All Along the Watchtower iTUNES 5. 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. Upon the album's release, rumors circulated that the faces of the Beatles were hidden on the front cover in the knots of the tree. As 1967 came to a close, Dylan's lifestyle became more stable. Harding recently launched a side career as a novelist, for which he uses his given name: Wesley Stace. "Gunfighters of the Real West: John Wesley Hardin. Selman's 56-year-old father, Constable John Selman Sr. (himself a notorious gunman and former outlaw), approached Hardin on the afternoon of August 19, 1895, and the two men exchanged heated words. The letter mentioned that Hardin was hiding out on the Alabama-Florida border using the name "James W. Swain". City & Area Directories. 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. The cover photograph of John Wesley Harding shows a squinting Dylan flanked by brothers Luxman and Purna Das, two Bengali Bauls, Indian musicians brought to Woodstock by Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman. Another Colt revolver (known as a .41-caliber "Thunderer"), which was owned by Hardin and used by him to rob the Gem Saloon, was sold at the same auction for $100,000. June 19, 1872: Hardin is wounded in a gunfight in. Bradley allegedly fired a shot at Hardin and missed; Hardin drew both his pistols and returned fire, one shot striking Bradley in the head and the other in his chest. Born in central Texas on May 26, 1853, Hardin killed. According to a contributor here by the name of RobertoArredondo, who researched this release atated that cccording to the Brian Hinton who wrote the book "Bob Dylan Complete Discography," on page 65, confirms that the "John Wesley Harding" LP was released in January 1968 in the USA, and February 23, 1968 in the UK. 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? Finally, in flight from Texas, he was caught in a Pensacola, Fla., train depot and returned to Austin, Texas, for trial in September 1877. Half-dressed and still drunk, he and Clements exited through a second-story window onto the roof of the hotel. If you wish to be successful in life, be temperate and control your passions; if you don't, ruin and death is the result. The bullet that killed Hardin sold for $80,000.[103]. . 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. John W Hardin Two buckshot pellets penetrated Hardin's kidney and for a time it looked as if he would die. Return to his roots for Dylan and such a clean version. It is grainy black and white. 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". In Hardin's version of the killing, he names the murdered cattleman as "Billy Coran" and the Mexican as "Bideno". in Hill County, Texas. C $12.21 + C $19.76 shipping. March 1876: Hardin shot and wounded W.C. Overbey in Gainesville, Florida. 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. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 19892006, Vol. July 26, 1872: Hardin wounded Texas State Policeman Sonny Speights in Hemphill, Texas. Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding, The Definitive Collection Part 8 Sealed Vinyl. Infuriated, Thompson tried to incite his new acquaintance, Hardin, by exclaiming to him: "He's a damn Yankee. Follow Author John Wesley Hardin > Quotes (?) 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. 2.69. . However, both men did back down. Hardin leapt from the roof into the street and hid in a haystack for the rest of the night. I said fine, but also suggested we add a steel guitar, which is how Pete Drake came to be on that record. A murderer to most, a folk hero to some, but one of the true legends of the Old West was the violent gunslinger John Wesley Hardin. April 25, 2014 Stace is better known to some as John Wesley Harding, the name under which he released 17 albums. A truce was declared, and both parties went their separate ways. We have no further record of his brother. TO J.W.H.". John Wesley was the second son of Samuel, a former Nonconformist (dissenter from the Church of England) and rector at Epworth, and Susanna Wesley. His wife, Sara, had given birth to their daughter, Anna, earlier that summer. The marriage ended quickly, although it was never legally dissolved. 1860 U S Census of Free Inhabitants; Subdivision No. JOHN R. HARDIN, our ancestor, came to this country at about an age of 16 years with a brother. His autobiography was published posthumously in 1925 by Bandera publisher, historian, and journalist J. Marvin Hunter, who founded both the Frontier Times magazine and the Frontier Times Museum. He was well known for fabricating or wildly exaggerating stories about his life. This may not have been the first killing Hardin Was involved in: A US Congressional record reports that "No.302 Kaufman county, August 1867.- John Love, L.T.Nash, Joe Hardin, and J. Hardin {white} murdered Tom {colored}. He was well known for exaggerating or fabricating stories about his life and claimed credit for many killings that cannot be corroborated. July 17, 1873: Hardin killed J.B. Morgan in Cuero, Texas. It was reported at the time that Webb was shot as he was pulling out an arrest warrant for one of Hardin's group. "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. July 20, 1871: Hardin was involved in the killing of Mexican outlaw in Sumner City, Kansas. Bob Dylan's iconic song, "John Wesley Harding" is based on the life of the gunfighter-turned lawyer John Wesley Hardin. 