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 . TO J.W.H.". 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. 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. In the course of his career he outgunned and killed at least eight Union soldiers and four black policemen pursuing him on various murder charges. New York: Time Life. According to Hardin, he did not kill them but forced them to remove all their clothing and walk back to Abilene. Thinking he could get out of Texas long enough for his pursuers to lose interest, Hardin worked with his cousins, rustling cattle for Jake Johnson and Columbus Carol. 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). [17], "I asked Columbia to release it with no publicity and no hype, because this was the season of hype," Dylan said. Edit setlist. All Along the Watchtower iTUNES 5. 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). 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. Thus it was by the fall of 1868 I had killed four men and was myself wounded in the arm. In his autobiography, Hardin admitted that he had "adopted" this alias from Brenham, Texas, Town Marshal Henry Swain, who had married a cousin of Hardin's named Molly Parks. Whiting, Ala., August 21. at Sumpter; p: 1; Dwelling 6, Family 6. John Wesley Hardin earned himself a reputation as one of the Wild West's most pernicious killers. 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. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 19892006, Vol. [7]:30 Following his arrest, he was held temporarily in a log jail in the town of Marshall, awaiting transfer to Waco for trial. The Bull's Head Tavern, in Abilene, Kansas, had been established as a partnership between ex-lawman Ben Thompson and gambler Phil Coe. [48] Two of Hardin's accomplices in the shooting were cousin Bud Dixon and Jim Taylor. Hardin said he was unarmed and excused himself but claimed that later that night, Bradley came looking for him. As Webb followed him inside, Hardin claimed Webb drew his gun. home the secret series news events music albums archival releases dynablobs EPs shop. There was very little songwriting activity, as well. At least two other relatives of Hardin were also killers: One relation was a law officer killed in the line of duty: The memorable circumstances and the sheer number of Hardin's life events, real or exaggerated, made him a legend of the Old West and an icon of American folklore. Album Review: "John Wesley Harding" by Bob Dylan Advertisement via jon jon jon/YouTube Country Flavor After Bob Dylan's motorcycle accident, he went on an exile and that downtime spawned numerous compositions which ended up on "The Basement Tapes" and his slow, quiet, and country-flavored LP "John Wesley Harding." 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. The track durations cited here are those of the remastered version released September 16, 2003, and re-released June 1, 2004. The Life of John Wesley Hardin, As Written by Himself is an autobiography by the famous outlaw. Dylan returned to the studio on November 6, recording master takes for "All Along the Watchtower", "John Wesley Harding", "As I Went Out One Morning", "I Pity the Poor Immigrant", and "I Am a Lonesome Hobo". Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding, The Definitive Collection Part 8 Sealed Vinyl. The other group, consisting of locals from El Paso, sought to prevent the move. 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. He is the great-grandfather of legendary Texas outlaw and gunslinger, John Wesley Hardin. He killed at least 21 men in gun duels and ambushes in the period 1868-77. Hidden by the animal, he pulled out a gun, fatally shot Smalley, and used his horse to escape. The marriage ended quickly, although it was never legally dissolved. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Mid 1877: "Jake" Menzel and Robert Borup tried to capture Hardin in. Years later, Hardin referred to the episode: Kill the Messenger. June 19, 1872: Hardin is wounded in a gunfight in. One, Volumes 13 (Rare & Unreleased) 19611991, Vol. 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]. The album sleeve is also notable for its liner notes, written by Dylan himself. October 6, 1871: Hardin killed Texas Special Policeman Green Paramore and wounded policeman John Lackey. WARNING!!! [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. July 17, 1873: Hardin killed J.B. Morgan in Cuero, Texas. After six years of education . p. 238. At an unknown date between 1871 and 1872, Hardin claimed that 45 miles outside Corpus Christie, Texas, he was followed by two Mexicans; that he killed one and the other fled. Be the first to learn about new releases! 