Indio is the stage name for Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Peterson who released one album, Big Harvest in 1989, which includes the top 10 hit "Hard Sun."
New York singer Brenda Russell sang background vocals, as did Joni Mitchell and Karen Peris of The Innocence Mission.
[2] "Hard Sun" was released as the lead-off single from the album, with a stripped-down acoustic version of the song on the record's B-side.
The song features creative, at-home-studio techniques including a unique vocal recording accompanied by an electric guitar.
[citation needed] Eddie Vedder covered the single "Hard Sun" for the 2007 Sean Penn movie Into the Wild.