Jack Hardy is "a more literate Celtic Townes Van Zandt, grave in his tone a… Read Full Bio ↴Jack Hardy is "a more literate Celtic Townes Van Zandt, grave in his tone and generous in his ideals, as rooted in the present soil and sky of Ireland and America as he is fascinated by the legends of the past" (Roy Kasten, St. Louis Riverfront Times, February 3, 1999).
It is a strange mix of themes ranging from the American West to the ballads and jigs of Celtic ancestors that somehow seems to make sense in the musical world Jack Hardy has created. And it is a separate world to which the listener is transported; a timeless place inhabited by tinkers and cowboys, saints and sinners, elves, virgins and crones. From his extensive travels and reading he has forged an endearing non-academic approach to literature, one that is more at home in the pub than in the classroom. "He clearly seems to enjoy making his listeners think. He may dare his audience to figure out what he is saying, but he also credits them with the intelligence to do so" (Tom Nelligan, Dirty Linen, 1998).
In Europe, where Hardy has toured extensively for over 20 years, he is accepted as an ambassador for American music. In an Italian encyclopedia of rock Jack has a larger entry than many prominent rock stars.
"Nothing adventuresome is created in a vacuum," Jack says, "you get people together and the creative sparks fly." The weekly songwriters workshop which he has hosted for many years taught and nurtured countless songwriters, not the least of which are Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Shawn Colvin, Richard Shindell and David Massengill. The Fast Folk Musical Magazine, which he founded and edited, released the first recordings of most of the artists currently headlining folk festivals. This collection of over 100 compilation albums has now been taken over by the Smithsonian.
Gregarious and outgoing when talking about his songs and songwriting in general, Jack fiercely guards the privacy of his personal life. Jack Hardy was born in Indiana, his father a musician, his mother a painter. He grew up in New York, Colorado, and Connecticut, studied opera and literature in college.
In 1998, Prime CD reissued his first ten albums in a box set as well as his eleventh album The Passing. In 1996, BCN Records released a tribute album The Songs of Jack Hardy: Of the White Goddess, a collection of his Celtic ballads (all sung by women). In 1997, Jack was the recipient of The Kate Wolf Memorial Award, given yearly to "an artist who makes a difference through his music" by the World Folk Music Association. In 2000, Prime CD has released Jack's twelfth album Omens.
Omens was recorded live to 24 track analog in two days, using the vintage recording equipment of Prime CD's Theater 99 recording studio in New York City, with no overdubs. The fourteen songs range from the uptempo Celtic "Sile na gCioch" where a tinker finds a dress on the side of the road and gives it to a young lass, to the majestic "West of Dingle" where a woman faces a choice between her lover and her fiddle; from the biting barrage of juxtaposed media images of "I Ought to Know" to the romantic ballad "Only One Sky" and back to the uptempo humorous Clancy Brother-ish "The Boney Bailiff." This album takes you on quite a musical voyage with some of Jack's best poetic imagery, but it is the sweeping beautiful melodies that carry these songs directly into your memory. The players include Jack's current touring band: Tom Duval on electric guitar and harmony (also heard on Jack's albums The Hunter and Civil Wars), Mike Laureanno on Hofner bass and harmony, Dave Anthony on Drums (also heard on Jack's album The Passing), and Kate MacLeod on fiddle. The album also features a buried bonus track containing 19 minutes of Suzanne Vega interviewing Jack on the subject of songwriting. Hardy's 16th album, Rye Grass, arrived on Great Divide in 2009. Jack Hardy passed away on March 11, 2011.
source and more infos: http://www.jackhardy.com/
It is a strange mix of themes ranging from the American West to the ballads and jigs of Celtic ancestors that somehow seems to make sense in the musical world Jack Hardy has created. And it is a separate world to which the listener is transported; a timeless place inhabited by tinkers and cowboys, saints and sinners, elves, virgins and crones. From his extensive travels and reading he has forged an endearing non-academic approach to literature, one that is more at home in the pub than in the classroom. "He clearly seems to enjoy making his listeners think. He may dare his audience to figure out what he is saying, but he also credits them with the intelligence to do so" (Tom Nelligan, Dirty Linen, 1998).
In Europe, where Hardy has toured extensively for over 20 years, he is accepted as an ambassador for American music. In an Italian encyclopedia of rock Jack has a larger entry than many prominent rock stars.
"Nothing adventuresome is created in a vacuum," Jack says, "you get people together and the creative sparks fly." The weekly songwriters workshop which he has hosted for many years taught and nurtured countless songwriters, not the least of which are Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Shawn Colvin, Richard Shindell and David Massengill. The Fast Folk Musical Magazine, which he founded and edited, released the first recordings of most of the artists currently headlining folk festivals. This collection of over 100 compilation albums has now been taken over by the Smithsonian.
Gregarious and outgoing when talking about his songs and songwriting in general, Jack fiercely guards the privacy of his personal life. Jack Hardy was born in Indiana, his father a musician, his mother a painter. He grew up in New York, Colorado, and Connecticut, studied opera and literature in college.
