Chris Hardy is a British poet and musician who lives in London and has lived and travelled in Africa, Asia and Europe. His poems have been published in many magazines, anthologies and websites. He is also a musician with the Little Machine, performing music and poetry. [1]
Links to Peel[]
According to Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions book, Chris Hardy joined with Jackson C. Frank to do the latter's session for the edition of My Kind Of Folk Frank hosted in 1968. At that time, Hardy was a student at Canterbury University and during the session, performed one solo item. He also performed with Rod Cameron as part of Holy Willie's Prayer (named after a famous poem by Robert Burns[2]), who did a session for Peel's programme in 1970. Producer John Walters wrote to the BBC audition panel, explaining they had been 'booked as unknown duo after submitting tape'. In 1972 Chris Hardy performed another session with the backing group, the Basement Blowers and would do two further sessions for Peel's programmes.
However, Hardy became better known as a poet than as a musician and according to Discogs, most of his appearances on record are as an accompanist or band member, with only a few items under his own name. Perhaps because of this, no records by him are featured in existing Peel playlists.
Sessions[]
- Holy Willie's Prayer
1. Recorded: 1970-12-29. First Broadcast: 16 January 1971. Repeated: 03 April 1971
- Willow / Very Good Time / If You Don't / Honesty
CHRIS HARDY - Nefarious Doings (1973)
- Chris Hardy
1. Recorded: 1972-03-27. Broadcast: 04 April 1972. Repeated: 20 June 1972
- On The Wall / Tightrope / You Have Found The Way / Living Ground
2. Recorded: 1973-06-04. Broadcast: 28 June 1973. Repeated: 09 August 1973
- Spinning Slow / Food For The Breeze / Jug Up / Early In The Morning
3. Recorded: 1974-01-17. Broadcast: 24 January 1974. Repeated: 14 March 1974
- Cold Steel Rock / It's No Crime / Nefarious Doings / In The Shadows
Other Shows Played[]
- None, according to available playlists