Dated Feb 5th 1996
and various other times
Author's note: I am only accountable for any opinions that might or might not be entertained on this page for the exact moment when I wrote them down. I'll update it from time to time!
Name: John Wesley Harding
Real Name: Wesley Harding Stace
Birthdate: 22nd October 1965
Birthplace: Hastings, East Sussex
Place of residence: San Francisco, CA
Height: Ten feet tall
Weight: Between 100 and 200 pounds
Recorded works: see discography
Five favourite male voices:
- Bob Dylan
- Robert Wyatt
- Bert Jansch
- Leonard Cohen
- Serge Gainsbourg
Five favourite female voices:
- Elizabeth Barraclough
- Kelly Hogan
- Mary McCaslin
- Ronee Blakeley
- Mary Margaret O'Hara
Greatest Songwriters ever:
- Bob Dylan
- Bruce Springsteen
Folk Family Tree:
(US) Woody Guthrie
John Prine
Loudon Wainwright
Steve Goodman
Phil Ochs
Tim Hardin
Jesse Winchester
John Fahey
Tom Waits
(UK) Bert Jansch
John Renbourn
Nic Jones
Richard Thompson
Cat Stevens
Roy Harper
Fairport Convention
Nick Drake
Martin Carthy/Dave Swarbrick
(Canadian) Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen
Gordon Lightfoot
Neil Young
Why Rap is Great:
- The Chronic - Dr.Dre
- Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Straight Outta Compton - NWA
- Playaz Club - Rappin 4-Tay
People It's Not Cool To Like But I Do:
- Al Stewart
- Jim Croce
- Gordon Lightfoot
Some People I wish were alive:
- Eddie Cantor
- Danny Kaye
- Buster Keaton
- Phil Ochs
- Peter Sellers
Some People Who Make Art I Like:
- Carla Bley
- Michael Nyman
- Peter Sellars
- Gavin Bryars
People Who Are Excellent But Mad: Julian Cope
Six Favourite Film Makers:
- Preston Sturges
- Frank Capra
- Alan Rudolph
- Buster Keaton
- Powell/Pressburger
- Martin Scorsese
Football Team: Arsenal
Cricket Team: Kent
Favourite Food: a 'traditional english' curry
Five favourite authors:
- Charles Dickens
- Jane Austen
- Thomas Pynchon
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- William Gaddis
Five good authors writing now not named above:
- Don Delillo
- Julian Barnes
- Martin Amis
- Walter Mosley
- James Ellroy
Can I Stand The Rain: Yes
Easy way to get hold of me: jwh@armory.com
Just as easy: P.O.Box 460717, SF, CA 94146
What is on my desk now (29 June 1997): an inventory:
- Two leather notebooks - black with red binding
- One black ring binder full of ex-songs
- John Wesley Harding Ink Stamp
- Very small calculator
- Picture of me aged three
- Pen holder with lots of thing sticking out of it
- Small card file system
- FDR: Fireside Chats (small penguin)
- Large postcard of the Rock Creek Lodge Testicle Festival
- Arsenal crest painted by father for 5th birthday
- Nice travel chess set
- Box of friend's possessions
- Jacks set and ball on small saucer depicting playing cards
- Silver christening mug
- Stapler
- Pewter ink well
- Ink (black and red)
- Candle with Bruce Springsteen on it
- Another pen holder
- Diary
- Carmex Lip Goo
- Suavicao Spanish Lip Goo
- Scotch refillable tape dispenser (featuring tape)
- Liquid Paper
- In-tray
- Half a novel
- Large plug rack
- Toshiba laptop
- Bulldog clip
- Modem operating manual
- The Fleadh Festival programme (temporary)
- Tomeo 'Minorboy' harmonica (Cm!)
- Halls Menthol Lyptus
- Eraser
- Rubber Bands
- Paper Clips
- Photo Loop
- Pen Knife
- Staple Remover (see Stapler above)
- Glue 'Stic'
- Small Computerised Scrabble Dictionary
Things I seem to collect:
- Old Books of Folk Songs and Ballads
- 1930's Houghton Mifflin Editions of Poetry (with striped spines)
- Books on Bob Dylan
- Business Cards I don't want
If there are any questions you've been frequently asking yourself about Wes, mail Rose (auerbach@armory.com) and she'll pass them on to Wes.
If you have any deeper questions that you've frequently wanted to ask Wes, mail him at (jwh@armory.com).
Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Rose Ellen Auerbach/Sometime Yesterday Productions