| "Ol' Rag Blues" | ||||
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| Single by Status Quo | ||||
| from the album Back to Back | ||||
| Released | 2 September 1983 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lancaster/Lamb | |||
| Producer(s) | Status Quo | |||
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"Ol' Rag Blues" is a song recorded by the British rock band Status Quo. It was included on the album Back to Back in 1983, and also released as a single.[1] As of 2023, "Ol' Rag Blues" remains the only one of the band's 22 UK top ten singles to have never been performed live.[2]
"Ol' Rag Blues" originally had a lead vocal by Alan Lancaster; however, the final recording used for this single featured a lead vocal performance by Francis Rossi. Lancaster wrote the song with Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Kase, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australian glam rock band Hush.