Bob Dylan ~ John Wesley Harding ~ cover

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Uploaded by on Jan 24, 2011

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Folk rocker Bob Dylan named his 1967 album John Wesley Harding after the outlaw, albeit the name was misspelled. The title track depicted Hardin as "a friend to the poor" who "was never known to hurt an honest man."

John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853—August 19, 1895) was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West. He was born in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. When Hardin went to prison in 1878, he claimed to have killed 42 men. Hardin's criminal career resulted not only in the deaths of his victims but also in the deaths of his brother Joe and two cousins who were hanged by a lynch mob seeking revenge for a Hardin killing.

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