Hard Bargain is a Blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 album by Albert King

Albert King

Albert King was an American blues guitarist and singer, and a major influence in the world of blues guitar playing.-Career:...

, released in 1996 with
outtakes and previously unreleased material recorded between 1966 and 1972. Hard Bargain is also the name of NY-based
soul and R&B band, and the title of their debut 2002 release on thebassguy Records.

Track listing

1. "Overall Junction" (King) – 2:19
2. "Funk-Shun" (King) – 3:43
3. "You Sure Drive a Hard Bargain" (Crutcher/Jones) – 3:17
4. "You're Gonna Need Me" (King) – 2:48
5. "As the Years Go Passing By
   As The Years Go Passing By
   "As the Years Go Passing By" is a song credited to have been written by ”Deadric Malone″ . Other sources claim that the song was penned by Peppermint Harris for Fenton Robinson, who first recorded it in 1959...
   
   " (Malone) – 2:49
6. "Drownin' on Dry Land" (Gregory/Jones) – 4:23
7. "Heart Fixing Business" (Banks/Jones) – 3:26
8. "The Sky Is Crying
   The Sky Is Crying (song)
   "The Sky Is Crying" is a song that has become a blues standard. The song was written and recorded by Elmore James in 1959. Called "one of his most durable compositions", "The Sky Is Crying" became a R&B record chart hit and has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists.-Original song:"The...
   
   " (James) – 5:29
9. "I Get Evil" (King) – 3:29
10. "Shake 'Em Down" (Nix) – 3:09
11. "I Believe to My Soul" (Charles) – 4:36
12. "Got to Be Some Changes Made" (King) – 4:29
13. "Albert's Groove, No. 2" (King) – 2:32

Hard Bargain Releases:
2002 Hard Bargain (Debut)
2005 More Than You Bargained For
features "Pop This Pill" and "Forget About It," as well as 3 songs by Jon & Sally Tiven, "Sittin On a Time Bomb", "If You Feel
For Me," and "Birthday Blues."

Personnel

• Albert King
  Albert King
  Albert King was an American blues guitarist and singer, and a major influence in the world of blues guitar playing.-Career:...
  
   – Electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
   and vocals
• Steve Cropper
  Steve Cropper
  Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
  
   – Guitar
• Booker T. Jones
  Booker T. Jones
  Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
  
   – Piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
   and Organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
  
  
• Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
  
   – Piano
• Donald "Duck" Dunn – Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....