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Love Ain't Hard

Sue Menhart Band

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Love Ain’t Hard is the Sue Menhart Band’s second full-length album. It’s a collection of roots rock, blues, jazz, soul and pop tunes plus a fun, fun, fun tribute to Brian Wilson. Because who doesn’t love Brian Wilson. Cover photo by Chris Getman, design by Dave Foret. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dennis Walley, Stone Wall Studios, North

Love Ain’t Hard is the Sue Menhart Band’s second full-length album. It’s a collection of roots rock, blues, jazz, soul and pop tunes plus a fun, fun, fun tribute to Brian Wilson. Because who doesn’t love Brian Wilson. Cover photo by Chris Getman, design by Dave Foret. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dennis Walley, Stone Wall Studios, North Stonington, CT. Produced by Sue Menhart.

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The Band:

Sue Menhart – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars

Kevin Clark – drums

Dave Foret – bass

Don Bergeron – lead electric guitars

Don Packer – sax

Tommy Mahfoo – sax (track 5)

Dan Spano – keys

LABEL:  INDEPENDENT

DIGITAL RELEASE DATE:  DEC. 1, 2017

DISTRIBUTION:  CD BABY

zesty roots rock with a pop flair, heavy on the sax”

This album is now for sale.  If you wish to review it for your publication, please send an email to sue@suemenhart.com and you will be sent a free download code.  THANKS!!!

Menhart's powerhouse voice is matched only by her songwriting and riveting stage presence.”

— The Day

Track Listing:

All of You 4:04 (Sue Menhart)

Here You Are 3:31 (Sue Menhart)

Moving On 4:34 (Sue Menhart, Kevin Clark, Dave Foret, Don Bergeron)

Love Ain’t Hard 5:24 (Sue Menhart)

Can’t Feel The Rain 4:00 (Sue Menhart)

Bet You’ll Be Back 4:15 (Sue Menhart)

Party on the Beach (The Brian Wilson Song) 4:43 (Sue Menhart, Kevin Clark, Dave Foret, Don Bergeron)

Tell Me 5:25 (Sue Menhart)

The Songs:

The album opens with the sizzling “All of You” and eases into the Etta James inspired “Here You Are,” an uplifting love at first sight song.  “Moving On” is a tune the band wrote together in tribute to their daughters. The title track is a call to action to remember those who are suffering but who often go unnoticed - the lonely, the military veterans, the addicted, the unemployed, the elderly, the suicidal and the downhearted. “Can’t Feel The Rain” was released as a single in 2015 on the Good Sponge Records label and won a New London Whalie Award for Best Roots Rock Performance. The jazzy “Bet You’ll Be Back" is heavy on the Major Sevenths and you’ll get a chuckle out of all the Brian Wilson lyric references as the band collaborates again with “Party on the Beach.” The bluesy “Tell Me” finalizes the album, with a nice, long fadeout…..

BIO:

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sue Menhart was born in St. Louis, Missouri but now calls Connecticut her home. A charismatic live performer, she stages 70 shows a year throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Georgia, and South Carolina.  Sue independently released the album Torn in 2008, the EP Gypsy Soul in 2009, and the solo EP Forever with producer and guitar player Ron Zabrocki in June 2011.  Sue has drawn comparisons to Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Janis Joplin, Lucinda Williams, Diana Krall and Adele.