Jim Ford - Harlan County album flac

Track list here is as on labels. The cover lists the tracks by who arranged them.

Jim Ford (August 23, 1941 – November 18, 2007) was an American singer-songwriter originally from Johnson County, Kentucky. After living in New Orleans, Ford moved to Los Angeles, and finally settled in Fort Bragg, California. His music is a mixture of soul, country and folk. His songs and songs he co-wrote have been recorded by numerous artists, including Aretha Franklin, . Proby, Bobby Womack, and the Temptations

Jim Ford, Album Harlan County. Harlan County Lyrics. In the back hills of Kentucky I was raised In a shack on Big Bone Mountain Born into poverty, bathed in misery The times I went hungry you can’t count ‘em. Where the cold winds blow and the crops don’t grow A man’s tired of livin’ when he’s twenty I was diggin’ hard coal at twelve years old Way down in Harlan County. Mama tried hard, poor ol’ Daddy got tired Couldn’t even get a job with a shotgun One winter I was out cuttin’ kindlin’ The news came to Mama that mornin’. They had a penny ante poker game down at the junction Big.

Harlan County, the only album he ever completed, captures Ford at both extremes. The laid-back, rootsy sound of Harlan County - equal parts country-rock, soul, and pop - provided a touchstone for British pub rock, especially for Brinsley Schwarz, which covered Ford's "JuJu Man" and "Niki Hoeke Speedway" (Brinsley's chief songwriter, Nick Lowe, later recorded "36 Inches High"). Those songs aren't on 1969's Harlan County; they're from an aborted 1971 record that was to feature the Brinsleys as Ford's backing band. They are of interest as a curiosity, especially for pub rock fanatics, but Harlan County illustrates why Jim Ford never became a cult artist in his own right. Stephen Thomas Erlewine.

Artists Jim Ford Harlan County. Harlan County Jim Ford. This album has an average beat per minute of 122 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 96/176 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Harlan County. BPM Profile Harlan County. Album starts at 118BPM, ends at 96BPM (-22), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by Jim Ford. The Sounds of Our Time.

Jim Ford - Harlan County. Album: Harlan County, 1969. absolute classic country soul track from 1969.

Jim Ford - Love On My Brain 03:14. Jim Ford - Long Road Ahead 02:53. Jim Ford - Under Construction 01:41. Jim Ford - Working My Way To LA 02:44. Jim Ford - Spoonful 02:44. Jim Ford - To Make My Life Beautiful 02:56. Demolition Expert - Jim Ford.

Armed with a powerful whiskey fueled voice, down home rhythms, tight horn section, and occasional spectral orchestration from Gene Page (The Righteous Brothers, Barry White, Marvin Gaye), Harlan County is ripe for reappraisal. And though Ford is unfortunately no longer with us, his musical legacy lives on. With fans and friends including Brinsley Schwarz leader Nick Lowe and actor Marlon Brando, it's safe to say that Jim Ford was the real deal.

Harlan County is a 1969 studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Ford. All tracks written by Jim Ford, except where indicated.