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Hard Times on Easy Street

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Released
  
1987

Artist
  
David Lynn Jones

Label
  
Mercury Records

Length
  
37:11

Release date
  
1987

Genre
  
Country music

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Hard Times on Easy Street(1987)
  
Wood, Wind and Stone(1990)

Producers
  
David Lynn Jones, Richie Albright, Mick Ronson

Hard Times on Easy Street is a 1987 album by country singer David Lynn Jones. It was his first release. Willie Nelson's version of "Living in the Promiseland" was a number one hit in 1986. "High Ridin' Heroes" is a duet with Waylon Jennings. The album produced four singles: "Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)", "High Ridin' Heroes", "The Rogue", and "Tonight in America".

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by David Lynn Jones; "Tonight in America" co-written by Jimmy Everett.

  1. "Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)" — 3:20
  2. "High Ridin' Heroes" — 3:13
  3. "Home of My Heart" — 3:52
  4. "The Rogue" — 4:10
  5. "No Easy Way Out" — 5:02
  6. "Living in the Promiseland" — 3:47
  7. "Tonight in America" — 3:39
  8. "Valley of a Thousand Years" — 3:26
  9. "Hard Time on Easy Street" — 3:08
  10. "See How Far We've Come" — 3:56

Personnel

Musicians
  • Cleo Anderson
  • Tim Atwood
  • Jesse Boyce
  • Charlie Chalmers
  • Bobby Emmons
  • Ray Flacke
  • Rob Hajacos
  • Jim Horn
  • David Humphreys
  • George Leo Jackson
  • Wayne Jackson
  • David Lynn Jones
  • Kieran Kane
  • Ben Keith
  • Billy Earl McClelland
  • Terry McMillan
  • Johnny Neel
  • Larry Paxton
  • Mick Ronson
  • Willie Weeks
  • Bobby Wood
  • Roy Yeager
    • Strings
  • Grace Bahng
  • Elaine Boda
  • David Davidson
  • Rosemary Harris
  • Connie Heard
  • Edgar Meyer
  • Mary K. Parker
  • Kris Wilkinson
    • Background vocals
  • Lynn Anderson
  • Brenda Barnett
  • Sandra Chalmers
  • Charlie Chalmers
  • David Lynn Jones
  • Monique Moman
  • Donna McElroy
  • JoAnn Neal
  • Mentor Williams
    • Technical
  • Richie Albright — production
  • Don Cobb — assistant engineering
  • Jim Gaines — engineering
  • David Lynn Jones — production
  • Edgar Meyer — string arrangements
  • Wayne Neuendorf — engineering
  • Gary Paczosa — assistant engineering
  • Eric Paul — assistant engineering
  • Denny Purcell — mastering
  • Mick Ronson — production
  • Kris Wilkinson — production

    • References

    Hard Times on Easy Street Wikipedia
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