Bird on a Wire (Tim Hardin album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Bird on a Wire
Type = studio album
Artist = Tim Hardin


Released = 1971
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length = 36:36
Label = Columbia (CK-30551)
Producer = Ed Freeman
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allclassical.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifrxqu5ldte link]
Last album = ""
(1970)
This album = "Bird on a Wire"
(1971)
Next album = "Painted Head"
(1972)

"Bird on a Wire" is an album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1971. It was Hardin's second release on Columbia Records. It peaked at No. 189 on the Billboard Pop Album charts and was his last album to make any of the charts.

In contrast to Hardin's previous releases where he had written all his own material, "Bird on a Wire" includes cover songs four of the ten tracks. By this time, his drug addictions were beginning to take a larger toll on his live performances and songwriting output. [ [http://www.zipcon.net/~highroad/hardinbi.htm Rough Guide to Rock bio.] ] It was also his last recording done in the US.

"Bird on a Wire" was re-issued on CD by Sony in 1989 and Sony Japan in 2005.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tim Hardin; except where indicated

ide one

# "Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:29
# "Moonshiner" – 3:15
# "Southern Butterfly" – 2:53
# "A Satisfield Mind" (Joe Hayes, Jack Rhodes) – 2:07
# "Soft Summer Breeze" – 2:59

ide two

# "Hoboin'" (John Lee Hooker, Joe Josea) – 3:28
# "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 4:33
# "Andre Johray" – 2:50
# "If I Knew" – 3:55
# "Love Hymn" – 4:37

Personnel

*Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
*Joe Zawinul – keyboards
*Warren Bernhardt – keyboards
*Sam T. Brown – guitar
*Bill Chief – keyboards
*Ed Freeman – guitar, string and horn arrangements
*Monte Dunn – guitar
*Steve Haas – drums, percussion
*Paul Hornsby – keyboards
*Bill Keith – pedal steel guitar
*Tony Levin – bass
*Glenn Moore – bass
*Richard Bock – cello
*George Ricci – cello
*Margaret Ross – harp
*Ralph MacDonald – drums, percussion
*Natoga – drums, percussion
*Alphonse Mouzon – drums, percussion
*Mike Mainieri – vibraphone, background vocals
*Canby Singers – background vocals
*Robert Popwell – bass
*Rob Rothstein – bass
*Joe Rudd – guitar
*Bill Stewart – drums, percussion
*Ralph Towner – guitar
*Miroslav Vitous – bass
*Collin Walcott – vibraphone, background vocals

Production notes

*Produced by Bob Devere and Ed Freeman
*Engineered by Jim Greene, Lacy O'Neal, Doug Pomeroy
*Mastered by Lous Schlossberg

References

External links

* [http://www.triste.co.uk/arthardin.htm Triste 1 article by Ian Sharrock]