Miami (Gun Club album)
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Miami is the second album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by punk blues
Punk blues
Punk blues denotes a fusion genre of punk rock and blues. Punk blues musicians and bands usually incorporate elements of related styles, such as protopunk and blues rock. Its origins lie strongly within the garage rock sound of the 1960s and 1970s.Punk blues can be said to favor the common...

 group The Gun Club, released in 1982.

Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...

 appears as a backing singer on various tracks on the album under the pseudonym "D.H. Laurence Jr."

Side one

  1. "Carry Home"
  2. "Like Calling Up Thunder"
  3. "Brother and Sister"
  4. "Run Through the Jungle
    Run Through the Jungle
    "Run Through the Jungle" is a 1970 rock song recorded by the North American band Creedence Clearwater Revival.-History:The song was written by the Creedence's lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, John Fogerty. It was included on their 1970 album Cosmo's Factory, the group's fifth album...

    " (John Fogerty
    John Fogerty
    John Cameron Fogerty is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a #1 solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest...

    )
  5. "A Devil in the Woods"
  6. "Texas Serenade"

Side two

  1. "Watermelon Man" (Ward Dotson, Pierce)
  2. "Bad Indian"
  3. "John Hardy
    John Hardy (song)
    "John Hardy" is a traditional American folk song based on the life of a railroad worker in West Virginia. The historical John Hardy killed a man during a craps game, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and was hanged on January 19, 1894....

    " (traditional, arranged Pierce)
  4. "The Fire of Love" (Jody Reynolds
    Jody Reynolds
    Jody Reynolds was an American singer and guitarist. His biggest hit single was "Endless Sleep", which reached #5 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 7, 1958. He wrote it in a single afternoon in 1956 in Yuma, Arizona...

    , Stordivant Sonya)
  5. "Sleeping in Blood City"
  6. "Mother of Earth"

Personnel

  • Jeffrey Lee Pierce
    Jeffrey Lee Pierce
    Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the 1980s punk band The Gun Club...

     - vocals, guitar, piano, background vocals on "Watermelon Man", lead guitar on "Run Through the Jungle" & "John Hardy"
  • Ward Dotson - lead guitar, background vocals on "Watermelon Man"
  • Terry Graham - drums
  • Rob Ritter - bass
  • D.H. Laurence Jr.
    Debbie Harry
    Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...

     - backing vocals
  • Walter Steding - fiddle on "Watermelon Man"
  • Chris Stein
    Chris Stein
    Christopher "Chris" Stein is co-founder and guitarist in the New Wave band, Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film Wild Style....

    - producer, bongos on "Watermelon Man"
  • Mark Tomeo - steel guitar on "Texas Serenade" & "Mother of Earth"
  • Joe Arlotta - session engineer
  • Butch Jones - mixing engineer
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