The theme for this edition of Stranger Songs is "Remembering Jack Hardy." I first met Jack sometime around 1978. He was a brilliant guy, a dedicated songwriter, and, perhaps, the world’s greatest champion of the art of songwriting. He was already on his lifelong mission to help anyone dedicated to the art of song-craft find and develop their voice. He was the guiding light, the guru, of the new song movement in New York City.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| The Sparrow Jack Hardy - The Nameless One - Great Divide |
| Saint Clare Suzanne Vega - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Tree of Rhyme David Massengill - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Go Tell the Savior Diana Jones - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Dover to Dunkirk Jack Hardy - The Nameless One - Great Divide |
| The Drinking Song Dave Van Ronk - To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places - Gazell |
| Song for Dave Jack Hardy - Coin of the Realm - Great Divide |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| With the exception of "Jack's Crows," all the songs on this program were written by Jack Hardy. Jack hosted a weekly songwriters’ exchange in his New York City apartment for more than 30 years and John Gorka was one of the many songwriters who passed through Jack’s apartment. John wrote "Jack's Crows" as an allegorical song inspired by those songwriters’ exchanges. In the liner notes to the album, "Jack's Crows," John wrote, "Some days I look up and find I am one of Jack’s crows.” |
| Jack’s Crows John Gorka - Jack’s Crows - High Street |
| Down Where the Rabbits Run John Gorka - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Forget-Me-Not Lucy Kaplansky - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Orphan from Madrid/Guernica Jack Hardy - Landmark - Great Divide |
| I Ought to Know Ronny Cox - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| The Tailor Terre Roche - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Potter’s Field Erik Frandsen - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| In Memory of Federico Garcia Lorca Jack Hardy - Noir - Great Divide |
| Resolution Rod MacDonald - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Murder Christine Lavin - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| If I Ever Pass This Way Again Jack Hardy - The Passing - Prime CD |
| Autumn Jonathan Byrd - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Fare Thee Well Nanci Griffith - Fast Folk Musical Magazine: A Tribute to Jack Hardy - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Singer's Lament Jack Hardy - Bandolier - Great Divide |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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I'm sitting here mesmerized by these songs. Thanks so much for the introduction to Jack Hardy. I can't believe I never heard of him before.
3:57 PM, November 29th, 2022