Beans and Fatback is the 1973 release by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist, and Shawnee

Shawnee

The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are an Algonquian-speaking people native to North America. Historically they inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...

 Indian Link Wray

Link Wray

Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer....

. The album was recorded in 1971 in an old chicken shack on Wray's Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 farm. The music is a blend of Blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

, Country, and Folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

. 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
   Where Did You Sleep Last Night
   "In the Pines", also known as "Black Girl" and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", is a traditional American folk song which dates back to at least the 1870s, and is believed to be Southern Appalachian in origin. The identity of the song's author is unknown, but it has been recorded by many artists...
   
   " (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
    Where Did You Sleep Last Night
    "In the Pines", also known as "Black Girl" and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", is a traditional American folk song which dates back to at least the 1870s, and is believed to be Southern Appalachian in origin. The identity of the song's author is unknown, but it has been recorded by many artists...
    
    " (Traditional/Wray/Verroca) - 7:09
11. "Take My Hand (Precious Lord)
    Take My Hand, Precious Lord
    "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" is a gospel song, lyrics by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey , melody by George Nelson Allen .-History:...
    
    " (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