Voodoo Highway is the second album of the band Badlands

Badlands (band)

Badlands was a short-lived rock band founded by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee and former Black Sabbath members Ray Gillen and Eric Singer. Badlands also featured bassist Greg Chaisson. After the first Badlands album, Eric Singer was replaced by Jeff Martin...

. After the first Badlands album, drummer Eric Singer

Eric Singer

Eric Doyle Mensinger , better known as Eric Singer, is a hard rock and heavy metal drummer for the rock band Kiss and formerly for singer Alice Cooper...

 left the band to join KISS

KISS (band)

Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

, and was replaced by drummer Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin (American musician)

Jeff Martin is a singer and drummer who has sung for the bands Surgical Steel, Racer X, Leatherwolf, and played drums for the bands Badlands, Blindside Blues Band, and RedSea....

, who had previously sung lead vocals in the bands Surgical Steel and Racer X. Badlands bandmates Greg Chaisson

Greg Chaisson

Greg Chaisson is a bass guitarist who has been in various bands including Badlands, Surgical Steel , Legs Diamond, Blindside Blues Band, Die Happy, and Red Sea. He was also involved with the band Steeler, which was Yngwie Malmsteen's first American band and was started by Ron Keel. He currently...

 and Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin (American musician)

Jeff Martin is a singer and drummer who has sung for the bands Surgical Steel, Racer X, Leatherwolf, and played drums for the bands Badlands, Blindside Blues Band, and RedSea....

 later played together in the bands Blindside Blues Band and RedSea.

Track listing

All songs by Jake E. Lee

Jake E. Lee

Jakey Lou Williams , commonly known as Jake E. Lee, is an American guitarist best known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne in the mid-1980s and later in his own band Badlands.- Musical education :...

 and Ray Gillen

Ray Gillen

Raymond A. "Ray" Gillen was an American rock singer, best known for his work with Badlands, in addition to his stint with Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s and recording most of the vocals on Phenomena's classic Dreamrunner album....

, except were it noted.

1. "The Last Time"
2. "Show Me the Way"
3. "Shine On" (Greg Chaisson
   Greg Chaisson
   Greg Chaisson is a bass guitarist who has been in various bands including Badlands, Surgical Steel , Legs Diamond, Blindside Blues Band, Die Happy, and Red Sea. He was also involved with the band Steeler, which was Yngwie Malmsteen's first American band and was started by Ron Keel. He currently...
   
   , Lee, Gillen)
4. "Whiskey Dust"
5. "Joe's Blues" (Lee)
6. "Soul Stealer"
7. "3 Day Funk"
8. "Silver Horses"
9. "Love Don't Mean a Thing"
10. "Voodoo Highway"
11. "Fire and Rain" (James Taylor
    James Taylor
    James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
    
    )
12. "Heaven's Train" (Chaisson, Lee, Gillen)
13. "In a Dream" (Gillen)

Personnel

• Ray Gillen
  Ray Gillen
  Raymond A. "Ray" Gillen was an American rock singer, best known for his work with Badlands, in addition to his stint with Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s and recording most of the vocals on Phenomena's classic Dreamrunner album....
  
  : lead vocals
• Jake E. Lee
  Jake E. Lee
  Jakey Lou Williams , commonly known as Jake E. Lee, is an American guitarist best known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne in the mid-1980s and later in his own band Badlands.- Musical education :...
  
  : guitar
• Greg Chaisson
  Greg Chaisson
  Greg Chaisson is a bass guitarist who has been in various bands including Badlands, Surgical Steel , Legs Diamond, Blindside Blues Band, Die Happy, and Red Sea. He was also involved with the band Steeler, which was Yngwie Malmsteen's first American band and was started by Ron Keel. He currently...
  
  : bass guitar
• Jeff Martin
  Jeff Martin (American musician)
  Jeff Martin is a singer and drummer who has sung for the bands Surgical Steel, Racer X, Leatherwolf, and played drums for the bands Badlands, Blindside Blues Band, and RedSea....
  
  : drums

Trivia

• Voodoo Highway includes a cover version of James Taylor
  James Taylor
  James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
  
  's "Fire and Rain
  Fire and Rain
  "Fire and Rain" is a folk/rock song written and performed by James Taylor. As a song on his second album, Sweet Baby James, the song engendered widespread attention for him. The album was released in February 1970, with the song being released as a single that month. "Fire and Rain" quickly rose to...
  
  ". Badlands would often perform soundchecks before a show using the song "Fire and Water," by Paul Rodgers
  Paul Rodgers
  Paul Bernard Rodgers is an English rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist. He has recently toured and recorded with...
  
  ' old band, Free
  Free (band)
  Free were an English rock band, formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature song "All Right Now". They disbanded in 1973 and lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become a frontman of the band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums; lead guitarist Paul Kossoff died from a...
  
  . Once, Gillen misspoke during the soundcheck and asked for "Fire and Rain" instead. The band played Taylor's composition anyway, and Gillen sounded so good that they decided to record it.

• American Idol finalist Bo Bice sang "In a Dream" during competition in the 2005 season.

• Voodoo Highway introduced the "Size 12 Boot" as one of Drummer Jeff Martin's "Instruments" during the title track.
• Voodoo Highway sings the theme song to the Total Drama series.

External links

• Album information at Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
  
  Online