John Wesley Harding
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Biography
Wesley Stace was born on October 22, 1965 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, and is known for his music career under the stage name John Wesley Harding. He began playing guitar as a child and started writing songs as a teenager. His musical breakthrough came when he gained attention opening for John Hiatt, after which Demon Records released his live album It Happened One Night in 1988. He later signed with Sire Records and released Here Comes The Groom (1990), followed by critically acclaimed albums, including The Name Above the Title (1991) and Why We Fight (1992). He toured with Bruce Springsteen before taking a hiatus from music in the mid-2000s. Under his real name, he has published four novels, including Misfortune in 2005, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
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- You And Your Career
- Famous Man
- One Night Only
- July 13th 1985
- Humankind
- Affairs Of The Heart
- The Biggest Monument
- The Night He Took Her to the Fairground
- Who You Really Are
- Words Words Words by The Minus 5
- Headful Of Something/the Devil In Me
- The Devil in Me
- If You Have Ghosts
- Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue & Me
- Edward
- Hanging Tree by Eric Brace
- The Humpback Whale
- Billy, Don't You Weep For Me
- Poor Heart
- Miss Fortune
- Song I Wrote Myself in the Future
- Something to Write Home About
- Sweat Tears Blood and Come
- Same Thing Twice