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. xxxx xxxxxxx Texas, USA. On July 18, 1873[41] in Cuero, Texas, Hardin killed DeWitt County Deputy Sheriff J.B. Morgan, who served under County Sheriff Jack Helm (a former captain in the Texas State Police and leader of the Sutton force at that time). Lining standard; 6 cartridge loops standard; Available for most Single Actions and Double Actions *Note: All fields must be filled in and/or selected before proceeding to add order to shopping cart. Hardin drew his revolver and shot Maje five times. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense.. City & Area Directories. $9.99 + $4.00 shipping. " A negro named Mage" gets his face a little scratched in a wrestling match with the 15-year-old John Wesley Hardin and does not handle it in a very mature way, as we can learn from Hardin's posthumously published autobiography The Life Of John Wesley Hardin, "as written by himself . 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. [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. Hardin admitted that he and his brother Joseph had been involved (along with both Taylors) in the killings. State Seals were found on Joseph Hardin after his lynching. Before he went to prison, upwards of 40 men had fallen to his guns,. On November 6, 1892, during Hardin's stay in prison, his first wife, Jane, died. 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). [7]:92, The death of the popular Webb resulted in the quick formation of a lynch mob. According to a Kosse Texas Webmaster, there is a tradition that this killing took place in a hotel beside the towns railroad station). Although there are no contemporary newspaper reports of this shooting, this killing is mentioned in a 1924 account by Texas cattleman George N. Steen, who reported: The Alachua county coroner (who was allegedly part of the mob according to Hardin) afterward rendered the verdict that "Eli" had died after setting fire to the jail himself. [2][5]:108100 He was named after John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist denomination of the Christian church. August 6, 1871: Hardin killed Charles Couger in Abilene, Kansas. One, Volumes 13 (Rare & Unreleased) 19611991, Vol. These men constitu'ted themselves into a court 'and hanged a negro boy." Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west!!! [54], That night, Hardin went to the Acme Saloon where he began playing dice; his last words were "Four Sixes to Beat". I waylaid them, as I had no mercy on men whom I knew only wanted to get my body to torture and kill. Reissued, Remastered Bob Dylan Format: Audio CD 784 ratings Amazon's Choice for "john wesley harding bob dylan" $798 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns See all 59 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 $9.99 Listen with our Free App Audio CD The argument against. 1895 "Hardin" - Shoulder Rig $ 259.00. A subsequent lawsuit ruled in favor of keeping the body in El Paso.[64]. 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. He then forced a war party to flee after he shot a second Indian who had killed a beef cow. Edit setlist. He killed at least 21 men in gun duels and ambushes in the period 1868-77. [7]:105107 [50] On November 18, 1875, the leader of the Suttons,[51] ex-Cuero, Texas, town marshal Reuben Brown was shot and killed by five men in Cuero along with a negro named Tom Freeman, with another negro being wounded. The track durations cited here are those of the remastered version released September 16, 2003, and re-released June 1, 2004. ", This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 15:29. John Wesley (Wes) Hardin, outlaw, son of James G. and Elizabeth Hardin, was born in Bonham, Texas, on May 26, 1853. In mid-1877, two former slaves of his father's, "Jake" Menzel and Robert Borup tried to capture Hardin in Gainesville, Florida. Hardin said he was unarmed and excused himself but claimed that later that night, Bradley came looking for him. [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. In a vintage 1924 article, John Hunter quotes John Wesley Hardin's midwife as predicting he would either turn out to be a "great hero" or a "monumental villain." In truth, he was wholly neither and a little of both. The liner notes tells the story of three kings and three characters (Terry Shute, Frank, and Frank's wife, Vera), incorporating details from the album's songs. He is the great-grandfather of legendary Texas outlaw and gunslinger, John Wesley Hardin. [30][31] Hardin admitted to being involved in the shooting of the Mexican. John Wesley Harding Friends - A Bloody Show Live at Bumbershoot 2005 DVD Used. [7]:14, Locals hid the victims in the creekbed about 100 yards from the ambush. After six years of education . In Hardin's autobiographical version of the gunfight, he claims the first fatality was the Mexican he had previously wounded, "Hosea", and that he was the boss vaquero. [7]:109, In March 1876, Hardin wounded a man, in Florida, who had tried to mediate a quarrel between him and another man. 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. See Chuck Parsons "A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West ".p.117. His great-grandfather was North Carolina provincial Congressman Colonel Joseph Hardin the father of Congressman Martin D. Hardin of Kentucky and father of Congressman John J. Hardin; relatives included Congressman Benjamin Hardin and Colonel John Hardin of Virginia. Albums include High Fidelity, Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson, and Here Comes the Groom. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. I was as amazed as anybody."[11]. Hardin was the second surviving son of ten children. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense. Well, it ain't true. Hardin, having by then recovered from the injuries sustained in Sublett's attack, admitted that there were reports that he had led the fights in which these men were killed but would neither confirm nor deny his involvement: "as I have never pleaded to that case, I will at this time have little to say"[7]:81, Hardin's main notoriety in the SuttonTaylor feud came from his part in the killing of two lawmen known to be Sutton family allies. Un bandido con nombre de predicador. The Life of John Wesley Hardin, As Written by Himself is an autobiography by the famous outlaw. When contacted by Rolling Stone magazine in 1968, album cover photographer John Berg "acknowledged their presence but was reluctant to talk about it. He was just getting warmed up. C $10.85 + C $15.00 shipping. 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]. While there, he claimed he shot a man's eye out to win a bottle of whiskey in a bet. Hardin escaped, but the soldiers apprehended Polk and jailed him temporarily. John Wesley Hardin [J W Hardin] Birth. The first instance was when an Indian tried to shoot an arrow at him on the South Canadian River. media listen watch subscribe about contact Open Menu Close Menu. Intro: D D John Wesley Harding A Was a friend to the poor, D He trav'led with a gun in ev'ry hand. [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 legend has it that Dylan recorded John Wesley Harding after finishing The Basement Tapes sessions with members of the Band, several biographers and discographers have argued that the final reel of basement recordings actually postdates the first John Wesley Harding session. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album Bob Dylan's portrait is shown in the top right corner, overlooking the rest of the pack.. Six months Later December 27, 1967 Bob Dylan released the album John Wesley Harding. For his part, Hardin (still using his alias) was fascinated by Wild Bill and reveled in being seen on intimate terms with such a celebrated gunfighter. :1114[16], Hardin knew that he would be arrested if he returned home. "[7]:5 Hardin's father traveled over much of central Texas on his preaching circuit until he settled his family in Sumpter, Trinity County, Texas, in 1859. John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. 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Save a Little Room for Me. [7]:16 Hardin also claimed that he and his cousin, "Simp" Dixon, encountered a group of soldiers and each killed a man. [62][63] Hardin was buried the following day[64] in Concordia Cemetery, in El Paso. [citation needed], On August 7, 1872, Hardin was wounded by a shotgun blast in a gambling dispute at the Gates Saloon in Trinity, Texas. He married again but then abandoned his wife and moved on to El Paso, where he began a life of dissipation and thievery. July 1895: Fined $25 for gaming, relating to the May 1 incident, where he lost and took back $100 at the Gem Saloon. "[37] ("Monday night", as reported by the newspaper, would have been August 7, 1871, not August 6.) Drifter's Escape iTUNES 7. He first shouted several times for the man to "rollover" and then, irritated by the lack of response, drunkenly fired several bullets through the shared wall, in an apparent effort to awaken him. He dismounted and managed to discharge the gun by steadying the cylinder with one hand and pulling the trigger with the other. The murderer escaped. wesley stace. Another claim was that he killed a man in Abilene, Kansas, in the summer of 1871. A All along this countryside, E He opened a many a door, A But he was never known D To hurt an. "Six Telegrams That Tell a Story: The Arrest of John Wesley Hardin. 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. Polk had killed a man named Tom Brady, and a detachment of soldiers sent from Corsicana, Texas, were pursuing the duo. As Webb followed him inside, Hardin claimed Webb drew his gun. He also gained a substantial following with his solo acoustic performances and popular videos. Hardin met up with Hickok again while on a cattle drive in August 1871. While locked up, he bought a revolver from another prisoner. And he is the only major pop artist about whom this can be said. Johnston recalls that "he was staying in the Ramada Inn down there, and he played me his songs and he suggested we just use bass and guitar and drums on the record. home the secret series news events music albums archival releases dynablobs EPs shop. Omissions? Clements and Hardin shared one room, with Couger in the adjacent room. Never had Dylan constructed an album-as-an-album so self-consciously. [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. Hardin claimed this was the fastest way to draw, and he practiced every day. There are conflicting accounts of Hardin's death Wikimedia Commons [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. July 18, 1873: Hardin killed Dewitt Sheriff, March 11, 1874: Hardin was involved in Jim Taylor and William Taylor's killing of William Sutton and Gabriel Slaughter. "[9] The final session did break from the status quo by employing Pete Drake on the final two recordings. 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). Sometime during the evening, Hardin was awakened by loud snoring coming from Couger's room. A witty but more straightforward wordsmith than Mr. C, he pens concise, catchy tunes, fancies himself . At the cemetery, the group representing Hardin's descendants presented a disinterment permit for the body, while the El Pasoans presented a court order prohibiting its removal. After recovering from the worst effects of his motorcycle accident, Dylan spent a substantial amount of time recording the informal basement sessions with The Band in West Saugerties, New York. 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). 