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Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People

Hazel Dickens

1980 · Folk, World, & Country

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Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People by Hazel Dickens

Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People is a Folk album by Hazel Dickens, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Busted2:23
  2. A2Aragon Mill3:00
  3. A3Old Calloused Hands3:16
  4. A4Scraps From Your Table2:50
  5. A5Out Among The Stars3:23
  6. A6West Virginia, My Home4:24

Side B

  1. B1Tomorrow Is Already Lost3:38
  2. B2Lonesome Pine Special3:23
  3. B3Lost Patterns4:32
  4. B4Beautiful Hills Of Galilee3:42
  5. B5Rocking Chair Blues4:31
  6. B6They'll Never Keep Us Down2:39

Sound DNA

  • Folk

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Tracks A1, A3, A5, B1 (Busted, Old Calloused Hands, Out Among The Stars, Tomorrow's Already Lost):
Ray Edenton, guitar
Buddy Spicher, fiddle
Lloyd Green, pedal steel
"Pig" Robbins, piano
Henry Strzelecki, bass
Recorded at Shook Shack, Nashville, Tenn.
Tracks A4, B3, B6 (Scraps From Your Table, Lost Patterns, They'll Never Keep Us Down):
Tony Trishka, banjo
Barry Mitterhoff, mandolin
Evan Stover, fiddle
Matt Glaser, fiddle
Harley Campbell, bass
Roger Williams, dobro
Gene Yellin, guitar, harmony vocal (B3)
John Baker, harmony vocal (B6)
Recorded at Skyline Studio, New York
Tracks A2, B2 (Aragon Mill, Lonesome Pine Special):
Norman Blake, guitar
Nancy Blake, cello
James Bryan, fiddle
Recorded at Perfect Crime Studio, Boston, Mass.
Derek Huntington, engineer
Track B5 (Rocking Chair Blues):
Russ Barenberg, guitar
Scott Billington, harmonica
Jim Guttman, bass
Roger Williams, dobro
Recorded at the Mixing Lab
Paul Mufson, engineer
Track A6 (West Virginia My Home):
Carolyn Kellock, bass
John Baker, guitar/harmony vocal
Ron Thomason, mandolin
Roger Williams, dobro
Carl Nelson, fiddle
Recorded at Bias, Springfield, VA
Norm Rowland, engineer
Track B4 (Beautiful Hills Of Galilee):
Acapella

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Hazel DickensLEAD VOCALS
  • Barry MitterhoffMANDOLIN
  • Buddy SpicherFIDDLE
  • Carl NelsonFIDDLE
  • Carolyn KellockBASS
  • Evan StoverFIDDLE
  • Gene YellinGUITAR, HARMONY VOCALS
  • Harley CampbellBASS
  • Henry StrzeleckiBASS
  • James BryanFIDDLE
  • Jim GuttmannBASS
  • John BakerGUITAR GUITAR, HARMONY VOCALS HARMONY VOCALS
  • Lloyd GreenPEDAL STEEL GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
  • Matt GlaserFIDDLE
  • Nancy BlakeCELLO
  • Norman BlakeGUITAR
  • Pig RobbinsPIANO
  • Ray EdentonGUITAR

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