Hard Country is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey….and his first soundtrack album for the 1981 film Hard Country starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Kim Basinger…..as Murphey wrote, produced and sang six songs for the film to include “Cowboy Cadillac”, “Hard Country”, “Hard Partyin’ Country Darlin'”, “Cosmic Cowboy/Cowboy Breakdown”, “Break My Mind”and “Take It As It Comes”….as he was joined on the album by Tanya Tucker, Joe Ely, Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Ronstadt.
As seen in this video herewith…..Michael Martin Murphey & The Great American Honky Tonk Band sing “Hard Country” live on stage at Austin City Limits in 1981…..which was just a short time after the premier of the movie by the same name.
