"Bad Luck Boy" was recorded at the same session, like Phil Guy’s previous album The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy, but it was released a year later. The album’s last two tracks was recorded in December 1981, also in the Soto Sound Studio, when they recorded DJ Play My Blues for Buddy Guy.^[1]

Release

“Bad Luck Boy” released only on vinyl in 1983. Tracks 1-4 were released on Phil Guy’s All Star Chicago Blues Session compilation CD in 1994 by JSP, while tracks 5-6 were released on Buddy Guy’s DJ Play My Blues CD.^[2]^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Phil Guy & Eddie Lusk; except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bad Luck Boy"		9:04
2.	"Money"	Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford	4:03
3.	"Breaking Out On Top"		7:18

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Cold Feeling"		8:50
5.	"Mellow Down"	Willie Dixon	5:50
6.	"Comin' On"	Phil Guy, Buddy Guy	2:57

Note

“Bad Luck Boy” is a rework of "Born Under a Bad Sign", written by Booker T. Jones and William Bell. Although "Cold Feeling" credited to Phil Guy and Eddie Lusk, originally written by Jesse Mae Robinson.^[4]

Personnel

Phil Guy – guitar, vocals
Buddy Guy – guitar
Doug Williams – guitar
Professor Eddie Lusk – keyboards (tracks 1-4)
J. W. Williams – bass (tracks 1-4)
Mike Morrison – bass (tracks 5-6)
Ray Allison – drums
Maurice John Vaughn - saxophone (tracks 1-4)
Larry Cox - harmonica (credited, but he doesn't play on these tracks)

References

^ Phil Guy / Bad Luck Boy / JSP Records 1061
^ "Phil Guy - Bad Luck Boy". discogs.com. 1983.
^ "Phil Guy - All Star Chicago Blues Session". discogs.com. 1988.
^ "Cold Cold Feeling". secondhandsongs.com.