Hardstock for Scotty Hard 2008: May 2008

Hardstock 08 -a special benefit for Scott Harding

On Feb 16 2008 at about 3 am, Scott Harding was seriously injured in a hit and run collision in NYC. He has no health insurance. He is a musician, artist and friend. 100% of the net proceeds from this show went to help him.

Hardstock 08 featured the cream of Vancouver musicians from the last 30 years.

This benefit show took place April 25 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC. It was historic. It was glorious. The rock was pushed up the hill, the pink elephant in the room was given free booze; and pigs did fly.
Headlining was a super group created for the occasion called The Hard Ones, featuring (in alphabetical order) Barney Bentall, Doug Elliot, Paul Hyde, Colin James, Simon Kendall, Colin Nairne, Craig Northey, Pat Steward...Neil Osborne, Brad Merritt and Dave Genn (from 54/40), Tom Harrison, Ra McGuire and Smitty from Trooper; The Pointed Sticks; The Jazzmanian Devils; John Mann from Spirit of the West with his son Harlan Mann; Bughouse 5; Kinnie Starr; Hardrock Miners; the Furies; I Braineater; Go Four 3, Swank and the Mike Webster band.
The show was opened by Mayor Sam Sullivan. All told we raised almost $25,000. Not bad for a 3 week promotion when they said it could not be done.
Next up.............Holy Hardstock!!! - a 3 ring circus in a Cathedral on June 13. This is a sit down family event. Bring the kids and Mom, Dad, and Grandparents. After all, Hardstock is all about people pulling together to help out.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Holy Hardstock!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Return of the Spirit of Hardstock

as we present:

Holy Hardstock!!!

An Evening of Music and Inspiration for Scott Harding at Christ Church Cathedral

corner of Burrard and Georgia

Featuring:The Jazzmanian Devils

Jim Byrnes

Simon Kendall

Something about Reptiles

John Korsrud's Latin Jazz Quartet

Brian W. Roy Goble (from the Subhumans)

I Braineater

Sandy Scofield

Trevor Jones Arntzen

Beatrice Smartt

Bernie Boulanger

Clare Love

Bob's Lounge

DJ David Love Jones

Doors 7:00

Music 7:30

All Ages Welcome

Advance tickets $25.00 minimum donation

At the door $35.00 minimum donation

100% of net proceeds to The Scotty Hard Trust

Tickets available soon at Bone Rattle Music on the Drive, Christ Church Cathedral Parish Office, Noise2Go,Red Cat Records(Main Street), and Zulu Records(4th Avenue).

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Now you don't have to stand on your head

Official and unofficial Hardstock T-Shirts- available at better mongers everywhere. Read further to see where......................................................

Bonerattle Music-official sponsor of Hardstock

Coming soon to Zulu, Red Cat records and more......

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Message from the Man in Manhattan

Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:26 PM
Subject: Scotty's Transfer
To Friends of Scotty Hard
A brief status update:
Scott has been transfered by ambulance from Bellevue Hospital to a rehabilitation facility in the Bronx called Beth Abraham. Scott will continue is rehab work at Beth Abe for the next phase of his recovery. This happened this past Monday, and all details of Scotty's new location and how to get there or stay in contact will be sent out in a subsequent notice. Christine accompanied Scott in the ambulance, along with all the bags of letters and photos and pictures and cd's. Leif followed in the Pontiac. Scott was resettled timely, and met with all the new care givers. They all seemed excited to have a musician in their midst, and Scott has already made new friends.
Visiting hours are 10 am to 10 pm, and Beth Abe is visitor friendly. It was the location Scott was hoping for. It's got lots of big trees all over the place, and it's near the Botanical Gardens, Bronx Zoo, Fordham University, and Bronx neighborhoods are all around with tons of soul. You can get there by the #2 express subway. More details will follow shortly.
Leif.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Hardstock bootleg video-Unauthorized

MEDIA ADVISORY

CANADIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY RALLY’S FOR
ONE OF THEIR OWN

For Immediate Release (April 11, 2008)

Vancouver, B.C.: Friends and fellow musicians are planning an all-star fundraiser for 44-year-old Canadian musician Scott Harding. The talented musician, who grew up in Vancouver, was prolific in the city’s underground music culture before moving to New York nineteen years ago.

