STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - NILS LOFGREN - CRY TOUGH

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Good Monday morning gang, and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we celebrate the 70th Birthday of  Chicago born rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Nils Lofgren, best known for his solo work, for being a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, a member of Crazy Horse, and the founding member and front man of Grin. Happy Birthday Nils ! He released his sophomore album, Cry Tough, in April of 1976 on the A&M label. The David Briggs and Al Kooper produced disc peaked at #96 in Australia, #32 on the Billboard 200, and #8 in the UK. The title track and "It's Not A Crime" were released as singles. As far as I know neither of those songs charted. 

"Cry Tough" (Alton Ellis, E. Gordon, Winston Jarrett, Lofgren) – 5:07
"It's Not a Crime" (Lofgren, Tom Lofgren) – 4:14
"Incidentally It's Over" – 3:18
"For Your Love" (Graham Gouldman) – 5:21
"Share a Little" – 5:16
"Mud in Your Eye" – 2:42
"Can't Get Closer" – 3:45
"You Lit a Fire" – 3:18
"Jailbait" – 3:55

Nils Lofgren – guitar, keyboards, vocals

Tom Lofgren – guitar, vocals (tracks 1-2, 4)
Al Kooper – keyboards (tracks 1-2, 4, 8-9)

Chuck Rainey – bass (tracks 1, 4, 8)
Paul Stallworth – bass (tracks 2, 4, 9)
Wornell Jones – bass, vocals (tracks 3, 5, 7)

Jim Gordon – drums (tracks 1-2, 4, 8, 9)

Aynsley Dunbar – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7)
Scott Ball – upright bass (track 6)

Holden Raphael – percussion (track 6)
Emil Richards – percussion (tracks 1-2, 8)
Dominic Frontiere – orchestral arrangements (tracks 2, 8)

Ron Hicklin – backing vocals (tracks 1-2, 8-9)

Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina – backing vocals (tracks 3,5)
P.P. Arnold, Claudia Lennear, Buddy Miles – backing vocals (track 2)

Technical :

David Briggs – producer (tracks 3, 5-7)
Al Kooper – producer (tracks 1-2, 4, 8-9)
Bob Dawson, David DeVore, Bob Edwards, Lee Kiefer, Tim Mulligan – engineers

John Henning, Deni King, Chris Morris, Chip Brown – assistant engineers

Ed Caraeff – design, photography