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1. The Pusher (Wayne Hoyt Axton)
2. Crossroads (Robert Leroy Johnson)
3. Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon)
4. Oh well (Peter Alan Green)
5. Key to the Highway (Charles Segar, William Broonzy)
6. Awful Dream (Sam (Lightnin’) Hopkins, Clarence Lewis, C. Morgan Robinson)
7. Born Under a Bad Sign (William Bell and Booker T. Jones)
8. Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Barrett Strong, Jesse Norman Whitfield)
9. Killing Floor (Chester Burnett)
10. Living for the City (Stevie Wonder)
11. Stormy Monday (T. Bone Walker)
12. Metal Chestnut (Slash)

Papa Was a Rolling Stone

Written by Barrett Strong, Jesse Norman Whitfield

Published by Sony Music Publishing

Vocal – Demi Lovato

Rhythm Guitar (right) and Solos - Slash

Drums - Michael Jerome

Bass – Johnny Griparic

Rhythm Guitar (left) – Tash Neal

Keyboards - Teddy Andreadis

Demi Lovato appears courtesy of Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.ic

SLASH: “This song is the most left-of-center for a sort of blues cover record because it’s a song by The Temptations, which is really R&B. From 1972, I grew up with this song and it was a really popular song in the early ‘70s when I was a kid. It’s a cool song, and an adventure in and of itself. The original version is super long, as in 10 minutes long, if not longer. And it’s got this an amazing instrumental arrangement to it. I mean, the whole song is amazing. We used to jam it back in the 90s with another band that I had called Snakepit that Johnny Griparic, our bass player, was also in. So, I definitely wanted Demi to do this song because the subject matter of the song is basically about the unsavory habits of an absent father who eventually passes away that the kids are asking their mom about, as in ‘What’s this about our dad that we’ve never met, and we hear all these stories about?’ It’s a very dark and personal kind of subject matter, therefore whoever sings it can’t just cover it for the sake of covering it, they have to be able to relate to it in some way. I’ve been friends with Demi Lovato for a few years now and I wanted a strong female voice to sing it. She has that really young and powerful voice that has this kind of, not an entirely innocent delivery, but definitely an almost childlike quality to it. I asked her to do it because Demi’s had some interesting stories in her past and she jumped at the idea. I had no idea how she was going to react to the question, but she totally knew and related to the song. Demi came in and did an amazing job. It was really, really fun to do this song with her.