Released September 1975 Artist Frankie Miller Producer Elliot Mazer Genre Blues rock | The Rock
(1975) Full House
(1977) Release date September 1975 Label Eagle Records | |
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Recorded 1975 at His Master's Wheels, San Francisco Length 62:36 (2003 reissue/eagle records) Similar High Life, Once in a Blue Moon, Double Trouble, Full House, Long Way Home | ||
The Rock is the third album from Frankie Miller, and the only one officially credited to The Frankie Miller Band. The album features backing from The Memphis Horns and The Edwin Hawkins Singers.
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The album was recorded in sight of the prison of Alcatraz in San Francisco, Miller commented that it was only music that had saved him that kind of fate and dedicated the song, The Rock, to the plight of prisoners, a reference to his second cousin Jimmy Boyle.
"Ain't Got No Money" became the album’s most covered song with notable versions from Cher, Chris Farlowe and Bob Seger. The song, "Drunken Nights in the City", was written for his late-night drinking buddy Jimmy Johnstone, the former (Celtic FC) Scottish footballer. Etta James covered the song A Fool in Love for her 1990 album, Stickin' to My Guns. "Fool.. " was also covered by UFO.
The frankie miller band the rock
Track listing
All tracks composed by Frankie Miller
Side One
- "A Fool in Love"
- "The Heartbreak"
- "The Rock"
- "I Know Why the Sun Don't Shine"
- "Hard on the Levee"
Side Two
- "Ain't Got No Money"
- "All My Love to You"
- "I'm Old Enough"
- "Bridgeton"
- "Drunken Nights in the City"
Personnel
Production credits
Songs
1A Fool in Love3:06
2The Heartbreak4:01
3The Rock3:31