Description
Good Old Boys is the fourth studio album by Randy Newman, released September 10, 1974 on Reprise Records. It was Newman’s first album to obtain major commercial success, peaking at #36 on the Billboard 200. Good Old Boys was initially envisioned as a concept album about a character named Johnny Cutler, an everyman of the Deep South. Newman made a demo of these songs on February 1, 1973; they were released as the bonus disc for the 2002 CD reissue, titled Johnny Cutler’s Birthday and are now being included on vinyl for the first time in this Run Out Groove deluxe edition. As with all of Newman’s early albums, some material Newman wrote had been previously recorded by other artists. In this case, “Guilty” had been initially recorded and released by Bonnie Raitt on her 1973 album Takin’ My Time.
Tracklist:
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– 1 –
- 01. Rednecks
- 02. Birmingham
- 03. Marie
- 04. Mr. President (Have Pity On the Working Man)
- 05. Guilty
- 06. Louisiana 1927
- 07. Every Man a King (Huey P. Long)
- 08. Kingfish
- 09. Naked Man
- 10. A Wedding In Cherokee Country
- 11. Back On My Feet Again
- 12. Rollin’
- 13. Marie (Demo)
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– 2 –
- 01. Rednecks (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 02. If We Didn’t Have Jesus (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Trac
- 03. Birmingham (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 04. The Joke (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 05. Louisiana (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 06. My Daddy Knew Dixie Howell (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus T
- 07. Shining (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 08. Marie (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 09. Good Morning (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 10. Birmingham Redux(Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 11. Doctor, Doctor (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 12. Albanian Anthem (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
- 13. Rolling (Johnny Cutler’s Birthday Bonus Tracks)
