Joe Cannon
Cold Hard Times
1 You And Your Precious Love 2 Lonesome Wheels 3 Hey Me I'm Riding 4 She's Still Rolling 5 Cold Hard Times 6 Where Does Marianne Sleep 7 Warm Miami Sunshine 8 Numbers 9 Me & The Wine & the City Lights 10 Mary Count The Days
Bell 6056, 1970
Musicians: Earl Ball (piano), Joe Cannon (guitar), Roy Caton (trumpet), Jerry Cole (guitar), Larry Collins (guitar), Mike Deasy (guitar), Robert Enevoldsen (trombone), Virgil Evans (trumpet), Samuel Goldstein (drums), Larry Knechtel (bass, keyboards), Joe Osborne (bass), Donnie Owens (guitar), John Raines (drums)
Produced by Donnie Owens in association with Lee Hazlewood
“The records on Bell never got released, I think Lee got into some hassle with the president of Bell and they printed up about a hundred copies and that was it...so they used some of the stuff off of that album and put it into the “Smoke” album and used it for the soundtrack.”
“Being a songwriter myself, sometimes it’s very difficult to admit you like other people’s songs. In fact, it’s a goddam nuisance and shame when you have to, but Joe Cannon is one hell of a songwriter (under the name his mama gave him-Jean Peloquin). Joe sings too-not good-but great! (which is not only a pain in the ass but puts a hell of a dent in my superiority complex). I understand broads like him too. I hate you, Joe Cannon, but so will a lot of other singers and songwriters in days to come. I guess only the people are going to like you, Joe, and god knows there are millions of ‘em. For a lot of us, this is the beginning of - “Cold Hard Times.””
