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Happy birthday to the man, the myth, the legend, @wesleystace! 💙
22 Oct 2026
@wesleystace and @eugenemirman performing Electric Love (from Bob’s Burgers) at @clubpassim last night! Always such a great time at Passim.
23 Sep 2026
A big, goofy smile for the legendary Michael McKean!
13 Sep 2026
ONE LAST HEIST: The Countdown
#10: Thoughts and Prayers
(the penultimate song)
It’s harder to write a serious protest song than a satirical one. And once I got David Nagler’s demo of my lyric - and he had worked me to provide a more conclusive ending, which was totally the right move - I think we both thought we might put real strings on it, but in the end that seemed way too much, like pleading for sympathy. I had suggested something a little like Gerry Rafferty’s beautiful song “The Right Moment” but with drums. Apparently David took that in but missed “with drums” entirely, and the end result was this piano/synth ballad. And between this arrangement and the lyric, there didn’t seem the need to add much to it at all.
However, I also had the urge to record a totally different version of the song. And on the same day we gathered to record “Penelope”, with Patrick Berkery on drums and Justin Mazer on guitar (and of course David and Eddie Carlson on bass), we also recorded a band version of “Thoughts and Prayers” which I think of as the “Budokan” version because the arrangement sounds a little like the Dylan of that era with the horns and so forth. We kinda arranged it more or less on the fly, but David knew what I wanted going in, based on my obsession with that much sampled riff from “Private Number” by Judy Clay and William Bell. I was very happy with it but only because it stands in counterpoint to this actual album version of the song: the echt-version. (I’d say über version, but it doesn’t sound right these days.) I could have put both versions of the album like “Forever Young” on Planet Waves but…. I wasn’t short of material! (continued below.)
31 Aug 2026
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29 Aug 2026
ONE LAST HEIST: The Countdown
#7: In Our Own Time
It’s the story of two humans trying to divine the mystery of it all, how patience plays its part; they end up splitting up - or do they? I suppose it’s open to interpretation - and in that moment find the kind of harmony they needed. It was originally called “In My Own Time,” then “In Your Own Time”, but I thought “In Our Own Time” was more democratic. I even considered calling the album “In His Own Time.” Clearly, it’s a phrase that resonates.
I remember listening to David Nagler’s arrangement on a train headed north and playing it many many times running. The melody of the bridge, particularly, is so beautiful - the change to the major: it all sounds a little like the kind of James Bond theme I’d really want (as opposed to say Madonna doing “Die Another Day”) - and that pillow of vocals (both at the end of the bridge and during the long outro). I wanted that endless recursive series of key changes, so the song just floats away into the distance and I should thanks Stuart Bogie - the same gentleman who played the sax on “Penelope” - because his clarinet here is just exquisite: perhaps one of the most beautiful passages of music I’ve ever been lucky enough to release under my name!
We wanted some extra characterful electric guitar on the album, and while I was considering who that might be, I happened to be on the West Coast on tour, and on a whim from the balcony of a motel in San Diego, got in touch with Joe Gore, an old pal from when I lived in SF, whom I had collaborated with many years ago (a Serge Gainsbourg song), and also seen playing brilliantly with both Tom Waits and Tracy Chapman. He was amenable, enthusiastic, and so I took the tracks over to him and we had a beautiful afternoon discussing the parts, and then he sent them on to me on my return. Blissful really. He’s on four songs here.
“In my own time/On my own dime/When the stars align” - kinda how I make these records.
Song available to steam 9/2
Photo (Antelope Canyon, AZ) & design @narkiewicz
Inspiration by CTI and @pete_turner_estate
28 Aug 2026
ONE LAST HEIST - the countdown!
