The Hard Way (Steve Earle album)
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The Hard Way is a studio album
by Steve Earle
and The Dukes. The album was released in 1990.
The Dukes
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....
and The Dukes. The album was released in 1990.
Track listing
All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted.- "The Other Kind" - 5:09
- "Promise You Anything" - 2:43 (Earle, Maria McKeeMaria McKeeMaria Luisa McKee is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice and her 1990 UK solo chart-topping hit, "Show Me Heaven".-Music:...
and Patrick Suggs) - "Esmeralda's Hollywood" - 6:01 (Earle, Maria McKeeMaria McKeeMaria Luisa McKee is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice and her 1990 UK solo chart-topping hit, "Show Me Heaven".-Music:...
) - "Hopeless Romantics" - 2:45
- "This Highway's Mine (Roadmaster)" - 3:54
- "Billy Austin" - 6:16
- "Justice in Ontario" - 4:47
- "Have Mercy" - 4:41
- "When the People Find Out" - 4:10
- "Country Girl" - 4:11
- "Regular Guy" - 3:17
- "West Nashville Boogie" - 3:09
- "Close Your Eyes" - 4:44
Personnel
- Steve Earle: acoustic guitar, electric guitars, mandolin, Mandoblaster, 6-string bass, guitar synthesizer on "Billy Austin", percussion programme on "This Highway's Mine", harmonies on "Justice In Ontario" and "Hopeless Romantics"
The Dukes
- Bucky BaxterBucky BaxterWilliam "Bucky" Baxter is an American multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey. He was born in Melbourne, Florida. He has appeared on various albums by artists such as Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, R.E.M., and Joe Henry....
: Mullins pedal steel guitar - Ken Moore: organ, synthesizer and string arrangements on "Esmeralda's Hollywood"
- Zip Gibson: electric guitars and vocals
- Kelly Looney: bass and vocals
- Craig Wright: drums
- John Jarvis: piano
- Lester Snell: organ on "When The People Find Out"
- Patrick Earle: percussion
- Stacey Earle MimsStacey EarleStacey Earle is an American country music singer-songwriter. The sister of alt-country singer Steve Earle, she has recorded six albums to date, four with her husband, Mark Stuart....
: harmony on "Promise You Anything"