Daddy Wants a Cold Beer and Other Million Sellers (2004)

About this title: As a fan, I always figured that the A-Bones weren't trying to sound crude, sloppy and incoherent when they made records -- it was just their good fortune that they turned out that way. A band well versed in the secret history of rock & roll that Rolling Stone isn't about to teach you, the A-Bones had the wisdom to realize that the Trashmen, Benny Joy and the Flamin' Groovies had a lot more to do with the fine art of Bringin' the Rock than, say, Eric Clapton, and they knew that healthy portions of noise, attitude and cold beer would only help them make the mighty sound. It's also worth ... read more

Tracks:

1. Don't Need No Job
2. Questions I Can't Answer [Blunt/Triune]
3. The World's Greatest Sinner [Zappa]
4. Shanty Tramp [Linali/Murray]
5. Bamboo Rock and Roll [Legiaire/Peale]
6. Spooks-A-Poppin' Theme [Natale]
7. Maintaining My Cool [Roslie]
8. She Said Yeah [Christy/Roderick/Ja]
9. Wah-Hey [Hovorka]
10. Guess I'm Falling in Love [Reed/Cale/Morrison/]
11. Baby Doll [Clement]
12. Daddy Wants a Cold Beer [Collins]
13. Louie Go Home [Revere/Lindsay]
14. Hep Cat
15. I'm Snowed [South]
16. Bad Boy [Williams]
17. Take Up the Slack Daddy-O [Mauney]
18. Hekawi [Bennett/Espensen/Li]
19. Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love [Spector/Greenwich]
20. Monkey Man [Ross]
21. A White T-Shirt and a Pink Carnation [Robbins]
22. Third Pint From the Sun [Bennett]
23. We're Gonna Get Married [McDaniel]
24. Squat With Me Baby [Hunter/Henderson]
25. Do de Squat [Turnero/Thomas]
26. Judy [Grayzell]
27. Why Why Why [Sahm]
28. You're Gone [Grayzell]
29. One Mile [Dugosh]
30. Mama Rock [Pavlik]
31. New Spark [Pavlik/Valvano]
32. Stop It Baby [Capli]
33. You Know What You Can Do [Harris]
34. Jump Into the River [Sharpe]
35. Smoke Rings [Herring]
36. Made in the Shade [Dunlap]
37. Rock the Boat [Holmes]
38. Drive In [Wilson]
39. You Can't Beat It [Presley]
40. All Night Long [Shell]
41. Genocide [Wray]
42. It's a Hard Life [Saxon]
43. The Only Asshole (Alone at the Dance) [Miller]
44. Teenage Head [Loney/Jordan]
45. Oh Canada [Eh/Bones]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.