mandolin, piano
• Bill Hodges - piano, organ, harmonica, background vocals
• Steve Verroca - drums, percussion, background vocals

Production

• Producer: Steve Verroca
• Recording Engineer: Ray Vernon
• Mixing Engineer: Simon Heyward
• Photography: unknown
• Art Design: unknown