The Burrito Brothers - Hearts on the Line (1981)
Tracklist front / back album covers
The Burrito Brothers - Hearts on the Line
"That's When You Know It's Over" (John Beland, Gib Guilbeau)
"She's a Friend of a Friend" (John Beland, Gib Guilbeau)
"Isn't That Just Like Love" (Richard Leigh)
"She Belongs to Everyone But Me" (John Beland, Gib Guilbeau)
"Why Must the Ending Always Be So Sad" (John Beland)
"Family Tree" (Frank Dycus, Max Barnes)
"Damned If I'll Be Lonely Tonight" (John Beland, Gib Guilbeau, Mickey McGee)
"Does She Wish She Was Single Again?" (Richard Leigh, Milton Blackford)
"Too Much Honky Tonkin'" (John Beland, Gib Guilbeau)
"Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson)
The Burrito Brothers Band Members / Musicians
John Beland - vocals, guitar, dobro
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar
Gib Guilbeau - guitar, fiddle
Ron Krazinsky - drums
Dennis Belfield - bass
Billy Thomas - additional harmonies
Michael Lloyd - producer
Chad Stuart - strings
recorded in Beverly Hills, California
Hearts on the Line is an album by the country rock group The Burrito Brothers, released in 1981.
After the Flying Burrito Brothers scored a minor country hit in 1979 with a live cover of Merle Haggard's "White Line Fever", the band was dropped from their record contract and hit yet again with personnel changes. By 1980, Greg Harris and Ed Ponder had left the group, leaving the Burritos as a trio of "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, Gib Guilbeau and Skip Battin. In addition to commitments with the Flying Burrito Brothers, Guilbeau was also working as a songwriter for Criterion Music with John Beland, who Guilbeau knew from his time in the band Swampwater. Guilbeau and Beland wrote some songs and ultimately, Beland was invited to join the Burritos. Beland was reluctant to join the now nearly defunct band, as he was riding strong as lead guitarist with Ricky Nelson who (with Beland's help) was enjoying his own comeback of sorts.
