1985 Glenn Frey – Smuggler’s Blues (US:#12 UK:#22)
“Smuggler’s Blues” is a song written by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin, and performed by Frey. It was the third and final single from Frey’s second studio album, The Allnighter (1984). It followed “Sexy Girl” and “The Allnighter”; of the three, it charted highest. Its music video won Frey an MTV Video Music Award in 1985.
The 16th episode of Miami Vice is named after the song, which was incorporated into the episode. Frey played an airplane pilot in the episode.
Album
The Allnighter is the second solo studio album by Glenn Frey, the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles. The album was released in mid 1984 on MCA in the United States and the United Kingdom, two years after Frey’s modestly successful debut album, No Fun Aloud and four years after the demise of the […]
Musicians
| Bass | Bryan Garofalo |
| Drums | Michael Huey |
| Guitar | Duncan Cameron |
| Guitar | Josh Leo |
| Guitar | Glenn Frey |
| Slide Guitar | Glenn Frey |
| Congas | Steve Forman |
| Vocals | Glenn Frey |
Produced By
Glenn Frey
Allan Blazek
Charts
US:#12
UK:#22