The ever-prolific John Wesley Harding has a new goodie that you can only get at his JohnWesleyHarding.com website. Titled John Wesley Harding Sings to a Small Guitar Vol. 1, it contains 14 previously unreleased tracks, all originals, that cover 15 years’ worth of his career. It’s just him and his acoustic guitar (with occasional harmonica blast), on demos of tunes that found their way onto such albums as Awake, The Name Above the Title and the recent Who Was Changed & Who Was Dead.
Folks who order the CD (which includes a poster that has a complete song-by-song list of every demo session JWH ever committed to tape) will get a download code shortly after placing the order so they can start listening right away. According to JWH, “There are no other ways to buy the record, and no other formats in which to buy it, though a digital only version of the album will later be available through iTunes.”
Meanwhile, you can hear a couple of samples now if you need convincing:
Go to www.johnwesleyharding.com to hear “The Dark Waltz”, or go to www.myspace.com/wesleystace for “Funny Old New World.” The full tracklisting is below, Vol. 2 is in the works for later this year.
Track Listing:
1. History In The Remaking (from JWH’s New Deal demo)
2. Funny Old New World (from Confessions of St. Ace demo)
3. The Dark Waltz (from JWH’s New Deal demo)
4. Be With Him (from Adam’s Apple demo)
5. Circles (from Why We Fight demo)
6. The True Story of Buddy The Kid (from Awake demo)
7. Good For the Ratings (from The Name Above The Title demo)
8. The Splendid Life (from Who Was Changed & Who Was Dead demo)
9. I See You (from Why We Fight demo)
10 Its Never Too Late (from JWH’s New Deal demo)
11. The Undercard (from Awake demo)
12. Dear Lawyer (from Who Was Changed & Who Was Dead demo)
13. Rock’n’Roll Code (from Adam’s Apple demo)
14. Write What You Know (from Confessions of St. Ace demo)
