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Episode 20: Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding)
For his first several albums, folk/pop singer-songwriter Wesley Stace recorded under the pseudonym John Wesley Harding. He tweaked his stage persona further by cheekily proclaiming in song that he was the Bastard Son of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, and a nephew of Leonard Cohen. But what is Stace/Harding's authentic musical lineage? Is he folk royalty or just a Good Liar? And how does Frank Capra fit the Wesley Stace identikit? In this interview, we set out to suss out the person he is. My original pitch to Wes was an in-depth discussion about his 1991 studio album, "The Name Above the Title." Ultimately we covered the first decade of his career. Photo by Ebet Roberts
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Here Comes the Groom (1989) |
John Wesley Harding |
Andy Paley, John Wesley
Harding, Tom Robinson |
Here Comes the Groom | |
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The Name Above the Title (1991) |
John Wesley Harding |
Andy Paley |
The World and All Its Problems |
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Why We Fight (1992) |
John Wesley Harding |
Steve Berlin | Kill the Messenger | |
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John Wesley Harding's New Deal (1996) |
John Wesley Harding |
John Wesley Harding, Chris Von Sneidern |
To Whom It May Concern | |
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Awake (1998) |
John Wesley Harding |
Chris Von Sneidern, John Wesley Harding |
Your Ghost (Don't Scare Me No More)
Wooden Overcoat (track added to "The New Edition") |
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The Confessions of St. Ace (2000) |
John Wesley Harding |
Gary Burnette, Rob Seidenberg |
Humble Bee
I'm Wrong About
Everything |
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