TRACKLIST
A1 Title Theme 2:32
A2 Randolph & Dearborn 4:24
A3 The Red Rooster 4:04
A4 Joe Bell 4:57
B1 Hung Up On My Baby 6:15
B2 Kidnapped 2:40
B3 Run Fay Run 2:45
B4 Buns O' Plenty 4:37
B5 The End Theme 1:13
DESCRIPTION
Tough Guys is a daring, widescreen, progressive funk album from one of the genre’s finest craftsmen. Because Hayes was Black, and rooted in R&B radio, he didn’t get lumped in with the prog-rock groups then making waves on the rock charts, but he should have been. He was making music as expansive and expressive as Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Yes; he was just doing it in a different context. The soundtrack for Hayes’ first major film role, Tough Guys would echo throughout history as much for the way it matched the grimy, over-the-top story of the film it accompanies, but also in the way its songs were chopped up and re-imagined, appearing in everything from Geto Boys songs to Quentin Tarantino movies.