Treat Her Right: The Best of Roy Head

by Roy Head

Overview

A long overdue anthology of Roy Head's best sides, mostly recorded for the Back Beat label in the mid-'60s. Besides "Treat Her Right," it has all five of his other singles that dented the charts at the time. These aren't necessarily the highlights of these 18 tracks: "Pain" is country-soul moan at its best (although it's a thinly veiled rewrite of Lonnie Mack's "Why"), "To Make a Big Man Cry" is his best foray into country-pop from the period, and "You're (Almost) Tuff" is one of his toughest rockers, with a sound that almost verges on Texas garage. This collection is the most solid evidence of Head's superb talents, which were never rewarded with the consistent material or national recognition he deserved. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/17/2023
Label:	Classics
UPC:	0097037036966
Rank:	76059

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roy Head   Primary Artist,Vocals

Technical Credits

Deadric Malone   Composer
Huey P. Meaux   Composer
Roosevelt Sykes   Composer
Peter Callander   Composer
Renald Richard   Composer
Buster Brown   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Roy Head   Composer
Jimmy McCracklin   Composer
Gene Kurtz   Composer
Ralph Bass   Composer
Leslie Reed   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Fats Washington   Composer
John Thornton   Composer
Leo O'Neal   Composer