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John Wesley Harding Recording in Portland

Jeremy Petersen on November 17, 2010 at 02:14 PM, last updated March 03, 2011 at 01:40 PM

John Wesley Harding (aka Wesley Stace), not to be confused with the Dylan song/album nor the gunslinger they were named for, had another reason for his Portland performance last week: he's been holed up and recording at Type Foundry with local musical intelligentsia. Via Long Winters frontman and famed Tweeter John Roderick (@johnroderick), the former northwesterner has been working on a new album with, among others, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and 4/5 of The Decemberists. More...