In 1998, Prime CD reissued his first ten albums in a box set as well as his eleventh album The Passing. In 1996, BCN Records released a tribute album The Songs of Jack Hardy: Of the White Goddess, a collection of his Celtic ballads (all sung by women). In 1997, Jack was the recipient of The Kate Wolf Memorial Award, given yearly to "an artist who makes a difference through his music" by the World Folk Music Association. In 2000, Prime CD has released Jack's twelfth album Omens.
Omens was recorded live to 24 track analog in two days, using the vintage recording equipment of Prime CD's Theater 99 recording studio in New York City, with no overdubs. The fourteen songs range from the uptempo Celtic "Sile na gCioch" where a tinker finds a dress on the side of the road and gives it to a young lass, to the majestic "West of Dingle" where a woman faces a choice between her lover and her fiddle; from the biting barrage of juxtaposed media images of "I Ought to Know" to the romantic ballad "Only One Sky" and back to the uptempo humorous Clancy Brother-ish "The Boney Bailiff." This album takes you on quite a musical voyage with some of Jack's best poetic imagery, but it is the sweeping beautiful melodies that carry these songs directly into your memory. The players include Jack's current touring band: Tom Duval on electric guitar and harmony (also heard on Jack's albums The Hunter and Civil Wars), Mike Laureanno on Hofner bass and harmony, Dave Anthony on Drums (also heard on Jack's album The Passing), and Kate MacLeod on fiddle. The album also features a buried bonus track containing 19 minutes of Suzanne Vega interviewing Jack on the subject of songwriting. Hardy's 16th album, Rye Grass, arrived on Great Divide in 2009. Jack Hardy passed away on March 11, 2011.
source and more infos: http://www.jackhardy.com/
Forget-Me-Not
Jack Hardy Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Forget-Me-Not' by these artists:
%EF%BC%A8%E2%96%B3%EF%BC%A7 思い出す、あの日のこと 夢で逢えたらなんて話していたことを 校舎の陰、別れのとき ざわめきが遠く聞こえた 今でも覚え…
Acid Black Cherry 小さな朝の光は 疲れて眠る愛にこぼれて 流れた時の多さに うなずく様に よりそう二人 窓をたたく風に目覚めて 君に頬をよ…
Adam Faith I've been cryin' my heart out Do you love me or…
Amethysts You don't know how it feels Crimson drops no life Echo…
Bouchra I've always been scared of oblivion Seen moon phases in…
Chemistry 小さな朝の光は 疲れて眠る愛にこぼれて 流れた時の多さに うなずく様に よりそう二人 窓をたたく風に目覚めて 君に頬をよ…
Cho Yong Pil 한 여자가 울고 있는 비오는 거리 밤새도록 가로등도 비에 젖었네 슬퍼할 수 없어요 잊을 수도…
CROSS VEIN 冷めた雨と共に 狂い出した歯車達 霞みゆく華やいだ季節 置き去りにした心は あの頃のまま消えない この痛みと共に葬って…
Dark Lunacy Let the night fall again ''Couse I need it's blackened Warmt…
Elvenking We are what we daydream to be The world ends the…
Gray Martin I feel like it's been forever since I saw these…
H%E2%96%B3G 思い出す、あの日のこと 夢で逢えたらなんて話していたことを 校舎の陰、別れのとき ざわめきが遠く聞こえた 今でも覚え…
J-JUN 小さな朝の光は 疲れて眠る愛にこぼれて 流れた時の多さに うなずく様に よりそう二人 窓をたたく風に目覚めて 君に頬をよ…
Lou and Peter Berryman 好 难过 这不是我要的那种结果 结 果 你 说过 这辈子你都不会离开我 …
Mumps Well the rain poured down in old Manhattan Made me feel…
Reona So this is me 重すぎる鎧で 歩けなくなった 臆病な勇者 愛されたくて 守りたくて 振るった剣は 差し出され…
Samuel Petra Bullets ain't fast They go slow when the gun is on…
Shota Shimizu 小さな朝の光は 疲れて眠る愛にこぼれて 流れた時の多さに うなずく様に よりそう二人 窓をたたく風に目覚めて 君に頬をよ…
sorryshape (OK, so...) Is my story worth telling? Will it be written a…
Starrysky feat. Anba & Vulkain Hiding yourself in the dark Staying all alone under the rain…
Vera Lynn Forget me not today, Though I am far away, Just let my…
Yong Pil Cho 한 여자가 울고 있는 비오는 거리 밤새도록 가로등도 비에 젖었네 슬퍼할 수 없어요 잊을 수도…
Yutaka Ozaki 小さな朝の光は 疲れて眠る愛にこぼれて 流れた時の多さに うなずく様に よりそう二人 窓をたたく風に目覚めて 君に頬をよ…
ジェジュン 小さな朝の光は 疲れて眠る愛にこぼれて 流れた時の多さに うなずく様に よりそう二人 窓をたたく風に目覚めて 君に頬をよ…
三澤秋 Naina lageeyan baarishan Te sukke sukke sapne vi pijj gaye N…
尾崎豊 小さな朝の光は 疲れて眠る愛にこぼれて 流れた時の多さに うなずく様によりそう二人 窓をたたく風に目覚めて 君に頬をよせ…
清水翔太 小さな朝の光は 疲れて眠る愛にこぼれて 流れた時の多さに うなずく様に よりそう二人 窓をたたく風に目覚めて 君に頬をよ…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jack Hardy:
A Change of Heart And so I told you right from the start I cannot…
Arrow As I drive hell bent 'neath the sickle moon Scattering leav…
Black-Eyed Susans Black eyed susans by the road In all those places time…
Dachau Only a stone's throw That close to knowing Over the stone …
Don't Tread on Me You may see me on the corner with a big…
Eclipse The last time the moon was full It showed its darker…
Fallen Fallen though the leaves were Blown against the fence Crossi…
Gretna Green 'twas not quite summertime out by the borderline I stopped …
