John Wesley Harding was Dylan's last LP to be issued simultaneously in both monophonic (CL 2804) and stereophonic (CS 9604) formats. Picks on Rebels, especially Texans, to kill." A All along this countryside, E He opened a many a door, A But he was never known D To hurt an. He attempted to draw a .44 Colt cap-and-ball pistol but it got caught up in his suspenders. John Wesley Hardin, one of the bloodiest killers of the Old West, is murdered by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. We made this shoulder holster for John Wesley Hardin in 1895. He was just getting warmed up. Hardins career and exploits were self-advertised in an autobiography published posthumously, The Life of John Wesley Hardin as Written by Himself (1896). The Colt's serial number was 84304: the gun was recorded in Colt factory ledgers as shipped on July 16, 1891, to Hartley & Graham, New York City. Some Rumors says Bob Dylan puts the faces of The Beatles on the album cover hidden in the knots on the tree, intentionally March 1876: Hardin shot and wounded W.C. Overbey in Gainesville, Florida. The other group, consisting of locals from El Paso, sought to prevent the move. The reckless, gunslinging outlaw was a force to be reckoned with and left a trail of trouble . referencing John Wesley Harding (2LP, 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180G Vinyl) MFSL 2-423 incredible album and version from MOFI. A witty but more straightforward wordsmith than Mr. C, he pens concise, catchy tunes, fancies himself . Join the club in our final episode of the season as we discuss Fables in a Foreign Land, the LA punk rock scene, and Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding. In mid-1877, two former slaves of his father's, "Jake" Menzel and Robert Borup tried to capture Hardin in Gainesville, Florida. [52] In his autobiography, Hardin made only two references to Brown: that "Rube" Brown had arrested William Taylor before sending him to Galveston, Texas, for trial,[7]:87 and that Brown had been among the leaders of a Sutton "posse" that had been out to "get" him in Gonzales County, Texas. Can't Make Love to Bob Dylan. The first session, held on October 17 at Columbia's Studio A, lasted only three hours, with Dylan recording master takes of "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine", "Drifter's Escape", and "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest". From Newport to the Ancient Empty Street in L.A. "Now, I believed," Hardin wrote, "that if Wild Bill found me in a defenseless condition he would take no explanation, but would kill me to add to his reputation. [7]:23 Less than a week after this incident, in nearby Kosse, Texas, Hardin was accompanying a prostitute home when they were accosted by her pimp, who demanded money. Dylan was once again recording with a band, but the instrumentation was very sparse. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense. El Paso may not have been big enough for both of them, but the graveyard had room to spare. This was his sixth murder. November 1876: Hardin (under the alias of "Swain") and Gus Kennedy were arrested in Mobile, Alabama, for having a deck of marked cards, and ordered to leave town. accessed September 21, 2018, "Boastful Bill Longley: Cold-blooded Texas Killer - HistoryNet", Fastest draw at the auction house: Collectors snap up antique firearms, Old West memorabilia, (Note: Internet Archive digitized 1896 edition is available). John Wesley Hardin's legacy as an outlaw has made him a colorful character and the subject of various media works from his own time up to the present day. I Am A Lonesome Hobo iTUNES 9. Sharing the bill with his folk contemporaries like Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, and Guthrie's son, Arlo, Dylan gave his first public performances in twenty months, backed by the Band (billed then as the Crackers). Edit setlist. [7]:109, In March 1876, Hardin wounded a man, in Florida, who had tried to mediate a quarrel between him and another man. His songs continued to be a major presence, appearing on landmark albums by Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds, and the Band, but Dylan himself would not release or perform any additional music. Un bandido con nombre de predicador. 