Soft Lights and Hard Country Music explained

Soft Lights and Hard Country Music
Type:	studio
Artist:	Moe Bandy
Cover:	Soft Lights and Hard Country Music.jpg
Released:	1978
Genre:	Country
Length:	27:53
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Ray Baker
Prev Title:	Cowboys Ain't Supposed to Cry
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Love Is What Life's All About
Next Year:	1978

Soft Lights and Hard Country Music is an album by country singer Moe Bandy, released in 1978.^{[1] [2]} It was recorded at CBS Recording Studio "B", Nashville, Tennessee. It peaked at No. 34 on Billboards Top Country Albums chart.^[3]

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "another good snort of his beer-drinking music."^[4] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram considered it "archetypical country music, and it's good."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Soft Lights and Hard Country Music" (Sanger D. Shafer) - 2:50
2. "Darling, Will You Marry Me Again" (Sanger D. Shafer, Warren Robb) - 2:50
3. "Paper Chains" (Steve Collom) - 2:42
4. "This Haunted House" (Sanger D. Shafer, Arthur Leo "Doodle" Owens) - 2:39
5. "If She Keeps Loving Me" (Glenn Martin) - 2:53
6. "That's What Makes The Juke Box Play" (Jimmy Work) - 2:40
7. "There's Nobody Home on the Range Anymore" (Ed Penney, Robert Shaw Parsons) - 2:54
8. "Are We Making Love or Just Making Friends" (Steve Collom) - 2:50
9. "A Wound Time Can't Erase" (Bill D. Johnson) - 2:46
10. "A Baby and a Sewing Machine" (Ken McDuffie) - 2:49

Musicians

• Charlie McCoy (Courtesy of Monument Records)
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins (Courtesy of Elektra Records)
• Johnny Gimble
• Weldon Myrick
• Ray Edenton
• Bunky Keels
• Dave Kirby
• Kenny Malone
• Bob Moore
• Leo Jackson
• Reggie Young
• Tommy Allsup

Backing

• The Jordanaires

Production

• Sound engineers - Lou Bradley & Ron Reynolds
• Photography - Jim McGuire
• Album design - Bill Barnes
• Illustration - Gene Wilkes

Notes and References

1. Book: Ching . Barbara . Wrong's What I Do Best: Hard Country Music and Contemporary Culture . 2001 . Oxford University Press . 9.
2. Book: Country Music: The Encyclopedia . 2000 . St. Martin's Press . 28.
3. Web site: Moe Bandy . Billboard . 7 March 2024.
4. News: Hurst . Jack . Moe Bandy . Chicago Tribune . 19 Mar 1978 . 6.14.
5. News: Stewart . Perry . Records . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . 25 Mar 1978 . 4C.