Audio CD review:
John Wesley Harding - It Happened One Night & It Never Happened at All

John Wesley Harding - It Happened One Night & It Never Happened at All

Band: John Wesley Harding Title: It Happened One Night & It Never Happened at All Rating: Release Date: 2004-10-19 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Headful of Something/The Devil in Me 2: Who You Really Are 3: Famous Man 4: You and Your Career 5: July 13th 1985 6: One Night Only 7: Affairs of the Heart 8: Humankind 9: Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue & Me 10: The Night He Took Her to the Fairground 11: The Biggest Monument 12: Save a Little Room for Me 13: Kiss/Lover's Society - John Wesley Harding, Prince 14: Careers Service 15: Pound Pound Pound 16: Roy Orbison Knows 17: Bastard Son 18: Every Sunrise Is Another Sunset 19: Three Legged Man - John Wesley Harding, Silverstein, Shel 20: Love's Sacrifice 21: Roy Orbison Knows 22: The Devil in Me 23: Same Thing Twice 24: Browning Road 25: Lovers Society 26: Scared of Guns 27: Who You Really Are 28: Bad Fruit 29: Pound Pound Pound 30: One Night Only 31: The Night He Took Her to the Fairground 32: Save a Little Room for Me 33: You Can't Take It With You

John Wesley's Bullseye Harding's deserved folk reputation shines through. As with any collection of this type, there are gems, OK stuff, and less than stellar performances; the gems far outweigh the other here. If you like the imaginary compatriots on his dream song (Phil Ochs, Steve Goodman, Bob Dylan, David Blue) you will love this. If you don't you may very well love it anyway. There are some brilliant topical and love/love over songs. Like the gunfighter he almost shares his name with, there are many more hits than misses. And a bit of blood is shed. . You can see a complete list of all John Wesley Harding discography, or go back to the John Wesley Harding tabs