I Can't Love You I can't love you if you won't let me If you…
I Ought to Know I ought to know more than I know I ought to…
If I Ever Pass This Way Again And if I ever pass this way again And if I…
In the Building of the Boat In the building of the boat Perhaps a fatal flaw And it…
Lady-O The princess had a locket and the locket had a key the…
May Day It's not like pan to play his flute For those who…
Memory And the blackberry still has its thorns And the blackberry…
Night Train to Paris All that is open is the window I hold out my…
Oh Woman Oh woman you say you did not know Oh woman you…
Only One Sky Only one sky Sometimes in blue and sometimes gray Only one…
Ottomanelli Ottomanelli, his wife and two cousins Had crossed the atlan…
Porto Limon Oh captain, my captain Oh who is my captain? Can it be…
Potter's Field Thirty days has september Thirty days in the sun April june …
St. Clare Call on that saint And the candle that burns Keeping her saf…
That Close To Crying There's not an ounce of softness left within this weathered…
The Boney Bailiff Well loved for the home that was in it And the…
The Cauldron Catharine had a calling in the woods A secret spring that…
The Coyote Pain farms with their non-urban romances with sonic maidens …
The Guttersnipe Sing halleluiah for the guttersnipe lives He's not at all b…
The Halloween Parade Over the Pulaski Skyway Down through the tunnel of love A …
The Hunter You who were the gatherer who gathered me in arms and spent…
The Passing It was a bird, a petulant bird that pecked upon…
The Siege They are laying the siege The queen has ordered the walls…
The Tailor The king's guardsman's greedy he's underpaid he knows tail…
The Tinker's Coin Come all ye lads and lasses near A story I will…
The Wren What could ever drive a man To venture out in all…
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed cuckoo sittin' on that fence Looking both way…
Willow How the willow weeps In the wind it sings Though we've hea…
You Only Leave Your Heart Once All those people who have pieces Of you spread out 'cross…
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walter radunsky
I saw Jack Hardy play in Brooklyn toward the end of 2010. This was the first and only time I heard him live, since he was never popular and died only months later. As an admirer of folk music, I had seen many young nostalgia acts as well as a few old timers trying to relive the past as they best they could. Jack, however, was the most genuine folksinger/songwriter I had ever seen. He played all of his own material, most of which had been written in the last few years and was completely relevant to the times. Building heavily upon the roots of folk music without imitating the past, every song he performed sounded like some great modern classic I had never heard before as he seamlessly moved from the deepest heartbreak to the most hysterical satire and unapologetic political outrage. Any artist today who wants to get it right could learn a lot from this man's legacy, which deserves far more attention than it has thus far gotten.
Portcullis
Until about an hour ago,I had not heard of Jack Hardy (wasn't likely to as I am in Britain).I was listening to a few of Suzanne Vega's songs that I hadn't heard before and came across a beautiful song called 'St.Clare' and upon reading that it was written by Jack Hardy,I needed to find out more about him.Thanks to the wonders of the internet I have now heard a few more of his songs,including this song and the excellent 'Rust Belt Town'.Sad to hear that he passed away as he appears to have been a fine singer/songwriter and the genuine article.Thanks for the background information on him.
David Rabinovitz
Beautiful song.Great heart-great musicianship.....Powerful.............
Hanorah Cinders
Truly beautiful !
Jochen Bareiss
I will always remember this great musican.
Selim Rotarelli
Who sings background here? On "Two of Swords" generally.
Nuno Santos
Wendy Backerman sings harmony with contribuitions also from Lisa Gutkin and Greg Anderson.
Selim Rotarelli
@Nuno Santos Thank you Mr. Santos. Jack Hardy gave a concert around 1995 in Basel, Switzerland and I saw him perform the songs of this album. It was a wonderful evening. We were just 40 or 50 people in a small location. Now I know, thanks to you, it was Lisa Gutkin with whom he sang "Forget-Me-Not". Great moment.