Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Saturday Night at the Oldies: ‘Hard’ Songs

Woody Guthrie, Hard Travelin'

Johnny Winter, Hard Way.  Fine blues guitar.

Joan Baez, A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall.  I've been listening to this version of the Dylan classic for 50 years and I still love it.  Brings tears to my eyes every time.

Chicago, Hard Habit to Break

Elvis Presley, Hard Headed Woman

The Seeds, Pushin' Too Hard.  A cheesy tune by a '60s garage band.  Video intro by the late Casey Kasem.  His reference to the Southland is to the So. Cal. area.

Johnny Winter, Life is Hard.  "Life is hard, and then you die."  "The devil wears a blue dress and she is bound to get you in the end."

Billy Joel, A Hard Day's Night, live, Frankfurt, 1994.

Three Dog Night, Easy to be Hard

Related: Saturday Night at the Oldies:  Gerry Goffin and Casey Kasem


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