Pain and Paradise

       
Originally Recorded: 1996
Price: $13.99
Original Record Label: Big Mo
   
CD Released: 2002
Re-Release Label: RUF
       
       
 
Pain and Paradise
 
 
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Primary Discs
1) Rock and Roll
2) Open All Night
3) Live at the Psyche Delly
4) Side Pocket Shot
5) Jacks and Kings I
6) Full House - Jacks & Kings II
7) The Nighthawks
8) Times Four
9) Ten Years Live
10) Hot Spot
11) Hard Living
12) Backtrack (Live)
13) Live in Europe
14) Best of the Blues
15) Best of the Rock
16) Best of the Nighthawks
17) Trouble
18) Rock This House
19) Pain and Paradise
20) Still Wild
21) Live Tonite!
 
Other Releases
1) Hot Tracks - John Hammond and The Nighthawks
2) Toru Oki and The Nighthawks
 
Mark Wenner Solo Albums
1) Fugitive - Mark Wenner with Switchblade
2) Nothin' But - Mark Wenner
3) Mama Tried - Mark Wenner
4) Runs Good Needs Paint
 

In 1995, joined by newest member, Pete Kaneras, the band went back to work at Big Mo Studio in Kensington, MD—working again with the production talents of Steuart Smith. The result was the album “Pain & Paradise,” a smooth sounding yet powerful showcase for their blues/rock band skills that ranks among their best studio recordings.

During these sessions The Nighthawks crossed paths at the studio with D.C. area guitar legend Danny Gatton. They had played with him on double bills many times over the years, and Gatton—the super lead player that he was—ironically sat in on rhythm guitar with The Nighthawks a few times.
There was the hope that Danny would be able to record a track or two with the band on this album, Schedules were not cooperating and so the band thought they would just work with Danny on the next album. In hindsight, this turned out to be a missed opportunity - with Gatton’s tragic suicide. In tribute to Danny, The Nighthawks did not include any rockabilly song on the album and dedicated the album to Danny
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Track Listing

1. Trouble Comin’ Every Day (Frank Zappa)
2. Shade Tree Mechanic (J. Shamwell/A. D. Prestage/W. Godbold)
3. Same Thing (Willie Dixon)
4. The Soul of a Man (P. Ragusa/S. Smith/G. Sutton)
5. High Temperature (Jacobs/Cohen)
6. Pain & Paradise (B. Hodge)
7. Is Love Enough (J. L. Williams/W. Raymond)
8. Trouble on the Way (T. Garland/Funzalo)
9. I Told You So (Pete Ragusa)
10. Snap It (P. Kanaras/S. Smith/P. Ragusa)

 
 



 
 
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