1894: After his release from prison, Hardin won a $5.00 bet when he used a pistol shot to knock a sleeping Mexican off a box (victim was killed by the fall). Hardin threw money on the ground and shot the would-be thief when he bent over to pick it up. [55][56][57] Hardin claimed that he was captured while smoking his pipe and that Duncan found Hardin's pistol under his shirt only after his arrest. As a fugitive, he initially traveled with outlaw Frank Polk in the Pisgah area of Navarro County, Texas. Hardin admitted that he and his brother Joseph had been involved (along with both Taylors) in the killings. "I would have liked more steel guitar, more piano. A truce was declared, and both parties went their separate ways. Evans died of his injuries and Ruff was jailed. Omissions? John Wesley Hardin earned himself a reputation as one of the Wild West's most pernicious killers. He was well known for fabricating or wildly exaggerating stories about his life. [citation needed], On January 20, 1875, the Texas Legislature authorized Governor Richard B. Hubbard to offer a $4,000 reward for Hardin's arrest. In February 1871, while the herd was being collected for the drive to Kansas, a freedman, Bob King, attempted to cut a beef cow out of the herd. Whiting, Ala., August 21. The next year, when he was nine, he tried to run away with his cousin and join the Confederate army. "[37] ("Monday night", as reported by the newspaper, would have been August 7, 1871, not August 6.) C $10.85 + C $15.00 shipping. Sometime during the evening, Hardin was awakened by loud snoring coming from Couger's room. Hardin spotted Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb entering the premises. [2][5]:108100 He was named after John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist denomination of the Christian church. "Destroying the Hardin Gang. I mean, if you wanted to see it, you could see it. [62][63] Hardin was buried the following day[64] in Concordia Cemetery, in El Paso. The bullet that killed Hardin sold for $80,000.[103]. An El Paso lawman, John Selman Jr., arrested Hardin's acquaintance and part-time prostitute, the "widow" M'Rose (or Mroz), for "brandishing a gun in public". C $12.21 + C $19.76 shipping. . "[7]:1011, On February 17, 1894, Hardin was released from prison, having served seventeen years of his twenty-five-year sentence. Hardin's parents and wife were taken into protective custody, while his brother Joe and two cousins, brothers Bud and Tom Dixon, were arrested on outstanding warrants. Wes Hardin skt sin frsta person vid 15 rs lder. John Wesley "Wes" Hardin, fdd 26 maj 1853 i Bonham i Texas, dd 19 augusti 1895 i El Paso i Texas, var en knd revolverman och mrdare.Hans far J. G. Hardin var kringresande pastor i Bonham County, Texas p 1850-talet.. Biografi. Born in 1853 in Bonham, Texas, Hardin was the son of a Methodist minister and grew up in a strict, religious household. 17: Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (19961997). [48] Two of Hardin's accomplices in the shooting were cousin Bud Dixon and Jim Taylor. [65][66], Selman Sr. was arrested for murder and stood trial. [7]:106 It is not known if Hardin was directly or indirectly involved in the killing of Reuben Brown, as he makes no further mention of the incident in his life story. More music I didn't sit down and plan that sound.". Bowen had been charged with the December 17, 1872, killing of Thomas Holderman. One, Volumes 13 (Rare & Unreleased) 19611991, Vol. Thus it was by the fall of 1868 I had killed four men and was myself wounded in the arm. Instead, Dylan used a different set of songs for John Wesley Harding. In his autobiography, Hardin described his mother as "blond, highly cultured [while] charity predominated in her disposition. They played only three songs ("Grand Coulee Dam", "Dear Mrs. Roosevelt", and "I Ain't Got No Home"), and it would be another eighteen months before Dylan would again perform in concert.[25]. 1967 Preview This 1967 album transcended easy categorization as Bob Dylan moved from the experimentation and rock of his few previous releases. The revolver and the watch had been presented to Hardin in appreciation for his legal efforts on behalf of Jim Miller at Miller's trial for the killing of ex-sheriff George "Bud" Frazer. People who viewed this item also viewed. [22] After the Bell County shootings, Hardin found refuge with his cousins, the Clements, who were then living in Gonzales, in south Texas. [39], Following his escape, Hardin claimed to have been involved in the following gunfights:[7]:6267, In early 1872, Hardin was in southcentral Texas, in the area around Gonzales County. [100], Hardin's weapons of choice, and several of