[DID NOT ATTEND: October 9, 2026] Wesley Stace
Add this to the number of Free at Noon shows I haven’t gone to but grabbed a ticket for. (I don’t feel bad since it didn’t sell out). Wesley Stace was supposed to open for Loudon Wainwright last week but Loudon cancelled the show for some reason so Wesley did an entire show himself.
Who is he? Wesley Stace once recorded under the pseudonym John Wesley Harding and released some 20 albums. These albums bear a resemblance to Elvis Costello because he shared some of the members of The Attractions and also because his singing voice has the same arch tone and timbre as Costello’s. I saw him open for Steven Page back in 2018 and loved his set so much I bought a novel of his as well.
But today I just wasn’t feeling the effort of driving into Philly. And, to be honest I listened to some of his new album and found it a lot more adult contemporary than his older stuff. It didn’t seem worth it. I’ll listen online when it gets posted though and see if I made a mistake.
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