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"Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown"Type: Traditional | Size: Other 
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"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is the title of a song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album Life and Times, the song was a Number One pop hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1973. Croce was nominated for two 1973 Grammy awards in the Pop Male Vocalist and Record of the Year categories for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". The song is about a man from the south side of Chicago who, due to his size and attitude, has a reputation as the "badest man in the whole damn town." One day, in a bar, he makes a pass at a pretty, married woman, whose jealous husband proceeds to beat Leroy brutally in the ensuing brawl. Inspiration His inspiration for the song was a friend he met in his brief time in the Army: I met him at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. We were in lineman (telephone) school together. He stayed there about a week, and one evening he turned around and said he was really fed up and tired. He went AWOL, and then came back at the end of the month to get his pay check. They put handcuffs on him and took him away. Just to listen to him talk and see how 'bad' he was, I knew someday I was gonna write a song about him. Croce explained the chorus reference to Leroy Brown being "meaner than a junkyard dog": “Yeah, I spent about a year and a half driving those $29 cars, so I drove around a lot looking for a universal joint for a '57 Chevy panel truck or a transmission for a '51 Dodge. I got to know many junkyards well, and they all have those dogs in them. They all have either an axle tied around their necks or an old junk tire to keep 'em at least slowed down a bit, so you have a decent chance of getting away from them.” I always enjoyed Jim Croce’s songs as they seemed so real to life. Hope you enjoy this cache which is a tribute to the man and his number one hit.
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