“Not only is Scott one of the most talented musician’s in Canada, he is truly one of the most popular people on the music business in North America,” says Dennis Mills of Vancouver’s alternative music group The Jazzmanian Devils.

Harding spent years in Vancouver’s underground scene, and local hipsters will remember Scott best as a founding member of Bamff, Rhythm Mission and The Jazzmanian Devils.

In New York, his list of production credits is staggering, including Chris Rock (Never Scared), Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Wu-Tang Clan, Tricky, Medeski Martin & Wood, Prince Paul, De La Soul, PM Dawn, Brand New Heavies, Vernon Reid, Material, and literally dozens of other well-known and influential artists from the jazz, hip-hop and rock genres.

The accident that left Scott a paraplegic occurred in the early morning hours of February 16th, when the musician was returning home from a recording session. The car Scott was riding in was hit, and the resulting injuries have left him paralyzed him from the chest down. Scott remains in hospital in New York with a crushed T5 vertebrae, broken collarbone, broken shoulder blade, and, sadly, no health insurance and large medical bills.

Now, members of Canada’s music industry, along with Scott’s many friends, are asking for your support at the Hardstock 08 show for April 25 at the Commodore.

Tickets are only $25.00, and are now on sale at TicketMaster, Zulu, Scratch, Noize To Go and Red Cat. Artists scheduled to appear include:

The Hard Ones (featuring Barney Bentall, Doug Elliott, Paul Hyde, Colin James, Simon Kendall, Colin Nairne, Craig Northey, Pat Steward, Neil Osborne and Dave Genn of 54-40 and more)
The Pointed Sticks
Jazzmanian Devils
John Mann from Spirit Of The West
Bughouse 5
The Hard Rock Miners
The Furies
I Braineater
Go Four Three
Swank
Mike Webster

Personal donations can be made directly to the
Scotty Hard Trust
payable to "The Scotty Hard Trust"
c/o Heesok Chang
970 Kent Ave #401
Brooklyn NY, 11205 USA.

For further information on Hardstock, visit: http://www.hardstockforscottyhard.org/.

Reference:

Laura Ballance
Curve Communications
604.684.3170 ex. 109
604.771.5176 (cell)
laura@curvecommunications.com

Special ongoing thanks to Nick Jones

Special Ongoing Thanks to Nick Jones who is my partner in Hardstock, and to Craig Northey for organizing the Hard Ones, to the two Colins-Colin Nairne and Colin Griffiths, to Mike Harding, to Keith Porteous, to all the bands and musicians who have volunteered, and all the bands who we were unable to accomodate for this show, but will hopefully find room for at future benefits, and to John Mackie at the Vancouver Sun for his article in February, and to all the staff at Live Nation, and Shepard Ashmore. A shout out to Bob Beaudine for his liason du jour with Ticketmaster. You are the Master of Tickets for Hardstock. We bow down to you.
To Michele Klassen, and to Laura Ballance of Curve Communications, to Grant and Dale and all the Old School record store owners, to Gord Berry for his postering mastery and Love God goodness, to Leslie McManus, Rentals Manager of Backline Musician Services Inc. www.backline.com for the back line that will make this event logistically possible, to Phil Addington and Bonerattle Music for stepping up and always saying yes, to Ian Tiles, and Richard for their designs, to Moral Fibres for the t-shirt offers, to Bev Scorey for hosting a tea for Mr. and Mrs. Harding- to help them visit their son....

A special thank you to Gerry Barad, whose generous support and advocacy came at a crucial time.

This is not a complete list and there will be more and have been more who have volunteered without ego and questions and just said, yeah, for Scotty, yeah.