10: Another Self Portrait (19691971), Vol. [7]:3032, A Texas Historical Marker notes that in the 1870s, Hardin hid out in the vicinity of Pilgrim, Texas. Hardin was winning almost every hand, which angered Bradley, who threatened to cut out Hardin's liver if he won again. My Least Favorite Things. By then, 18 months had passed since the completion of Blonde on Blonde. Within a year of his 1894 release from prison, Hardin was killed by John Selman in an El Paso saloon. January 5, 1870: Hardin killed Benjamin Bradley and claimed to have brought about the "disappearance" of a "Judge Moore." : John Wesley Harding 1967 8 LP's 2 1 RIAA 5002012303 [1] [ ] On May 15, 1873, Jim Cox and Jake Christman were killed by the Taylor faction at Tumlinson Creek. Court records show that Hardin carried a Colt "Lightning" revolver at the time of his death. New York: Time Life. September 1873, in Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, a former slave named Allen May was shot and killed. 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. John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 - August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon.Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age. By the middle of the following year, most of Dylan's LPs would be released solely in stereophonic. John Wesley Hardin was one of the most prolific American killers living in the wild and lawless days of Texas. The Bull's Head Tavern, in Abilene, Kansas, had been established as a partnership between ex-lawman Ben Thompson and gambler Phil Coe. [54] He was forty years old when he returned to Gonzales, Texas. 16: Springtime in New York 19801985, Vol. xxx xxxx. And there, with just a couple of guys, he put those songs down on tape. He is believed to have killed a total of 44 men over the course of his lifetime, all of them before he reached the age of 23. ", Whittington, Michael. 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. Two Texas state policemen, Captain Edward T. Stakes and an officer named Jim Smalley,[7]:3031[21] were assigned to escort Hardin to Waco for trial. A calm, reflective album, John Wesley Harding strips away all of the wilder tendencies of Dylan's rock albums -- even the then-unreleased Basement Tapes he made the previous year -- but it isn't a return to his folk roots. magazine, "For an album of this kind to be released amidst Sgt. John Wesley Hardin met his fate The El Paso Times in August 1895 reported Hardin's death and printed witness statements: Abrupt End of a Bad Man's Career The Tragedy at the Acme Saloon. Blair prevented a gunfight between two well-armed parties, one of which was headed by John Hardin and the other headed by Capt. It features mother-of-pearl grips, and the back-strap is hand-engraved "J.B.M. [7]:73 Hardin made a sick-bed surrender to authorities, handing over his guns to Sheriff Reagan and asking to be tried for his past crimes in order "to clear the slate". John Wesley Hardin [John Wesely Hardin] Birth. [22] After the Bell County shootings, Hardin found refuge with his cousins, the Clements, who were then living in Gonzales, in south Texas. [58] Hardin made several attempts to escape. Um dos mais brutais, mais certeiros e mais rpidos atiradores de todos os tempos, Hardin foi um fora-da-lei do perodo da histria dos Estados Unidos da Amrica conhecido como "Velho Oeste". He asked Webb if he had come to arrest him. Behind Dylan is Charlie Joy, a local stonemason and carpenter. For its title track, see, The Bootleg Series Vol. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019. Dylan went to work on John Wesley Harding in the fall of 1967. 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. Hardin had numerous confirmed clashes with the law: Hardin's autobiography is filled with statements which can either not be confirmed independently from his book, or differ wildly from the historical record:[7]:1011. 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. Hardin was born in Bonham, Texas in 1853. 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. A man called "Judge Moore", who held Hardin's stakes of money and a pistol, refused to give them up without Bradley's consent and later "vanished". October 6, 1871: Hardin killed Texas Special Policeman Green Paramore and wounded policeman John Lackey. 17: Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (19961997). He hit the Mexican in the thigh. See Chuck Parsons "A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West ".p.25. Hardin shot him and then had the body buried to avoid retribution from the man's tribe. Both sides accused the other parties of seeking the tourist revenue generated by the location of the body. Pepper. From Newport to the Ancient Empty Street in L.A. John Wesley "Wes" Hardin (1853-1895), son of James "Gip" Gibson Hardin (1823 - 1876) and Mary Elizabeth Dixon (1826 - 1885), was a notorious outlaw and gunfighter in nineteenth-century Texas. ", Parsons, Chuck. 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. The reckless, gunslinging outlaw was a force to be reckoned with and left a trail of trouble . Sponsored. Clive Davis urged Dylan to pull a single, but even then Dylan refused, preferring to maintain the album's low-key profile. After the early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, a new breed of folk icons inhabited the Wild West, and one of the most notorious and controversial of them all is John Wesley Hardin, still regarded today as Texas' most deadly . When Thompson and Coe refused his request to remove the bull, Hickok altered it himself. John Wesley Harding (1967) Buy it now Amazon iTunes track 1. 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