Tracklist, Album Covers and Info
1. "Road Runner" 3:46
2. "Shame, Shame, Shame" (Billy Williams cover) 2:15
3. "Eyesight to the Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson II cover) 3:09
4. "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Joe Williams cover) 3:24
5. "Never Loved a Girl" (Aretha Franklin cover) 3:12
6. "Back Back Train" (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover) 4:23
7. "You Gotta Move" (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover) 5:30
8. "The Grind" 3:46
9. "I'm Ready" (Muddy Waters cover) 4:13
10. "Temperature" (Little Walter cover) 2:52
11. "Stop Messin' Around" (Fleetwood Mac cover) 4:29
12. "Jesus Is on the Main Line" (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover) 2:51
Japanese edition
13. "Jaded" 3:34
Aerosmith Band Members / Musicians
Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, piano on "Never Loved a Girl", backing vocals on "Stop Messin' Around", percussion, production
Joe Perry – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Back Back Train" and "Stop Messin' Around", production
Brad Whitford – rhythm and lead guitar
Tom Hamilton – bass guitar
Joey Kramer – drums, percussion
Honkin' on Bobo is the 14th studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on March 30, 2004, by Columbia Records. The album includes 11 covers of blues and blues rock songs from the 1950s and 1960s, with one new song, "The Grind". The album pays tribute to Aerosmith's earliest influences and showcases a rawer sound when compared to their more recent commercial efforts. Honkin' on Bobo was produced by Jack Douglas, who was Aerosmith's producer on a vast majority of their 1970s output.
The album sold over 160,000 copies in its first week, reaching number five on the Billboard 200. Honkin' on Bobo was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on May 11, 2004.