his personal effects, have been well documented and auctioned to private collectors. Corrections? John Wesley Harding Singer, Songwriter With the release of his first major label album, Here Comes the Groom, in 1990, John Wesley Harding quickly became a favorite singer-songwriter among music critics. For its title track, see, The Bootleg Series Vol. He is an accomplished musician, actor, and poet. While in the area, he also renewed his acquaintance with some of his cousins who were allied with a local family, the Taylors, who had been feuding with the rival Sutton faction for several years. WARNING!!! His father, a Methodist preacher, named his son after the founder of the Methodist denomination. However, when Hardin learned of how many murders Reagan was going to charge him with, he changed his mind. "[7]:44 Later that night, Hardin was confronted by Hickok, who told him that he was wearing guns in violation of town ordinance and ordered him to hand over his guns, which he did but in a quite surprising way:[32] Hardin reached down, picked his revolvers up from the holsters, and handed the guns to Wild Bill butts forward, then swiftly rolled them over in his hands and suddenly Wild Bill was staring right into their muzzles. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. [7]:pp.5456[33]. at Sumpter; p: 1; Dwelling 6, Family 6. Dear Landlord iTUNES 8. The Civil War broke out when Hardin was eight years old. Updates? See Chuck Parsons "A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West ".p.117. At age nine he tried to run away from home to join the Confederate Army, and at age 14 some kid in his school wrote a nasty thing about a girl in their class on the side of a barn so Hardin fucking shanked that kid with a knife and almost killed him. August 6, 1871: Hardin killed Charles Couger in Abilene, Kansas. Another claim was that he killed a man in Abilene, Kansas, in the summer of 1871. Gunfighter John Wesley Hardin was one of the most notorious killers to come out of the Old West (while staying overnight at a hotel, he was awakened by the snoring of a man in the next room; Hardin reached over, grabbed his pistol and fired a shot through the wall, killing the man). Between escape attempts, Hardin, son of a preacher, read theology and studied law. [4] While in prison, Hardin studied law and wrote an autobiography. As 1967 came to a close, Dylan's lifestyle became more stable. Most of all he was a coldblooded killer. May 26, 1874: Hardin killed Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in Comanche, Texas. "Gunfighters of the Real West: John Wesley Hardin. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. They suggested he could make money by driving cattle to Kansas as a cowboy. [notes 12] He also carried an Elgin watch[101] when he was shot and killed. [7]:3334, In the summer of 1871, while driving cattle on the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, Hardin is reputed to have fought Mexican vaqueros and cattle rustlers. 1860 U S Census of Free Inhabitants; Subdivision No. ", DeMattos, Jack. 1895 "Hardin" - Shoulder Rig $ 259.00. Intro: D D John Wesley Harding A Was a friend to the poor, D He trav'led with a gun in ev'ry hand. . Hardin was a prime example of that special breed of men known collectively as "gunfighters." Given the . Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding is an album of half-spoken secrets, hushed whispers, illegible writings, and missing pages. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and folk-influenced songwriting after three albums of lyrically abstract, blues-indebted rock music. The marriage ended quickly, although it was never legally dissolved. Within a year of his 1894 release from prison, Hardin was killed by John Selman in an El Paso saloon. At the time of sentencing, Hardin claimed to have killed 42 men,[3] while contemporary newspaper accounts attributed 27 deaths to him. Citizens complained to town marshal "Wild Bill" Hickok. As I Went Out One Morning iTUNES 3. The January 20 issue of Billboard reported on the "blockbuster response" to the LP, saying: "In stores less than a week, the record is reported to have sold more than 250,000 copies. ", Ellison, Douglas W. "Rivals in Texas: Hardin and Longley. He dismounted and managed to discharge the gun by steadying the cylinder with one hand and pulling the trigger with the other. [7]:16 Hardin also claimed that he and his cousin, "Simp" Dixon, encountered a group of soldiers and each killed a man. Hardin killed his first man at age 15. Hardin drew his revolver and shot Maje five times. [7]:101[49][notes 5] After this, Hardin and Jim Taylor parted ways for good.Hardin would claim that he twice drove away men connected to the feud who had come after him, killing a man in each encounter. Someone had discovered little pictures of The Beatles and the hand of Jesus in the tree trunk. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, Vol. 1849-1873, March 11, 1871, Image 1", The Weekly Democratic Statesman August 28, 1873 p.2 Library of Congress August 13,2020, "Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the State of Texas", "Fort Worth gazette. It is grainy black and white. John Wesley Harding. Cut between 9pm and 12 midnight, "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and "Down Along the Cove" would be the only two songs featuring Drake's light pedal steel guitar. $7.00 + $4.50 shipping. Hardin was born in Bonham, Texas in 1853. Hickok saw Hardin, who was 16 years younger than he, as a youthful, budding killer to whom he could offer guidance in the savage world of the Old West. [17], "I asked Columbia to release it with no publicity and no hype, because this was the season of hype," Dylan said. A relative smuggled a hacksaw to Hardin, who escaped after cutting through the bars of a prison window. [53] An undercover Texas Ranger named Jack Duncan intercepted a letter sent to Hardin's father-in-law by Hardin's brother-in-law, Joshua Robert "Brown" Bowen. [7]:20 Dozens of people saw this fight, and from them there is a good record of how Hardin had used his guns. The Life of John Wesley Hardin, As Written by Himself is an autobiography by the famous outlaw. Hardin exchanged words with the man in charge of the other herd; both men were on horseback. / "We Better Talk This Over", "Union Sundown" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground", "I and I" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground", "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" / "Emotionally Yours", This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 13:06. Old West: The Gunfighters. [citation needed], On August 7, 1872, Hardin was wounded by a shotgun blast in a gambling dispute at the Gates Saloon in Trinity, Texas. [34] Couger was hit in the heart by one of the bullets as he lay in bed and was killed instantly. [7]:14, Locals hid the victims in the creekbed about 100 yards from the ambush. [7]:79[42]:30 Later that day, Hardin killed Helm in the town square of Albuquerque, Texas. It is not known when these songs were actually written, but none of them have turned up in the dozens of basement recordings that have since surfaced. [citation needed], "One day I was half-stepping, and the lights went out," Dylan would recall ten years later. By then, 18 months had passed since the completion of Blonde on Blonde. He claimed credit for many murders that cannot be corroborated. [7]:119, Hardin was tried for Webb's killing, and on June 5, 1878, was sentenced to serve 25 years in Huntsville Prison. [26], Regardless of when this session actually occurred, the Band did accompany Dylan for at least one performance in the months following John Wesley Harding. While there, he read theological books, becoming the superintendent of the prison Sunday School, and studied law. The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). Shortly afterwards, on July 30, 1968, Sara gave birth to their third child, Samuel Isaac Abram. All songs are written by Bob Dylan. The first instance was when an Indian tried to shoot an arrow at him on the South Canadian River. Hardin, then under the assumed name "Wesley Clemmons" (but better known to the townspeople by the alias "Little Arkansaw"), seemed to have had respect for Hickok, and replied, "If Bill needs killing why don't you kill him yourself? Born May 26, 1853, in Bonham, Texas, John Wesley Hardin was the son of a Methodist preacher and schoolteacher. He claims he was left alone with Smalley, who began to taunt and beat the then 17-year-old prisoner with the butt of a pistol. [7]:79[60], Hardin eventually adapted to prison life. John Wesley Harding was well received by critics and sold well, reaching No. "All Along the Watchtower" became one of his most popular songs after Jimi Hendrix's rendition was released in the autumn of 1968. July 20, 1871: Hardin was involved in the killing of Mexican outlaw in Sumner City, Kansas. Later that year, on March 