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Discs1
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Released1990-07-01
Record labelMCA Nashville
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AboutThe Hard Way is the fourth studio album by Steve Earle (back by The Dukes), released in 1990. It was dedicated to Emilio Lorenzo Ensenat (1930-90).
Personnel
Steve Earle - lead vocal, 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 Baxter - Mullins pedal steel guitar
Ken Moore - organ, synthesizer, string arrangements On "Esmeralda's Hollywood"
Zip Gibson - electric guitars, vocals
Kelly Looney - bass, vocals
Craig Wright - drums
with:
John Jarvis - piano
Lester Snell - organ on "When the People Find Out" and director of chorus
Patrick Earle - percussion
Stacey Earle Mims - harmony on "Promise You Anything"
The Christ Missionary Baptist Church Choir - chorus on "When the People Find Out"
Amy Dotson, Billy Baker, Billy Steele, Chip Phillips, Chuck Allen, Craig Wright, Denis Colby, Doug Baker, Ian Earle, Justin Townes Earle, Katryna Haddrick, Kelly Looney, Ken Moore, Patrick Earle, Peter Keppler, Robyn Gibson, Scot Bonner, Stacey Earle Mims, Tommy McRae, Zip Gibson - backing vocals on "Regular Guy", directed by Skott Nelson
Patricia Snell, Susan Jerome, William C. Brown III - backing vocals on "Close Your Eyes"
Personnel
Steve Earle - lead vocal, 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 Baxter - Mullins pedal steel guitar
Ken Moore - organ, synthesizer, string arrangements On "Esmeralda's Hollywood"
Zip Gibson - electric guitars, vocals
Kelly Looney - bass, vocals
Craig Wright - drums
with:
John Jarvis - piano
Lester Snell - organ on "When the People Find Out" and director of chorus
Patrick Earle - percussion
Stacey Earle Mims - harmony on "Promise You Anything"
The Christ Missionary Baptist Church Choir - chorus on "When the People Find Out"
Amy Dotson, Billy Baker, Billy Steele, Chip Phillips, Chuck Allen, Craig Wright, Denis Colby, Doug Baker, Ian Earle, Justin Townes Earle, Katryna Haddrick, Kelly Looney, Ken Moore, Patrick Earle, Peter Keppler, Robyn Gibson, Scot Bonner, Stacey Earle Mims, Tommy McRae, Zip Gibson - backing vocals on "Regular Guy", directed by Skott Nelson
Patricia Snell, Susan Jerome, William C. Brown III - backing vocals on "Close Your Eyes"