''The Hard Way'' is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter
James Hunter, released on 10 June 2008. The album charted at number one on the
''Billboard'' Top Blues Album chart and number five on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers chart.
Track listing
All songs written by James Hunter.
# "The Hard Way" – 2:29
# "Tell Her" – 3:24
# "Don't Do Me No Favours" – 4:18
# "Carina" – 4:10
# "She's Got a Way" – 2:41
# "'Til the End" – 4:19
# "Hand It Over" – 3:27
# "Jacqueline" – 2:28
# "Class Act" – 3:00
# "Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – 2:19
# "Believe Me Baby" – 2:44
# "Strange But True" – 3:16
Personnel
*
James Hunter – guitar, vocals
*Lee Badau –
baritone saxophone
The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...
*Ellen Blair – violin
*Gillon Cameron – violin
*Damian Hand –
tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...
,
string arrangements, musical direction
*Kyle Koehler –
Hammond organ
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*Jennymay Logan – violin,
viola
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*Gill Morley – violin
*Nicky Sweeney – violin
*Tony Woollard – cello
Guest musicians
*
Allen Toussaint
Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, descri ...
– piano,
electric piano
An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...
, backing vocals
*George Chandler – backing vocals
*Dave Priseman – trumpet,
flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...
*
B. J. Cole –
pedal steel guitar
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Production
*Christian "ChrisRam" Ramirez – photography
*
Liam Watson – producer, engineer, mixing
*Richard Mantel – art direction, design
Notes
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2008 albums
Albums produced by Liam Watson (record producer)
Hear Music albums