Life Gave Me a Dirty Deal

by Juke Boy Bonner

Overview

Likely the most consistent and affecting collection you'll encounter by this singular Texas bluesman, whose strikingly personal approach was stunningly captured by Arhoolie's Chris Strachwitz during the late '60s in Houston. Twenty-three utter originals include "Stay Off Lyons Avenue," "Struggle Here in Houston," "I Got My Passport," and the title track. Bonner sang movingly of his painfully impoverished existence for Arhoolie, and the results still resound triumphantly today. ~ Bill Dahl

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/1993
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297037522
Rank:	139441

Tracks

1. Life Gave Me a Dirty Deal
2. Going Back to the Country
3. Sad, Sad Sound
4. She Turns Me On
5. Hard Luck
6. Trying to Be Contented
7. Life Is a Nightmare
8. It's Time to Make a Change
9. Stay off Lyons Avenue
10. My Blues
11. I'm Getting Tired
12. Over Ten Years Ago
13. I Got My Passport
14. I'm in the Big City
15. Houston, the Action Town
16. Running Shoes
17. Just a Blues
18. It Don't Take Too Much
19. Struggle Here in Houston
20. Railroad Tracks
21. Watch Your Buddies
22. When the Deal Goes Down
23. Being Black and I'm Proud

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Juke Boy Bonner   Primary Artist,Harmonica,Vocals,Guitar
Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner   Primary Artist
Alan Simon   Drums
Alvin J. Simon   Drums

Technical Credits

Chris Strachwitz   Producer,Photography,Liner Notes
Larry Skoog   Liner Notes
Wayne Pope   Design,Cover Design
Weldon Bonner   Composer