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Influences
"This record is about as original as any grass-roots recording is going to get at this late date" -No Depression, 2005
Sounds Like
I’ve spent several hundred words in the RFT’s music section extolling the virtues of Jon Hardy & the Public, so I won’t take up too much more space other than to say: Goddamn. Even with a new bass player and a fill-in drummer, this group manages to amaze. I asked fellow music writer Roy Kasten to name a better song than Hardy’s “Cassius Clay” to come out of St. Louis since Uncle Tupelo’s “Gun.” He couldn’t. -RFT, Christian Schaefer
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Who knows how they all came together. Chalk it up to strange grace or some rarefied stroke of fortune. If you ask them, you're liable to get six different stories. And they'll probably all bear some small resemblance to the real way it all went down, but make no mistake, that tale is long lost.
Sometimes, particularly in the minds of those prone to wander, memories like that, once fluid in their recall, just slowly blend into the deep patchwork of the brain. And to be sure, all of these boys have lived the wandering life.
Press for Working in Love
It’s albums like this that make me wish I could do more for artists. This is a very, very good CD. If you see these guys coming to your town, don’t miss a chance to see them.
-Berkeley Place, Weblog
JH & P's new record, Working in Love, is a great mix of guitar driven pop, insightful lyrics and hooks. The band has the talent to make a nice little name for itself, so why not get on board early?
-Hero Hill Weblog
Cassius Clay is not only the best song on the album, it's one of the better songs of 2007.
-Captian Obvious Weblog
There is never a dull moment to be found on the impressive Working In Love. Obscure Sound, Weblog
Cruising the backroads at night with this album as your soundtrack is something close to musical bliss. I am starting to think that Jon Hardy and The Public are one of St. Louis’ best kept secrets. I have a feeling that will be changing soon.
-Your Standard Life, Weblog
Jon Hardy and The Public just released an excellent album called Working in Love, and I have been listening to it nonstop for two weeks. The band has been described as alt-country, but their use of horns, xylophones, and shimmering guitars makes them far more than that.
-Dividing by Zero Will Get You Nowhere, Weblog
Jon Hardy and The Public tread in Americana’s dreamier realm, thanks to chiming, echo-laden guitar strokes and big-hearted choruses that threaten to tear songs apart at their seams.
-The Riverfront Times, Weekly
We will be donating $1 from every copy of "Working In Love" that we sell to the Darfur region of the Sudan through the "Save Darfur" charity organization.
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So Many Dynamos play Weezer & Target Market play Pavement
Friday 9pm $7
“Tom Waits for no One”-------- with Kevin Butterfield,Jesse Irwin,Kevin Buckley and Maureen Sullivan a Tom Waits "Closing Time"Tribute and with Special opening set by the Dumpy Bumpkins
Saturday 9pm $8
The Monads, The Bourban Knights, and Krafted in Korea
Sunday 8pm $12
Back To Ska Party with Murder City Players w/ special guests vocalist/horn player of Skatalites, Kevin Batchelor and Dub Kitchen
Retro-Sci-Fi meets modern Dancefloor: our new album Traveler is now available worldwide on CD and as MP3. Visit us and enjoy the trip through time and space.
Welcome to my page. Looking forward to getting to know you. Feel free to look around and get to know me too. You will find lots of information on how to improve yourself.
Take care,
Randy Your new lifestyle is waiting! Visit this URL to find out how: www.fdirep.com/freedomteam
Just letting you know that our EP “Or Am I A Nightmare?” is up and available for purchase online at CDbaby, Amazon, iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, and many of your other favorite internet music stores! Check it out and let us know what you think!
Amazing to see you Off Broadway... I know it was a week ago, but I wanted to let you know I've carried melodies with me all week. A witness to the threads of the sleeve where you wear your heart, I find that the words and the music resonate something within. Genuine soul- thank you for putting it out there, an echo of so many others not nearly as articulate. John, as a testimony to your namesake: "Yahweh is gracious" and has been to you and everyone you touch. Keep on, bro!
