The city winery and others are celebrating 45 years of the fast folk musical magazine. I have a 59 minute wav file of jack's life for any dj who might want to air it prior to the april 11th show at the winery. let me know It starts with right after college, and ends with his final concert while on tour in ireland. *Love Brings You Home: Remembering Jack Hardy* Jack Hardy - "My name is Jack Hardy and these are a few of my tunes" - [intro picking of "Pondersa" fades out] Terre Roche on meeting Jack in Pittsburgh in 1974 Jack - The Roche sisters invited him to the New York music scene Jack Hardy - [Portion] "Night on the Town" Maggie Roche says that they traveled together out west and he came to live in New York Jack Hardy - "Tree of Rhyme" - *Landmark* - Big Pink Music [Korean Box Set] Jack says he was born in Indiana, and grew up in Colorodo and Connecticut... Ewart Skinner - Assistant editor to Jack U. of Hartford's student paper "The Liberated Press" where Jack was arrested for libelling Nixon. Jack was community. Jack Hardy - "I Ought to Know" - *Omens* - 1 800 Prime CD Nancy Baxter - met Jack at 19 years old, remembers him at Folk City with his cape, knowledgable and leading the post-Dylan scene Lucy Kaplansky - "an iconic figure in the 70's and 80's folk boom," "there wouldn't have been a scene without Jack" Jack Hardy - "All Saints' Eve" - *The Nameless One* - 1 800 Prime CD Frank Mazzetti - rules on the songwriter's circle Stan Rogers - Stan mentions the songwriter circle while on WFDU Christine Lavin - thankful to Dave Van Ronk for introducing her to Jack, who showed her about working together as a community. Angela - "1979 we went to Ireland and tracked down everything we could about James Clarence Mangan with whom he was fascinated." Jack Hardy - "An Bael Bacht" - *Songs of Jack Hardy, Vol. 1: Of the White Goddess* - BCN Records Jay Rosen - "Jack always told me he'd be more famous after he was dead" Tom Duval- "saw many crowd Jack, wanting something from him," Tom promised himself he wouldn't ask - he didn't ask for any of the riches Jack eventually offered to him Jack Hardy - "The Changing Wind" - *The Hunter* - Great Divide Suzanne Vega - "Jack had a gift for melody" Roy Champagne - "Fan of Everly Brothers, and singing with his brothers made that evident from the beginning" Jack and Gordon Hardy JR. - [Portion] "End of the Road" - *Early and Rare* - 1 800 Prime CD Jack Hardy with Jeff and Chris Hardy - "Ruins" - Live tape Roy C. Tim Robinson - "there's no one to compare him to," "poetry and word sounds first - meaning comes later" Roy Champagne - "he hated the music business" Jack - "if Beethoven were alive today, he'd be writing jingles" John Gorka - "Jack was the first person I met who wrote on a schedule" Jack Hardy - "Blackberry Pie" - *Tinker's Coin* - Great Divide Records Mark Dann - owes being a recording engineer to Jack, "he gave me the visibility on the scene taping Fast Folk" Hugh Odoherty - coast guard rescue pilot, tweeked "Ship of Fools" song to a verse of ship of feuls Jack introduces Mike Laureanno Mike Laureanno - "we need to remember jack is a formadable artist which gets eclipsed as him as the force behind Fast Folk"; he should be covered by other artists Jack Hardy - [portion] "Ain't I a Woman" - solo demo not released Jack Hardy - [portion] "Ain't I a Woman" - live from 2010 New Bedford festival with Mike Laureanno and Morgan Hardy Jack introduces of Kate MacLeod Kate MacLeod - georgeous metaphor for humanity's depth David Massengill - "the songwriter I most admire in this world" Jack Hardy - [portion of ] "White Shoes" - *White Shoes* - 1 800 Prime CD Anthony DaCosta - "Jack called me grasshopper, I looked up to him as a mentor" Jack Hardy - [portion] "Willie Goggin's Hat" - *Tinker's Coin* Abbie Gardner - "any songs I write from now on will be without his guidance and inspiration," "'don't forget to write' so that's what I'm going to try to do" Angela - He worked from Advent to Easter '82 writing 13 songs for the Jan us church service, with Reverend Stone Jane Orcutt - speaks on Peacemaker Players who performed Jack's plays in churches, county college and local theatres Jack Hardy - "The Knights Dream" - *Collected Works Of Jack Hardy* Angela - opera singer from viena dedicates her night show to Jack as his was the first song she ever sang on a stage Brian Rose - he was an Irish mystic, and a cowboy rustic, but living with artists in NYC, his career leveled off, but writing never stop growing Roy Champagne - "'Rio Bravo' was his favorite western, he would have liked to have been a singing cowboy" Jack Hardy - "Go Tell the Savior" - *Early and Rare* - 1 800 Prime CD Angela - Jack toured extensively overseas for almost 40 years, where he was incredibly popular Jack Hardy - [portion] "Dover To Dunkirk" - *The Nameless One* - 1 800 Prime CD Kirk Siee [bass player for tour last fall] - before he knew it he was on a plane with two Hardys, borrowed bass and rented station wagon Angela - Jack knew over a dozen songs in gaelic, he'd memorize a verse at a time on long walks with his dog Brogabhan Jack singing in Irish while driving with family to yearly rental in Ireland Angela - his last trip overseas, he performed for the last time Pat Maloney - "Jack had no idea how sick he was, but he never stopped, nobody knew how bad he was feeling" Jack Hardy - "Ponderosa" - Last Performed Song in public, taped on 1/21/11 by Pat Maloney, McCarthy's Bar in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland Slan abhaile, Jack [image: [Love Brings You Home CD]] Angela -- *Angela Page * [log in to unmask] website *Inductee International **Folk** Alliance - DJ Hall of Fame **2022 * *Last two shows streaming here: ** < Facebook & setlists -- ____________________________________________________ View or change your FOLKDJ-L subscription options at