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. John Wesley Hardin [J W Hardin] Birth. It was war to the knife for me, and I brought it on by opening the fight with a double-barreled shotgun and ended it with a cap and ball six-shooter. May 26, 1874: Hardin killed Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in Comanche, Texas. Hardin claimed that after killing Maje, he shot three, Hardin said he shot one of the two soldiers killed in 1869 in "Richland Bottom", the other having been shot by his cousin, Simpson "Simp" Dixson, a member of the. [citation needed] In 1879, Hardin and 50 other convicts were stopped within hours of successfully tunneling into the prison armory. 1895 "Hardin" - Shoulder Rig $ 259.00. 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 wrote that he was first exposed to violence in 1861 when he saw a man named Turner Evans stabbed by John Ruff. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. The album was remastered and re-released in 2003 using a new technology, SACD. He was also a narcissistic braggart, a pathological liar, and an unrepentant racist. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. One group, representing several of Hardin's great-grandchildren, sought to relocate his body to Nixon, Texas, to be interred next to the grave of his first wife, Jane. He then stole a horse and rode to a cow camp 35 miles outside town. The officers knocked Hardin unconscious. On November 1, 2019, Dylan released several new outtakes from this album and Nashville Skyline on The Bootleg Series, Vol. Behind Dylan is Charlie Joy, a local stonemason and carpenter. And he is the only major pop artist about whom this can be said. Hardin shot him and then had the body buried to avoid retribution from the man's tribe. My Least Favorite Things. "[7]:1011, On February 17, 1894, Hardin was released from prison, having served seventeen years of his twenty-five-year sentence. 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. Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding is an album of half-spoken secrets, hushed whispers, illegible writings, and missing pages. [7]:119, Hardin was tried for Webb's killing, and on June 5, 1878, was sentenced to serve 25 years in Huntsville Prison. I waylaid them, as I had no mercy on men whom I knew only wanted to get my body to torture and kill. Hardin was the second surviving son of ten children. John Wesley Hardin was born on May 26, 1853 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, the second of James Gibson and Elizabeth Cartwright Dixon Hardin's eight children. Finally, in flight from Texas, he was caught in a Pensacola, Fla., train depot and returned to Austin, Texas, for trial in September 1877. It features mother-of-pearl grips, and the back-strap is hand-engraved "J.B.M. "John Wesley Hardin and the Texas Rangers. [6]:238. "[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. The Lone Star State. 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. 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. 16: Springtime in New York 19801985, Vol. 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. He was famous as one of the most profligate killers in the Old West. 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. [62][63] Hardin was buried the following day[64] in Concordia Cemetery, in El Paso. 2 on the U.S. charts and topping the UK charts. Hardin threw money on the ground and shot the would-be thief when he bent over to pick it up. Sponsored. [citation needed], "One day I was half-stepping, and the lights went out," Dylan would recall ten years later. Hardin was born in Bonham, Texas in 1853. He eventually submitted nearly all of them for copyright, but declined to include any of them in his next studio release (Dylan would not release any of those recordings to the commercial market until 1975's The Basement Tapes, by which time some of them had been bootlegged, usually sourced from an easy-to-find set of publisher's demos). September 1872: Hardin surrendered to Sheriff Reagan, but escaped in October 1872. wesley stace. Dylan was once again recording with a band, but the instrumentation was very sparse. Jim Taylor was shot and killed January 1, 1875; Bill Taylor was tried twice and acquitted-one report is that he died about 1890 in Sonora Texas another report is that he was reportedly killed about 1895 in Oklahoma. 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. He was the son of James Hardin, a Methodist preacher, who had named him after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. [7]:24[14], In January 1871, Hardin was arrested for the murder of Waco, Texas, city marshal Laban John Hoffman; however, he denied committing this crime. 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. 