Blood on the Bricks is a studio album by the Iron City Houserockers

Iron City Houserockers

The Iron City Houserockers were an American rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led by singer/guitarist Joe Grushecky, that existed from 1976 until 1984...

. A more restrained album than their previous two efforts, the album was produced by Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...

 (of Booker T. and the M.G.'s) instead of hard rock producers like Have a Good Time but Get out Alive!

Have a Good Time but Get out Alive!

Have a Good Time but Get out Alive! is a studio album by the Iron City Houserockers. Something of a heartland rock masterpiece, Have a Good Time but Get out Alive! was where the Iron City Houserockers showed just how good they could be with the right songs and producers...

. Among the better cuts on the album were the title song, "Saints and Sinners" (a song about Vietnam), and "Be My Friend" which includes a guitar riff in tribute to Van Morrison

Van Morrison

Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...

's "Here Comes the Night". Like the band's previous two albums, Blood on the Bricks would be praised by critics but largely ignored by the public. Before their next album the band would change their name to simply The Houserockers in an attempt to achieve success outside of their native region. The album has never been issued on CD.

Track listing

1. Friday Night (Joe Grushecky) - 3:51
2. Saints and Sinners (Joe Grushecky) - 4:24
3. This Time the Night (Won't Save Us) (Eddie Britt, Joe Grushecky, Art Nardini) - 3:56
4. Be My Friend (Joe Grushecky) - 4:20
5. No Easy Way Out (Joe Grushecky) - 3:21
6. No More Loneliness (Joe Grushecky) - 3:54
7. Watch Out (Eddie Britt, Joe Grushecky, Gil Snyder) - 4:18
8. Blood on the Bricks (Joe Grushecky) - 4:19
9. A Fool's Advice (Joe Grushecky) - 5:11

Personnel

• Joe Grushecky
  Joe Grushecky
  Joe Grushecky is an American rock musician known for his work with the Iron City Houserockers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and for his works since the late the 1980s with his act Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers and his solo career...
  
   - lead vocal, guitar
• Eddie Britt - guitar, vocals
• Art Nardini - bass
• Gil Snyder - keyboards, vocals
• Ned E. Rankin - drums
• Marc Reisman - harmonica, vocals

Guest Musicians

• Steve Cropper
  Steve Cropper
  Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
  
   - guitar (solo "This Time The Night")
• Jim Horn
  Jim Horn
  Jim Horn is an American saxophonist and woodwind player. He was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio...
  
  - saxophone
• Steve Forman - percussion
• Steve Madeo - trumpet
• Brick Alley Boys Town Choir - background vocals