Rock Is Hard, by Rodney Graham Band

Rock Is Hard

by Rodney Graham Band

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1.	High and Lonesome 04:17	buy track
2.	Autumn Complaint 04:14	buy track
3.	What's So Funny... (I Don't Get It) 03:21	buy track
4.	That's What It Feels Like To Be Washed Up In Your Own Home Town 02:11	buy track
5.	Gloomy Decade 03:34	buy track
6.	Nighttime (I'm A Lover) 03:27	buy track
7.	I'm A Time Waster 03:01	buy track
8.	An Actor's Life 03:28	buy track
9.	I Hear Wedding Bells 02:19	buy track
10.	Just How Low Does Your Love Meter Go 02:50	buy track
11.	Music For The Very Old 03:29	buy track
12.	Belles of Paris 05:35	buy track
13.	Seein' Stars 03:26	buy track
14.	I Can Take It, But Barely 03:22	buy track
15.	Attributes Of The Criminal Mind 03:52	buy track
16.	Theme From The Phonokinetoscope 04:56	buy track

credits

released January 1, 2003

Rodney Graham: vocals, rhythm guitar, glockenspiel, some synth; David Carswell: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric sitar, vocals, vocal arrangements; Mike Ledwidge: piano, wurlitzer, hammond, lap steel, synth, electric and acoustic guitar, vocals; John Collins: bass, baritone guitar, tamborine, shaker; Pete Bourne: drums (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15), bongos (2); Scott Livingstone: drums (2, 7, 8, 10, 16); Lois Maffeo: vocals (1, 5, 6, 13), flute (2); Shannon Oksanen: vocals (6); Sibel Thrasher: vocals (2, 10, 12, 14); Lovie Ely: vocals (2, 10, 12, 14); Candus Churchill: vocals (2, 10, 12, 14); Dameian Abel-Walsh: saxophones, clarinets, flute (1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 14), horn arrangements; Johnn Korsrud: trumpet flugelhorn (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 14); Neil Bennet: trombone (1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 14); Cole Mcbride: banjo (8).

Produced by JCDC (John Collins and David Carswell). Engineered by Sheldon Zaharko at the Factory. Mastered by John Golden, May 2003.

All songs by RG except: 2 (R. Graham/ D. Carswell/ M. Ledwidge/ J. Molin), 14 (R. Graham/ S. Barrett). "High And Lonesome" contains a sample from "World of Love by D. Troiano (vocal Roy Kenner).

Design by Robin Mitchell for Picnic. Photography: Scott Livingstone. Production stills from "Loudhailer" and "A Reverie Interrupted By The Police" (Rodney Graham 2003).

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