Janie Fricke

Real Gone Music presents a 41-track, 2-CD compilation of Janie Fricke's most successful country classics with It Ain't Easy: The Complete Hits (1979-1988).  Fricke had paid her dues before making it big in Nashville as a jingle singer.  Once she relocated, she got gigs with the likes of Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty, Crystal Gayle, and Tanya Tucker.  Eventually she went out on her own and signed to Columbia in 1977.  In just two years, she scored six No. 1 Country hits and won two consecutive CMA Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year.  All 38 of her charting tracks are accounted for on this definitive set, including duets with Charlie Rich, Johnny Duncan, Larry Gatlin, and Merle Haggard, alongside her later hits as Janie Frickie.  Fricke herself has penned the liner notes for the collection, which are supplemented with previously unseen photographs in the extensive booklet.