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- Date Released: October 26, 2004
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Rockabilly, Americana, Alt-Country, Honky Tonk
- Label: Bloodshot Records
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Nick Tosches once famously described Wanda Jackson as "the greatest menstruating rock & roll singer whom the world has ever known," and while he doubtless chose those words for comic effect, the nervy crudity is not entirely inappropriate. At her best, Wanda Jackson sounded wild and ravenously sensual in a way that few artists dared in the mid-'50s, especially not female vocalists, and sides like "Let's Have a Party," "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad," and "Fujiama Mama" run neck in neck with Jerry Lee Lewis or Billy Lee Riley for sheer frenzied rockabilly energy. If Jackson was too hot a number for her time and place, she was also smart enough to know it, and in the early '60s she shifted gears and began performing more traditional (and straight-laced) country material, and if the results were less exciting, there's no denying she had a great way with a honky tonk weeper; not unlike Jerry Lee Lewis, today her country sessions sound tougher and more heartfelt than what many of her peers were up to at the time. Outside of rockabilly fanatics and similar roots rock weirdos, Jackson is not nearly as well remembered as her body of work and historical importance would dictate, and Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson is a tribute album in which more than 20 different acts pay homage to her songs. Appropriately, most of the artists are women unafraid to get rowdy, and Neko Case, Carolyn Mark, Kim Lenz, and Kristi Rose all do right by Wanda's red-hot example, while Kelly Hogan, Jesse Sykes, and Laura Cantrell approach her honky tonk material with a similarly caring touch. Wayne Hancock and Cornell Hurd are also on board to show that the menfolk learned a few valuable lessons from Jackson as well, and they both do better than the few artists who decided to go weird with Jackson's hits (the greatest offender being Trailer Bride's affected take on "Fujiama Mama"). Hard-Headed Woman won't take the place of a decent Wanda Jackson record (Rhino's Rockin' in the Country: The Best of Wanda Jackson is a great starter, and 2003's Heart Trouble shows her voice is still in fine shape), but it offers concrete proof that folks who know good rock and good country dig Miss Wanda the most, and this is one of those rare tribute albums where the results are as good as the intentions.
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| 01. |  |
Hot Dog, That Made Him Mad - Carolyn Mark And The Room-Mates |
2:27 |  |
| 02. | |
Sticks 'N' Stones
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3:21 | |
| 03. | |
Funnel Of Love
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2:30 | |
| 04. | |
The Box It Came In - Anna Fermin And The Trigger Gospel |
3:33 | |
| 05. | |
Right Or Wrong
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3:48 | |
| 06. | |
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
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2:01 | |
| 07. | |
Tears At The Grand Ol' Opry
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2:33 | |
| 08. | |
Weary Blues From Waiting - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter |
3:38 | |
| 09. | |
This Gun Don't Care Who It Shoots - The Cornell Hurd Band |
2:43 | |
| 10. | |
In The Middle Of A Heartache - Rosie Flores |
2:38 | |
| 11. | |
Rock Your Baby - Candye Kane |
2:42 | |
| 12. | |
Fujiama Mama
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3:15 | |
| 13. | |
One Day At A Time - Jane Baxter Miller |
4:02 | |
| 14. | |
Let's Have A Party
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3:00 | |
| 15. | |
This Should Go On Forever - Kristi Rose |
3:19 | |
| 16. | |
Wasted
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2:45 | |
| 17. | |
Cool Love - Kim Lenz |
2:10 | |
| 18. | |
Let's Stop Kicking Our Hearts Around - Bottle Rockets w/ Sheri Hurst |
2:16 | |
| 19. | |
If You Don't Somebody Else Will - The Ranch Girls And The Ragtime Wranglers |
2:58 | |
| 20. | |
Why I'm Walking - Gina Lee And The Brisket Boys |
2:01 | |
| 21. | |
Both Sides Of The Line
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2:17 | |
