The late, great British hard rock band Bad Company only notched two Top 10 hits in the U.S.: 鈥淐an鈥檛 Get Enough鈥� and 鈥淔eel Like Makin鈥� Love.鈥� But true fans, including former Dallasite Charley Crockett, know that one of its best tracks never even grazed the charts 鈥� 鈥淏ad Company,鈥� the ominous, Western-themed anthem from the group鈥檚 eponymous 1974 debut album.
Crockett says he was thrilled to cut his pedal steel-laden version of the song for Can鈥檛 Get Enough: A Tribute to Bad Company, out Oct. 24. Slash and members of Def Leppard are also on the album. Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke cameo on two tracks.
鈥淚 remember 鈥楤ad Company鈥� coming on the classic rock stations in Texas when I was a kid. I鈥檇 always crank the volume anytime this one came up. I still do,鈥� Crockett wrote on social media. 鈥溾�楧estiny is a rising sun鈥欌�� I鈥檇 hear those lyrics and dream of doing more with my life. Why Paul Rodgers and company asked me to do this one, I鈥檒l never know. But it couldn鈥檛 have been better timing for me. It鈥檚 an untouchable and timeless classic.鈥�
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