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. The letter mentioned that Hardin was hiding out on the Alabama-Florida border using the name "James W. Swain". Intro: D D John Wesley Harding A Was a friend to the poor, D He trav'led with a gun in ev'ry hand. [13] Original CD editions from the 1980s and 1990s have the copyright year of 1968. I said fine, but also suggested we add a steel guitar, which is how Pete Drake came to be on that record. I Am A Lonesome Hobo iTUNES 9. Western Outlaw. John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. [7]:8687, After a brief visit to Floridawhere he claimed to have been involved in three incidents against Negroes, including a lynchingHardin met with his wife, Jane, and their young daughter, with whom he had relocated under the assumed name "Swain". 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. From then on he led a life of gunslinging, dueling, gambling, and drinking. "And since that point, I more or less had amnesia It took me a long time to get to do consciously what I used to be able to do unconsciously.". Hardin was winning almost every hand, which angered Bradley, who threatened to cut out Hardin's liver if he won again. xxx xxxx. A firefight between the rival camps ensued. C $12.21 + C $19.76 shipping. The incident earned Hardin a reputation as a man "so mean, he once shot a man for snoring". Wes Hardin skt sin frsta person vid 15 rs lder. [54], That night, Hardin went to the Acme Saloon where he began playing dice; his last words were "Four Sixes to Beat". This was his sixth murder. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, Vol. We do not know from what country they came , nor the date of landing, but suppose it was about 1745. A relative smuggled a hacksaw to Hardin, who escaped after cutting through the bars of a prison window. Dear Landlord iTUNES 8. 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. Born in central Texas on May 26, 1853, Hardin killed. Hardin drew his revolver and shot Maje five times. Soon afterwards, on August 6, 1871, Hardin, his cousin Gip Clements, and a rancher friend named Charles Couger put up for the night at the American House Hotel after an evening of gambling. [7]:20 Dozens of people saw this fight, and from them there is a good record of how Hardin had used his guns. Harding is Johnny Cash 's outlaw figure, "he was never known to hurt an honest man" folk-hero of a different kind, John Wesley Harding "a friend to the poor." Call him Robin Hood if it. Not tempted to incorporate even later basement visions like 'Going to Acapulco' and 'Clothesline Saga,' Dylan managed in less than six weeks to construct his most perfectly executed official collection."[25]. A reward of $100 was offered for his re-capture. John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. [22] After the Bell County shootings, Hardin found refuge with his cousins, the Clements, who were then living in Gonzales, in south Texas. El Paso may not have been big enough for both of them, but the graveyard had room to spare. "[7]:22, Later that month, on January 20 in Horn Hill, Limestone County, Texas, Hardin claimed he killed a man in a gunfight after an argument at the circus. [30][31] Hardin admitted to being involved in the shooting of the Mexican. In his autobiography, Hardin described his mother as "blond, highly cultured [while] charity predominated in her disposition. 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. One of Hardin's men yelled out a warning,[7]:92 and in the ensuing gunfight, Webb was shot dead. September 1873, in Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, a former slave named Allen May was shot and killed. ", DeMattos, Jack. A subsequent lawsuit ruled in favor of keeping the body in El Paso.[64]. They would be given an austere sound that he and his producer Bob Johnston thought sympathetic to their content. All songs are written by Bob Dylan. The Devil in Me. [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. Updates? Hardin's father was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and named his son after the founder of the Methodist sect. 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". 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". Hardin killed his first man at age 15. John Wesley, (born June 17, 1703, Epworth, Lincolnshire, Englanddied March 2, 1791, London), Anglican clergyman, evangelist, and founder, with his brother Charles, of the Methodist movement in the Church of England. Infuriated, Thompson tried to incite his new acquaintance, Hardin, by exclaiming to him: "He's a damn Yankee. [8]:214217 Afterward, Hardin moved to El Paso, Texas. In the song, Dylan accepts Hardin's own account of himself as a good citizen who was more sinned against than a sinner: As Dylan sings, "He was never known to hurt an honest man." BOB DYLAN JOHN WESLEY HARDING LP RECORD VG++. Corrections? [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. [7]:2837, After arriving in Abilene, Hardin claimed that he and a companion named Pain got into an argument in a restaurant with an anti-Texan, which left Pain wounded in one arm and the stranger shot in the mouth by Hardin's bullet. According to a Kosse Texas Webmaster, there is a tradition that this killing took place in a hotel beside the towns railroad station). Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Shortly afterwards, on July 30, 1968, Sara gave birth to their third child, Samuel Isaac Abram. He dismounted and managed to discharge the gun by steadying the cylinder with one hand and pulling the trigger with the other. October 1873: Hardin was indicted in Hill County, Texas, for the 1870 death of Benjamin Bradley, but was never tried. Bradley drew a knife and a six-shooter. During most of the recording, the rhythm section of drummer Kenneth A. Buttrey and bassist Charlie McCoy were the only ones supporting Dylan, who handled all harmonica, guitar, piano, and vocal parts. 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). 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. 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. The Colt, with a .38-caliber .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+12" barrel, is nickel-plated, with blued hammer, trigger, and screws. xxxx xxxxxxx Texas, USA. https://www.wildwestextra.com/I. "I didn't intentionally come out with some kind of mellow sound," Dylan said in 1971. We have no further record of his brother. The Colt was accompanied by a tooled leather holster, marked with a barely visible stamp of an El Paso maker. [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. [7]:60 The next day, Hardin left for Texas, never to return to Abilene. ", This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 15:29. 25-Sumpter, Trinity County, Texas; 12 June 1860; P.O. 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. City & Area Directories. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense.. "I would have liked more steel guitar, more piano. While there, he claimed he shot a man's eye out to win a bottle of whiskey in a bet. The Truth. The Mexican fired his gun at Hardin, putting a hole through Hardin's hat. Reaching adolescence as the defeated South entered the Reconstruction period, Hardin was virulently antiblack and anti-Yankee and, in 1868 at the age of 15, killed his first man, an ex-slave. However, when Hardin learned of how many murders Reagan was going to charge him with, he changed his mind. 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}. EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND GRAPHIC CONTENT!!! A state famous and notorious in equal measure for its outlaws. 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. Dylan returned for one last session on November 29, completing all of the remaining work. Albums include High Fidelity, Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson, and Here Comes the Groom. Well, I had a proof of the cover on my wall, so I went and turned it upside down and sure enough . Two buckshot pellets penetrated Hardin's kidney and for a time it looked as if he would die. "The 'album concept' and progressive-pop movement, which was virtually unearthed with Pepper, was indeed the order of the day. Critic Jon Landau wrote in Crawdaddy! Showing 1-2 of 2 "A bullet to the front of the head demonstrates good marksmanship. A contemporary newspaper account did report a fight in Union Hill, Texas, between circus "canvasmen" and "roughs" who tried to get in without paying, although the outcome did not conclude the way Hardin claimed it did. Subsequently tried, Selman was acquitted of murder. 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[citation needed]. He hit the Mexican in the thigh. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, November 19, 1875, Image 1", "Daily Fort Worth Standard - Google News Archive Search", "Billings v. Concordia Heritage Association, Inc", "Dallas herald. John Wesley Harding is clearly inspired by the life of a real-life outlaw, John Wesley Hardin. magazine, "For an album of this kind to be released amidst Sgt. As 1967 came to a close, Dylan's lifestyle became more stable. Hardin was a pioneer of the North Carolina territories west of the Appalachian Mountains, a patriot in the Revolutionary War, and the Patriarch of a large family, being the progenitor of many westward pioneering families of the late-18th and 19th centuries. The Civil War broke out when Hardin was eight years old. Like a Prayer. No contemporary newspaper accounts confirm this, but another report suggests that it was Hickok who made Hardin put up his guns. $35.00 + $4.35 shipping. 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. 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". [54] He was forty years old when he returned to Gonzales, Texas. Blair prevented a gunfight between two well-armed parties, one of which was headed by John Hardin and the other headed by Capt. albums archival releases . Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west!!! Hardin confronted Selman and the two men argued. Harding recently launched a side career as a novelist, for which he uses his given name: Wesley Stace. 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