Making the Record: You Ain't Too Tough

YOU AIN'T TOO TOUGH================================Words and Music by Barry Coffing© Barry Coffing Songs================================You Ain't Too Toughfor THIS Kid!This is the song that started it all.Barry came to me with this song and some investor money and said,“You’re the only one I know who has the range and attitude to sing this. Wanna make a record?”With this song we began to develop the persona for the project: strong but sensitive, confident yet vulnerable, sassy yet tender, bold and sexy.One of four songs recorded in the initial sessions, this song set the tone for the entire project and influenced the direction that subsequent songs would take.I also got to sing it on-screen in the film as the “Lead singer in convict reunion band” (don’t ask) in the filmWest From North Goes South(starring Sean Thompson [ofThe Heights],singer Morris Day, Tina Louise[Gilligan’s Island’s Ginger], Phyllis Diller, Larry Linville [Frank Burns onM*A*S*H]& LaWanda Page [Aunt Esther onSanford & Son]).============================================================CREDITS:Produced byBarry CoffingEngineered & Mixed byChris HuffordRecorded & Mixed atTempo Studios, Hollywood, CA, USAHorn Arrangement byDave StambaughGuitars—Michael LentBass—Osama AfifiB3 Organ—Greg MathiesonPiano—Mark MathiesonDrums—Gary PonderHarmonica—John MiraniHorns—Bob Clark, Clay Jenkins, Tom Whaley,Dave Stambaugh, Beverly Dahlke & Sal LozanoBackground Vocals—Gael MacGregor, Ramona Wright,Julie Chadwick, Barry Coffing & Jane Fontana============================================================