16, Hardin was pardoned, and, on July 21, he passed the state's bar examination, obtaining his license to practice law. Court records show that Hardin carried a Colt "Lightning" revolver at the time of his death. Critic Jon Landau wrote in Crawdaddy! While the media would never lose interest, Dylan maintained a low enough profile that kept him out of the spotlight. "John Wesley Harding" by Bob DylanListen to Bob Dylan: https://BobDylan.lnk.to/ss_followYD Subscribe to the official Bob Dylan YouTube channel: https://BobDy. ", This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 15:29. He was plagued by recurring poor health, especially when the wound he had received from Sublett became re-infected in 1883, causing him to be bedridden for almost two years. Prior to December 9, 1868: Hardin shot and mortally wounded "Maje" (Major) Holshousen near Moscow, Polk County, Texas. And there, with just a couple of guys, he put those songs down on tape. John W Hardin Hardin confronted Selman and the two men argued. [7]:13[notes 1][See [11]][12] Hardin further wrote that his father did not believe he would receive a fair hearing in the Union-occupied state (where more than a third of the state police[13] were former slaves), so he ordered him into hiding. This article is about the Bob Dylan album. Back. Around this time, there were also major changes in Dylan's private life: his father died from a heart attack, prompting Dylan to return to Hibbing to attend the funeral. There was very little songwriting activity, as well. He married again but then abandoned his wife and moved on to El Paso, where he began a life of dissipation and thievery. [6]:238. There, Hardin's father established and taught at the school that John Hardin and his siblings attended. [61], While in prison, he wrote an autobiography. [7]:46, On July 4, 1871, a Texas trail boss named William Cohron[28] was killed on the Cottonwood Trail (40 miles (64km) south of Abilene) by an unnamed Mexican, who "fled south"[29] and was subsequently killed by two cowboys in a Sumner County, Kansas, restaurant on July 20. [14] Towards the end of the drive, a Mexican herd crowded in behind Hardin's and there was some trouble keeping the two herds apart. While locked up, he bought a revolver from another prisoner. In Hardin's version of the killing, he names the murdered cattleman as "Billy Coran" and the Mexican as "Bideno". That same month, Hardin may have wounded three Mexicans in an argument over a Three-card Monte card game, pistol-whipping one man over the head, shooting one man in the arm, and shooting the third man in the lung. John Wesley Hardin entered the world near Bonham, Texas in 1853. Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and principal songwriter of The Band, recalled that "it was just on a kind of whim that Bob went down to Nashville. $9.99 + $4.00 shipping. 10.24. Hardin's father was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and named his son after the founder of the Methodist sect. Trilogy of Bloody Guts DVD Alex Wesley gore horror Legless Corpse Films ltd. ed. New York: Time Life. However, before the retrial could be organized Selman was killed in a shootout with US Marshal George Scarborough on April 6, 1896, during an argument following a card game. Clive Davis urged Dylan to pull a single, but even then Dylan refused, preferring to maintain the album's low-key profile. July 17, 1873: Hardin killed J.B. Morgan in Cuero, Texas. Hardin then claimed that while on the run he was "arrested" by three men named Smith, Jones, and Davis; but in Bell County, Texas, he killed all three with their own guns, after they became drunk and careless, and escaped again. The argument against. All three had been drinking heavily. [43][44][45] On the run again in June 1873, Hardin assisted in the escape of his brother-in-law, Joshua Bowen, from the Gonzales County, Texas, jail where he was imprisoned on an 1872 murder charge. Hardin was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Update 2018-2019: For an absolutely amazing John Wesley Hardin and Jesse Woodson James connection, please read my chapter titled: Jesse James and the Deadliest in Texas ***** Outlaw-Attorney John Wesley Hardin. April 25, 2014 Stace is better known to some as John Wesley Harding, the name under which he released 17 albums. Sponsored. A group of local men broke into the jail in July 1874 and hanged Joe and the two Dixon boys. on Beatles Sgt. After hearing of Woody Guthrie's passing (two weeks before John Wesley Harding's first session), Dylan contacted Harold Leventhal, Guthrie's longtime friend and manager, and extended an early acceptance to any invitation for any memorial show that might be planned. All Along the Watchtower iTUNES 5. Hardin wrote that he was first exposed to violence in 1861 when he saw a man named Turner Evans stabbed by John Ruff. According to a Kosse Texas Webmaster, there is a tradition that this killing took place in a hotel beside the towns railroad station). "[14], In the February 3, 1968 issue of Melody Maker, the album was reviewed and announced for release in Britain on February 23. Follow Author John Wesley Hardin > Quotes (?) magazine, "For an album of this kind to be released amidst Sgt. John Wesley Hardin was one of the most violent and heartless gunslingers of the Old West. [16], The album was re-released as one of the 15 Dylan titles remastered for Hybrid SACD on September 16, 2003, and was reissued again as part of The Original Mono Recordings on October 10, 2010. [8] Sloter charged at Hardin with a knife, but Hardin stabbed him with his own knife, almost killing him. 1891-1898, May 03, 1895, MAILABLE EDITION., Image 8", "The Law Catches Up with John Wesley Hardin", "Nogalus Prairie Texas, Nogales Prairie Texas, Nogallis Prairie Texas", Website, Early Hernando County History. Pursued by lawmen for most of his life, in 1877 at the age of 23, he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for murder. John Wesley Harding iTUNES 2. He is the great-grandfather of legendary Texas outlaw and gunslinger, John Wesley Hardin. [59] On February 14, 1892, during his prison term, he was convicted of another manslaughter charge for the earlier shooting of J.B. Morgan and given a two-year sentence to be served concurrently with his unexpired 25-year sentence. He crossed his arms to draw. Dylan went to work on John Wesley Harding in the fall of 1967. John Wesley was the second son of Samuel, a former Nonconformist (dissenter from the Church of England) and rector at Epworth, and Susanna Wesley. [7]:3032, A Texas Historical Marker notes that in the 1870s, Hardin hid out in the vicinity of Pilgrim, Texas. (This is not to say that there wasn't a shooting incident. xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx Oklahoma, USA. Pepper, Their Satanic Majesties Request, After Bathing at Baxter's, somebody must have had a lot of confidence in what he was doing Dylan seems to feel no need to respond to the predominate [sic] trends in pop music at all. John Wesley Hardin ( Bonham, Texas, [ 1] 26 de maio de 1853 [ 2] - El Paso, Texas, 19 de agosto de 1895 [ 2] ). "Cases argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the State of Texas, Volume 4", during 1878 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Wesley_Hardin&oldid=1142285787, In September 1871, Hardin was involved in a gunfight with two, On June 19, 1872, Hardin was involved in a gunfight in, On July 26, 1872, Hardin wounded Texas state policeman Sonny Speights in the arm with a derringer pistol, in, January 9, 1871: Arrested by Constable E.T. John Wesley Hardin Jr. was a notorious outlaw and gunfighter in the American Old West. John Wesley Harding discography and songs: Music profile for John Wesley Harding, born 22 October 1965. In May 1874, while in Gainesville, Florida, Hardin confessed to having knocked down a black man and shooting another during a disturbance outside the, Hardin claimed that on July 1, 1874, he drove off 17, Later, Hardin and Mac Young were supposedly stopped near, Hardin claimed to have been involved in the killing of two. Start by following John Wesley Hardin. John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. No contemporary newspaper accounts confirm this, but another report suggests that it was Hickok who made Hardin put up his guns. [7]:20[18][19] Hardin eventually admitted killing two men in Hill County. p. 238. He then stole a horse and rode to a cow camp 35 miles outside town. [26][27] Hardin also claimed to have killed two Indians in separate gunfights on the same cattle drive. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. As Hardin lay on the floor, Selman fired three more shots into him. During the description of one book in the series The Gunfighters, the well-known claim is made: "John Wesley Hardin, so mean, he once shot a man just . John Wesley Harding (1967) Buy it now Amazon iTunes track 1. 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