| Beneath This Gruff Exterior is the latest Rock CD put | | | | Exterior on May 06, 2003 on the New West Records, |
| out by the very talented guitar playing John Hiatt who | | | | Inc. label. |
| once again has delivered a brilliant collection of tracks. | | | | CD Track List Follows: |
| I'm confident John Hiatt fans, and Rock fans alike will | | | | |
| be pleased with this one. | | | | 1. Uncommon Connection |
| It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist | | | | 2. How Bad's The Coffee |
| that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in | | | | 3. Nagging Dark |
| the bunch. I'm more than happy to announce that's | | | | 4. My Baby Blue |
| exactly what I must say about this one. There simply | | | | 5. My Dog And Me |
| isn't a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all. | | | | 6. Almost Fed Up With The Blues |
| If you're a John Hiatt fan this is a CD your collection | | | | 7. Circle Back |
| flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs | | | | 8. Window On The World |
| that you don't even have to be a fan of Hiatt, or even | | | | 9. Missing Pieces |
| Rock to know is good. It's just good music. Period. | | | | 10. Fly Back Home |
| While this entire CD is really very good some of my | | | | 11. The Last Time |
| favorites are track 2, How Bad's The Coffee, track 4, | | | | 12. The Most Unoriginal Sin |
| My Baby Blue, and track 11, The Last Time. | | | | Personnel: John Hiatt (vocals, acoustic & electric |
| My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore | | | | guitars); Sonny Landreth (electric & slide guitars, |
| [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 8, Window On The | | | | dobro, background vocals); Dave Ranson (bass); |
| World. Good stuff! | | | | Kenneth Blevins (drums, background vocals). Additional |
| Beneath This Gruff Exterior Release Notes: | | | | personnel: Bobby Keys (baritone saxophone). |
| John Hiatt originally released Beneath This Gruff | | | | Recorded at Blackbird Studios, Berry Hill, Tennessee. |