Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story

You already know John Hiatt is one of our best songwriters, but what you might not know is his life is as great a story as his songs....

I thought I knew my John Hiatt, but I learned a lot. By the mid-1980s, singer-songwriter John Hiatt had been dropped from three record labels, burned through two marriages, and had fallen deep into substance abuse. It took a stint in rehab and a new marriage to inspire him, a producer, and an A&R man to have a little faith.

By February 1987, he was back in the studio on a shoestring budget with a hand-picked supergroup consisting of Ry Cooder on guitar, Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, recording what would become his masterpiece, Bring the Family.