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. [46], On March 11, 1874, the SuttonTaylor feud intensified when Jim and Bill Taylor gunned down Billy Sutton and Gabriel Slaughter[47] as they waited on a steamboat platform in Indianola, Texas. John Wesley Hardin earned himself a reputation as one of the Wild West's most pernicious killers. For its title track, see, The Bootleg Series Vol. The album is named after Texas outlaw John Wesley Hardin, whose name was misspelled. Corrections? Hardin confronted Selman and the two men argued. Many people came to know of Hardin through the TV ad for Time-Life Books "Old West" series. Hardin claimed he ambushed lawman Tom Carson and two other deputies there. The letter mentioned that Hardin was hiding out on the Alabama-Florida border using the name "James W. Swain". However, both men did back down. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 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. All Along the Watchtower iTUNES 5. 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. The first instance was when an Indian tried to shoot an arrow at him on the South Canadian River. Bob Dylan, John Wesley Harding, Columbia, LP. Return to his roots for Dylan and such a clean version. [7]:17 Allegedly, Hardin killed a black man in Leon County, Texas. He saw Hickok arrive with four policemen. Order your copy of "Texas Depression Era Desperadoes." by mailing a check for $24.00 to Bartee Haile, P.O. Index to miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress 1867-68 .p.18 {Texas} 1868", Hardin misspells Stakes name as "Stokes" and Smalley name as "Smolly". Born in central Texas on May 26, 1853, Hardin killed. Can't Make Love to Bob Dylan. 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. [18] On January 5, 1870, Hardin was playing cards with Benjamin Bradley in Towash, Hill County, Texas. A subsequent lawsuit ruled in favor of keeping the body in El Paso.[64]. 25-Sumpter, Trinity County, Texas; 12 June 1860; P.O. 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. Hardin admitted that he and his brother Joseph had been involved (along with both Taylors) in the killings. p. 238. 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." Sometime during the evening, Hardin was awakened by loud snoring coming from Couger's room. Hardin fled Abilene to the Cottonwood Trail. Follow Author John Wesley Hardin > Quotes (?) August 1877: Reported to have been under indictments in five Texas counties: May 1, 1895: Hardin used a pistol to get back money that he lost in gambling at El Paso's Gem Saloon. Hardin exchanged words with the man in charge of the other herd; both men were on horseback. While making camp along the way, Hardin escaped when Stakes went to procure fodder for the horses. The Lone Star State. Born in 1853 in Bonham, Texas, Hardin was the son of a Methodist minister and grew up in a strict, religious household. Dylan went to work on John Wesley Harding in the fall of 1967. 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. People who viewed this item also viewed. It has the feel of antiquity settled on. . The argument against. While there, he claimed he shot a man's eye out to win a bottle of whiskey in a bet. (Dallas, Tex.) Western Outlaw. As noted above, Hardin claimed to have captured Abilene law officer Tom Carson and other officers and humiliated them sans clothing. Sometimes disparaged for his striking vocal similarity to Elvis Costello who has, himself, expressed displeasure with the uncanny likeness Wesley Harding Stace boasts many appealing virtues that belong to him alone. 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. He claimed self-defense, stating that he witnessed Hardin attempting to draw his pistol upon seeing him enter the saloon, and a hung jury resulted in his being released on bond, pending a retrial. January 22, 1871: Hardin killed Texas State Policeman John Smalley. New York: Time Life. Hardin claimed that in a saloon on election night in November 1876, he and a companion, Hardin claimed to have met two notorious fellow outlaws during his life: in 1870, he supposedly gambled with, James "Gip" Hardinhis brother-killed Deputy Sheriff Deputy Sherriff John Turman March 28, 1898, for which he served a jail term, Bourne, McNeal. John Wesley Harding Reis Rmst ed. January 5, 1870: Hardin killed Benjamin Bradley and claimed to have brought about the "disappearance" of a "Judge Moore." [58] Hardin made several attempts to escape. Hardin met up with Hickok again while on a cattle drive in August 1871. There, Hardin's father established and taught at the school that John Hardin and his siblings attended. Within a year of his 1894 release from prison, Hardin was killed by John Selman in an El Paso saloon. [notes 12] He also carried an Elgin watch[101] when he was shot and killed. The Devil in Me. 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. 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. [23][notes 2][24][25] Hardin writes that he was made trail boss for the herd. John Wesley Hardin Jr. was a notorious outlaw and gunfighter in the American Old West. