ARTIST: Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner TITLE: Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal LABEL: Arhoolie Productions, Inc. GENRE: Blues SOURCE: CD BITRATE: 196 kbps avg PLAYTIME: 69:45 RELEASE DATE: 1992-00-00 RIP DATE: 2006-01-13 Track List ---------- 1. Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal 3:32 (Unissued) 2. Going Back To The Country 2:59 (Arhoolie LP 1036) 3. Sad, Sad Sound (Arhoolie LP 3:04 1036) 4. She Turns Me On (Arhoolie LP 2:47 1036) 5. Hard Luck (Arhoolie LP 1036) 2:58 6. Trying To Be Contented 3:12 (Arhoolie LP 1036) 7. Life Is A Nightmare (Arhoolie 2:29 LP 1036) 8. It's Time To Make A Change 3:29 (Arhoolie LP 1036) 9. Stay Off Lyons Avenue (Arhoolie 3:21 LP 1036) 10. My Blues (Arhoolie LP 1036) 3:11 11. I'm Getting Tired (Arhoolie LP 2:25 1036) 12. Over Ten Years Ago (Arhoolie LP 3:24 1045) 13. I Got My Passport (Arhoolie LP 2:52 1045) 14. I'm In The Big City (Arhoolie 3:32 LP 1045) 15. Houston, The Action Town 2:40 (Arhoolie LP 1045) 16. Running Shoes (Arhoolie LP 2:34 1045) 17. Just A Blues (Arhoolie LP 1045) 2:36 18. It Don't Take Too Much 2:58 (Arhoolie LP 1045) 19. Struggle Here In Houston 2:51 (Arhoolie LP 1045) 20. Railroad Tracks (Arhoolie LP 2:46 1045) 21. Watch Your Buddies (Arhoolie LP 3:04 1045) 22. When The Deal Goes Down 2:49 (Arhoolie LP 1045) 23. Being Black And I'm Proud 4:12 (Arhoolie LP 1045) Release Notes: www.arhoolie.com - Track #1: previously unissued and recorded in Berkeley, CA - Tracks #2-11: previously issued on ARH LP 1036 and recorded in Houston, TX, 1967 & 1968 - Tracks #12-23: previously issued on ARH LP 1045 and recorded in Houston, TX, 1968 & 1969 Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner's life was a constant struggle. Growing up in rural Texas he turned to poetry and music as a young man in order to vent his frustrations. In Houston, Weldon Bonner became a living one-man juke box, playing the blues hits of the day in neighborhood taverns. This collection of recordings made between 1967 and 1969 brings you some of Juke Boy Bonner's best poems put to music.