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- Rosie Flores - Guitar (Electric) // Rosie Flores - Vocals // Kristi Rose - Vocals // Cornell Hurd - Guitar // Cornell Hurd - Guitar (Rhythm) // Cornell Hurd - Vocals // Wammo - Vocals // Wammo - Producer // Candye Kane - Vocals // Joey Burns - Bass // Laura Cantrell - Vocals // Laura Cantrell - Producer // Bill Cuomo - Piano // Bill Cuomo - Engineer // Manni Greiner - Design // Andrew Halbreich - Guitar (Steel) // Kelly Hogan - Theremin // Kelly Hogan - Theremin // Kelly Hogan - Vocals // Kelly Hogan - Vocals // Kelly Hogan - Producer // Kelly Hogan - Producer // Colin Jordan - Mastering // Robert Kearns - Bass // Jon Langford - Cover Painting // Jon Langford - Cover Painting // Jon Langford - Cover Painting // Jon Langford - Cover Painting // Dave Love - Engineer // Mary Lou - Vocals // Rob Miller - Producer // Kevin O'Donnell - Drums // Barry Phipps - Engineer // Mark Pickerel - Drums // Lorne Rall - Bass // Steve Rosen - Mandolin // Steve Rosen - Harmony Vocals // Charlie Sanders - Bass (Upright) // Maxwell Schauf - Drums // Dave Schramm - Engineer // Kevin Smith - Bass // Ian Spanic - Engineer // Ian Spanic - Mixing // Herb Steiner - Pedal Steel // Matthew Weiner - String Bass // Matthew Weiner - Vocal Effect // Danny Weiss - Guitar (Acoustic) // Lou Whitney - Guitar (Acoustic) // John Rice - Fiddle // John Rice - Pedal Steel // Jimmie Wood - Harmonica // Wayne Hancock - Vocals // Jesse Dayton - Guitar // Jesse Dayton - Vocals // Jesse Dayton - Producer // Debra Hurd - Piano // Terry Kirkendall - Drums // Paul Skelton - Guitar // Holly George-Warren - Producer // Holly George-Warren - Liner Notes // Brian Henneman - Guitar (Electric) // Brian Henneman - Vocals // Robbie Fulks - Guitar // Robbie Fulks - Vocals // Trailer Bride - Producer // Neko Case - Vocals // Neko Case - Vocals // Neko Case - Producer // Neko Case - Producer // Gregory Boaz - Bass // Kent Kessler - Bass (Upright) // Craig Schumacher - Producer // Stanley Smith - Clarinet // Clarence Butler - Portraits // Jon Graboff - Arranger // Jon Graboff - Guitar (Electric) // Tucker Martine - Producer // Mark Ortmann - Drums // Ken Sluiter - Engineer // Ken Sluiter - Mixing // Eric Tucker - Drums // Christina Marrs - Saw // Christina Marrs - Producer // Jimmy Sloan - Producer // Phil Wandscher - Guitar (Electric) // Tom Parr - Guitar (Electric) // Andrew Bird - Violin // Andrew Bird - Violin // Kim Lenz - Vocals // Bill Herzog - Bass (Upright) // Brendan Ryan - Bass // Allen Crider - Engineer // Andon T. Davis - Guitar (Electric) // Andy Hopkins - Guitar // Brent Martens - Slide Dobro // Brent Martens - Vocal Effect // Billy Horton - Bass // Billy Horton - Producer // Cody Nicolas - Piano // Vanessa Gorden - Fiddle // Blackie White - Guitar // Melissa Swingle - Organ // Melissa Swingle - Vocals // Jon Rauhouse - Pedal Steel // Tolan McNeil - Guitar // Tolan McNeil - Engineer // Dallas Good - Guitar // Nick Curran - Guitar // Nick Curran - Guitar // Scotty Tecce - Drums // Carolyn Mark - Guitar (Acoustic) // Carolyn Mark - Piano // Carolyn Mark - Vocals // Justin Trevino - Bass // Jack Silverman - Guitar // Carolyn Richards - Photography // Garth Johnson - Drums // Anna Fermin - Guitar (Acoustic) // Anna Fermin - Keyboards // Anna Fermin - Vocals // Nora O'Connor - Vocals // Jerome - Mandolin // Joel Paterson - Guitar // Joel Paterson - Drums // Jesse Sykes - Guitar (Acoustic) // Jesse Sykes - Vocals // Chris Scruggs - Bass (Upright) // Chris Scruggs - Lap Steel Guitar // Jeremy Chatzky - Bass (Upright) // Anne Marie Ruljancich - Viola // Jimmy Sutton - Bass // Richard "Bad Dog" Power - Sax (Baritone) // Brad Goolsby - Drums // Scott Goolsby - Guitar // Daryl White - Bass // Danny Roy Young - Rubboard // Frank Campbell - Engineer // Kevin Warner - Drums // Kyle Jester - Guitar // Sheri Hurst - Vocals // Paul Bivans - Percussion // Paul Bivans - Drums // Michael Krayniak - Guitar (Bass) // Leroy Biller - Producer // Gina Lee - Guitar // Gina Lee - Vocals // Ernie Wells - Engineer // Scott Ligon - Bass // Scott Ligon - Piano // Miss Mary Ann - Vocals // Evan Caleb - Drums // Chris Dettloff - Drums // Donna Fulks - Producer // Leigh Grisewood - Bass // Candye Kane and The Baklava Ensemble - Producer // Sweet Basil McJagger - Piano // Huey Moor - Bass // Django Porter - Guitar // Ranch Girls - Producer // Boo Reiners - Guitar (Acoustic) // Paul Schlicting - Drums (Snare) // Paul Schlicting - Vocal Effect // Joe Sixpack - Guitar // Chris Stelley - Drums // Tom Umberger - Guitar // Lou And The Bottlerockets Whitney - Producer // Sietse - Drums // David Roe - Bass
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