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense. ", Parsons, Chuck. [4] In 2003, it was ranked number 301 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, moving to 303 in the 2012 version of that list,[5] then to 337 in the 2020 version. Contradictory release dates have been claimed for John Wesley Harding. [20], After killing Bradley, Hardin claimed that when a posse of fifteen men came after him, he captured two of them and took a shotgun, two six-shooters, a rifle, and two derringers from his captives. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019. Dear Landlord iTUNES 8. 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. Omissions? The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest iTUNES 6. While locked up, he bought a revolver from another prisoner. Updates? [6]:238. According to Hardin, he did not kill them but forced them to remove all their clothing and walk back to Abilene. This gun and its holster were once sold at auction for $168,000. 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". His father, a Methodist preacher, named his son after the founder of the Methodist denomination. July 17, 1873: Hardin killed J.B. Morgan in Cuero, Texas. 1895 "Hardin" - Shoulder Rig $ 259.00. [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. / "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. The liner notes to the Dylan mono box states December 17, 1967 as the original date of release. "Six Telegrams That Tell a Story: The Arrest of John Wesley Hardin. [22] After the Bell County shootings, Hardin found refuge with his cousins, the Clements, who were then living in Gonzales, in south Texas. Tired of the feuding, the two were planning to leave the area for good. Previous versions differ. [54] He was forty years old when he returned to Gonzales, Texas. [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. After his appearance at Woody Guthrie's memorial concert, 1968 would see little, if any, musical activity from Bob Dylan. 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". [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. 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. After he was pardoned in 1894 he moved to El Paso, Texas, to establish a law practice. "[24], The critical stature of John Wesley Harding has continued to grow. Hardin claimed this was the fastest way to draw, and he practiced every day. John Wesley Harding shares many stylistic threads with, and was recorded around the same time as, the prolific series of home recording sessions with The Band, partly released in 1975 as The Basement Tapes, and released in complete form in 2014 as The Bootleg Series Vol. 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 Wesley Harding discography and songs: Music profile for John Wesley Harding, born 22 October 1965. 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. Shortly afterwards, on July 30, 1968, Sara gave birth to their third child, Samuel Isaac Abram. "A Guide to the John Wesley Hardin Collection, 1874-1931 (Bulk: 1874-1895)", "Memphis daily appeal. 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. 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). I only killed one man for snoring. It is reported that the hanging ropes were deliberately left too long (in order to cause death through slow strangulation), as grass was found between their toes. magazine, "For an album of this kind to be released amidst Sgt. 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. Intro: D D John Wesley Harding A Was a friend to the poor, D He trav'led with a gun in ev'ry hand. Readers you see what drink and passion will do. John Wesley was the second son of Samuel, a former Nonconformist (dissenter from the Church of England) and rector at Epworth, and Susanna Wesley. [48] Two of Hardin's accomplices in the shooting were cousin Bud Dixon and Jim Taylor. Hardin threw money on the ground and shot the would-be thief when he bent over to pick it up. See more John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan (CD, 1989) Share | Add to Watch list. "John Wesley Hardin and the Texas Rangers. . C $10.85 + C $15.00 shipping. I Am A Lonesome Hobo iTUNES 9. Hardin denied writing the poetry, claiming in turn that Sloter was the author. John Wesley Hardin was one of the Old West's most notorious killers: a ruthless outlaw who once killed a man just for snoring. 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. Allegedly, Hardin was also involved in this killing of Thomas Holderman. Clements and Hardin shared one room, with Couger in the adjacent room. John Wesley Harding was Dylan's last LP to be issued simultaneously in both monophonic (CL 2804) and stereophonic (CS 9604) formats. 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. After being wounded by Sublett in August 1872, Hardin claimed that in September he either killed or drove off one or two members of the. 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. State Seals were found on Joseph Hardin after his lynching. [5][10] Hardin was nearly expelled over the incident. [7]:20 Dozens of people saw this fight, and from them there is a good record of how Hardin had used his guns.