Miami (Gun Club album)

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Miami
Studio album by The Gun Club
Released	1982
Recorded	June 1982 at Blank Tape Studios
Genre	Punk, blues
Length	39:33
Label	Animal Records
Producer	Chris Stein
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Gun Club chronology
Fire of Love (1981) Miami (1982) Death Party (1983)

Miami is the second album by punk/blues group The Gun Club, released in 1982.

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

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce; except where indicated

1. "Carry Home"
2. "Like Calling Up Thunder"
3. "Brother and Sister"
4. "Run Through the Jungle" (John Fogerty)
5. "A Devil in the Woods"
6. "Texas Serenade"
7. "Watermelon Man" (Ward Dotson, Pierce)
8. "Bad Indian"
9. "John Hardy" (traditional, arranged Pierce)
10. "The Fire of Love" (Jody Reynolds, Stordivant Sonya)
11. "Sleeping in Blood City"
12. "Mother of Earth"

[edit] Personnel

• Jeffrey Lee Pierce - vocals, piano, background vocals on "Watermelon Man", lead guitar on "Run Through the Jungle" & "John Hardy"
• Ward Dotson - guitar, background vocals on "Watermelon Man"
• Terry Graham - drums
• Rob Ritter - bass
• D.H. Laurence Jr. - backing vocals
• Walter Steding - fiddle on "Watermelon Man"
• Chris Stein - producer, bongos on "Watermelon Man"
• Mark Tomeo - steel guitar on "Texas Serenade" & "Mother of Earth"
• Joe Arlotta - session engineer
• Butch Jones - mixing engineer