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Tough (John Mayall album)

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Released
  
September 15, 2009

Tough (2009)
  
A Special Life (2014)

Release date
  
15 September 2009

Genre
  
Blues rock

Length
  
54:49

Artist
  
John Mayall

Label
  
Eagle Records

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Recorded
  
21 March 2009 - 30 March 2009; LAFX, North Hollywood, California

Producers
  
John Mayall, Maggie Mayall

Similar
  
John Mayall albums, Blues rock albums

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Tough is a studio album by John Mayall. Released in 2009, the album features Jay Davenport on drums, Greg Rzab on bass, Tom Canning on keyboards and Rocky Athas on lead guitar. Mayall sings and plays harmonica, organ and guitar.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Mayall; except where indicated

  1. "Nothing to Do with Love" (Jerry Lynn Williams, John F. Miller) – 5:54
  2. "Just What You're Looking For" (Peter Harper) – 4:23
  3. "Playing with a Losing Hand" (Walter Trout) – 4:09
  4. "An Eye for An Eye" (Jeffrey Pitchell) – 4:34
  5. "How Far Down" (Gary Nicolson, Kenneth Greenberg) – 5:04
  6. "Train to My Heart" (David Fields) – 4:34
  7. "Slow Train to Nowhere" – 4:28
  8. "Numbers Down" (Andrew Winton) – 3:59
  9. "That Good Old Rockin' Blues" – 4:55
  10. "Tough Times Ahead" – 7:18
  11. "The Sum of Something" (Curtis Salgado) – 5:31

Personnel

  • Rocky Athas – guitar
  • Tom Canning – organ, piano, background vocals
  • John Mayall – guitar, 12 String guitar, harmonica, organ, piano, vocals
  • Maggie Mayall – background vocals
  • Greg Rzab – bass guitar
    • Other credits
  • Michael Aarvold – engineer, mastering, producer
  • Fabrice Demessence – photography
  • Stuart Green – design
  • Maggie Mayall – photography, producer, track notes
  • Jeremy Olsen – photography

    • Songs

    1Nothing To Do With Love5:56
    2Just What You're Looking For4:23
    3Playing With A Losing Hand4:08

    References

    Tough (John Mayall album) Wikipedia
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