''Hard Country'' is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter

Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including ''Cowboy Songs' ...

and his first soundtrack album. The 1981 film '' Hard Country'' stars

Jan-Michael Vincent Jan-Michael Vincent (July 15, 1944 – February 10, 2019) was an American actor known for portraying helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke in the TV series ''Airwolf'' (1984–1987) and the protagonist, Matt Johnson, in the 1978 film ''Big W ...

and

Kim Basinger Kimila Ann Basinger ( ; born December 8, 1953) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Glo ...

Track listing

# "Cowboy Cadillac" (Murphey) by Michael Martin Murphey– 4:04 # "Hard Country" (Murphey) by Michael Martin Murphey – 4:04 # "Hard Partyin' Country Darlin'" (Murphey) by Michael Martin Murphey – 3:02 # "Texas (When I Die)" (

Bobby Borchers Robert Jerome "Bobby" Borchers (born June 19, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American country music singer. Borchers was raised in Kentucky. He learned to play guitar at age twelve, and got his first break in the mid-1970s, when Tanya Tucker re ...

Ed Bruce William Edwin Bruce Jr. (December 29, 1939 – January 8, 2021) was an American country music songwriter, singer, and actor. He was known for writing the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and recording the 1982 cou ...

Patsy Bruce Patsy Ann Bruce (née Smithson; March 8, 1940 – May 16, 2021) was an American country-western songwriter, music artist manager, and casting agent and businesswoman. She is best known for songs co-written with her then-husband, singer Ed Bruce, ...

) by

Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature int ...

– 4:48 # "Cosmic Cowboy/Cowboy Breakdown" (Murphey) by Michael Martin Murphey – 3:50 # "Break My Mind" (

John D. Loudermilk John Dee Loudermilk Jr. (March 31, 1934 – September 21, 2016) was an American singer and songwriter. Although he had his own recording career during the 1950s and 1960s, he was primarily known as a songwriter. His best-known songs include "I ...

) by Michael Martin Murphey – 2:18 # "Take It As It Comes" (Murphey) by Michael Martin Murphey – 3:04 # "Somebody Must Have Loved You Right Last Night" (Bell) by Tanya Tucker – 3:28 # "I'm Gonna Love You Anyway" (Martine) by Tanya Tucker – 2:01 # "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (Tillman) by

Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935October 28, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as "rock & roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made ...

– 2:18 # "West Texas Waltz" (Hancock) by

Joe Ely Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo ...

– 4:57

Credits

Music *

– vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica *

– vocals *

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American ...

– vocals Production *

Chip Young Chip Young (born Jerry Marvin Stembridge, May 19, 1938 – December 20, 2014) was an American session guitarist, and later record producer who worked primarily out of Nashville, Tennessee. Biography Chip Young was born Jerry Marvin Stembridge in ...

– producer (10) *

Jerry Crutchfield Jerry Crutchfield (August 10, 1934 – January 11, 2022) was an American country and pop record producer, songwriter, and musician. He was a publishing and record label executive. He recorded for RCA Victor Records with vocal group The Country Gen ...

– producer (8) * Jerry Goldstein – producer (3) * Michael Murphey – producer (1, 2, 4-6) * Mike Chapman – producer (7) * Deni King – engineering

References

External links

Michael Martin Murphey's Official Website
{{Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey albums Drama film soundtracks 1981 soundtrack albums Epic Records soundtracks