[1] Derrick was the only constant member,[2] with Abraham Green joining the Crooks brothers at the time "Johnny Too Bad" was recorded.
The song "Johnny Too Bad" was written by Trevor "Batman" Wilson, Winston Bailey, Roy Beckford and Derrick Crooks, as members of The Slickers.
The album was far more successful than the film, selling well in the American and British markets, and Johnny Too Bad soon became a popular song to be played and recorded by other musicians and bands.
It was covered by Jim Capaldi, drummer for the band Traffic, on his third solo album, 1975's Short Cut Draw Blood.
The song was also part of bluegrass artist Peter Rowan's live repertoire during much of the mid-1980s[citation needed] and covered by the Jerry Garcia Band in late 1994 and 1995.