Scotty Hard Discography (from www.wordsound.com)

Production
New Kingdom - Heavy Load- Paradise Don't Come Cheap (Gee Street/Island)
Medeski, Martin and Wood - Combustication (Blue Note/Capitol)
Ultra Bide' - Super Milk (Alternative Tentacles)
Sex Mob - Din of Inequity ( Columbia/Knitting Factory Records)
Positive Black Soul - New York, Paris, Dakar (Mango/Island)
Truck Stop - Unstoppable EP (Black Hoodz/Wordsound)
Ice - Bad Blood (Reprise/Morpheus)
Red Aunts - Who? (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts - Till Tomorrow (Columbia)
Tricky w/New Kingdom - "Moody Broody Buddist Camp" 12" B side (Island)
Crooklyn Dub Consortium, Certified Dope, Vol.2 - "The Joust" (WordSound)
Crooklyn Dub, Volume 3 - "Holy Dub" (WordSound), 1999
Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 1 - "" (WordSound)
Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 2 - "Rampheart" (WordSound)
Shake the Nations - "Scarab medley" (WordSound)
Dubadelic- Bass Invaders - "Thuds Like Scuds", "Reunited" (WordSound)
Slotek- 7 - "Jumbo" (Wordsound)
Bailter Space - The Aim (Matador)
DJ Logic - new release (Rope-a Dope), 1999
Badar Ali Khan - "Ali the Holy Prophet" - Scotty Hard Remix (Baba/Triloika), 1999
Sex Mob - Sex Mob with Strings (Knitting Facory/Columbia), 1999
Medeski, Martin and Wood - Greatest Hits (Ryko Disc), 1999
Material - Intonarumori - "Checkpoint 00.1" (Palm Pictures), 1999
Soul Crib - new release, 1999
Michael Blake - new release, (Intuition), 1999
Chris Brown/Kate Fenner - Geronimo (P-vVine/Japan, b- music/north america)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - remix album comedy tune, (Capitol/Matador), 1999
Mixing/Engineering
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (Loud/RCA)
Wu Tang Clan - "Can it Be...? (Remix) FRESH soundtrack
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep - The Pick, the Axe and the Shovel (Gee Street/Island)
Jungle Brothers - Raw Deluxe (Gee Street/V2)
Chris Rock - Roll With the New (Dreamworks)
Vernon Reid - Mistaken Identity (550/Epic)
Ultrmagnetic MC's - Funk Your Head Up (Mercury)
Stereo MC's - Supernatural current unfinished LP (4th & Broadway/Island)
Salif Keita - Papa (Metro Blue/Capitol), 1999
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Buck Jump (Mammoth Rec.), 1999
Deadly Snakes - EP, (Tommy Boy), 1999
PM Dawn- various album and remix cuts
Einsturzende Nuebauten - "Ende Nue" (Jon Spencer Remix)" (Mute)
Michael Blake - The Kingdom of Champa (Intuition)
Justin Warfield - My Feild Trip to Planet 9 (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
Bjork - Untitled (RZA mix ,1997 )
Lifer's Group - EP & LP (Hollywood)
Brand New Heavies - Heavy Rhyme Experience (Delicious Vinyl)
Prince Paul, Biz Markie and Chubb Rock - Red, Hot and Blue track Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust (Phase 5 Remix)" (Hollywood)
Boogie Down Productions - Sex and Violence (Jive)
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Mercury)
Tim Dog - Penicillin on Wax (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
Cypress Hill - "Latin Lingo (Prince Paul mix)" (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead (Tommy Boy)
Lisa Stansfield - "All Around the World (45 King Remix)" (Arista)
Handsome Boy Modelling School - So... How's Your Girl? (Tommy Boy), 1999
Space Monkeys - new release (Factory, 1999)
Chris Rock - Bigger and Blacker (Dreamworks), 1999
Steven Berstein - Diaspora Soul (Tzadik), 1999

Hardstock for Scotty Hard 2008

Hardstock 08 -a special benefit for Scott Harding

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Holy Hardstock!!!

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Now you don't have to stand on your head

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Message from the Man in Manhattan

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Hardstock bootleg video-Unauthorized

The Scotty Hard Trust

MEDIA ADVISORY

Scotty Hard - Hardstock 08

Special ongoing thanks to Nick Jones

John Mackie article in Vancouver Sun

Hardstock 08

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Scotty Hard Discography (from www.wordsound.com)