Love Must Be Tough is a bold break with the "Me, Myself and I" (self-played and self-penned) approach of Out There, but while exploring old ground with a fresh slant it nevertheless remains an album that has all the hallmarks we've come to expect from Ms. McEvoy - great songs, fantastic production and, of course, Eleanor's wonderful vocals. But her seventh album takes an entirely new twist - in a direction first hinted at on Early Hours. With a supporting cast of Ireland's finest musicians in the form of the South King Street Band, Eleanor takes a retro ride back to the late Fifties/early Sixties birth of rock and roll replete with ragtime jazz trumpets, trombones and saxes.
Musicians:
Eleanor McEvoy, vocals, violin, percussion
Peter Becket, piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals, guitar
Jimmy Smith, guitars& banjo
Philip Myatt, bass guitar
Des Lacey, drums & percussion
Aidan Kelly, trumpet
Karl Ronan, trombone
Jim Farrelly, saxophones & clarinet
Kevin Hanafin, saxophones
Selections:
1. Mother's Little Helper
2. Love Must Be Tough
3. Old New Borrowed And Blue
4. Lubbock Woman
5. If You Want Me To Stay
6. Roll Out Better Days
7. The Night May Still Be Young, But I Am Not
8. Hands Off Him
9. Shame On The Moon
10. He Never Spoke Spanish To Me
11. Easy In Love
12. I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N Roll)
Musicians:
Eleanor McEvoy, vocals, violin, percussion
Peter Becket, piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals, guitar
Jimmy Smith, guitars& banjo
Philip Myatt, bass guitar
Des Lacey, drums & percussion
Aidan Kelly, trumpet
Karl Ronan, trombone
Jim Farrelly, saxophones & clarinet
Kevin Hanafin, saxophones
Selections:
1. Mother's Little Helper
2. Love Must Be Tough
3. Old New Borrowed And Blue
4. Lubbock Woman
5. If You Want Me To Stay
6. Roll Out Better Days
7. The Night May Still Be Young, But I Am Not
8. Hands Off Him
9. Shame On The Moon
10. He Never Spoke Spanish To Me
11. Easy In Love
12. I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N Roll)