1. One Last Heist, the first song and title track.
I’ve recently been pushing the strummy folk-rock envelope that has always come most naturally. My musical collaborator, David Nagler and I have been embracing the wider world of musics we both love. There’s no reason why my songs, despite all their words, shouldn’t swing like I want them to. The inspirations could be from the singer-songwriter world - Mose Allison, Joni Mitchell or Lyle Lovett - or, come to that, Nina Simone singing George Harrison, Esther Phillips doing Gilbert O’Sullivan or Johnny Hammond turning Cat Stevens’ “Peace Train” into a groovy instrumental. Why not? Why not start *there*?
This song, our title track, became the central concept for the record. Metaphor? Reality? Is it a story? Is it my last record? It doesn’t matter. I recently heard this song played on the radio for the first time, and the DJ described it as a cross between the theme to a Michael Caine movie and Steely Dan, and I would say that’s spot on. In fact, those CTI records (with which I am, fair to say, obsessed) became the blueprint for the vibe of many a ‘70s cop show theme, so it’s perhaps inevitable that we’d push a song in that direction. David and I share a common love for David Axelrod’s twin albums Songs of Experience and Songs of Innocence, and I know that was an influence, as well as “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun” by Rotary Connection from their incredible album Hey, Love. Eddie Carlson’s bass playing at the end here is just phenomenal.
The phrase “one last heist” reappears, by chance, in the last song “Hello Dead Horse,” to describe a very different heist: a comeback cash grab by a band who haven’t spoken in years. I use this little phrase often to refer to the last trip to NYC before Christmas in Philadelphia, or the final trip to the supermarket before Thanksgiving: “One Last Heist”. Get it done and then you can finally relax. But they’re only gonna reel you back in.
This track can be found in Spotify and others right now. Thanks to @pravdarecords for helping me get this all together.
Photo @ilyamirman
Design @narkiewicz
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22 Aug 2026
ONE LAST HEIST: video premiere at MAGNET Magazine!
Here it is: the first evidence of the new record - the title track, the first track, and the one that sounds most like the theme to the best retired cop show ever. The video was made on the hoof on the recent tour in Marfa, Memphis and Louisville, and directed by First Time Fellini, Morgan LeFaye Narkiewicz.
https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/16/magnet-exclusive-premiere-of-wesley-staces-one-last-heist/
Thanks to Pravda Records for getting this out there, MAGNET Magazine for paying attention, and Howard Wuelfing for bringing it to their attention. Photo by Ilya Mirman. The song is up on streaming services from 19th I think.
Note: you cannot play this still image. It just looks like it. Link in bio!
16 Jun 2026
Sunrise in Marfa, May 14 2026. No filter!
13 Jun 2026
Here we go. I am proud to announce my next record, ONE LAST HEIST, to be released by Pravda Records on September 2nd. The first single, the title track, will be premiere on June 19th with an accompanying video at MAGNET Magazine (and on streaming services) - more on that, as we know it. And I’ll tell you more about the new record soon. But for now, here’s the album cover!
Photo by Ilya Mirman
Design by Morgan LeFaye Narkiewicz
From Pravda’s post: “Pravda Records proudly announces the signing of legendary songwriter, author, and troubadour Wesley Stace to our roster! Also known as John Wesley Harding. “One Last Heist” was recorded at Studio 1935 in Philadelphia’s historic BOK Building. One Last Heist is produced, arranged and written by Wes and longtime collaborator David Nagler.
The sound is expansive, generous, lush, even groovy, by turns dramatic and mellow, a far cry from Stace’s strummy folk-rock records of yore. What’s happened? “There’s no reason why my songs shouldn’t swing like I want them to, despite all their words, like those CTI and Kudu records I listen to in the kitchen. Check out Esther Phillips doing Gilbert O’Sullivan, Johnny Hammond doing Cat Stevens. Why not?”
Look for the first single/video of the title track to hit all streaming services June 19, followed by two more hot singles and the full album release on vinyl/cd/streaming on Sept 2. We are excited!”
Many thanks to Kenn Goodman and Sheila Sachs. I fully expect accompanying shenanigans.
11 Jun 2026
mentally, i’m here.
27 May 2026
happy birthday to this absolute gem, @bobcatgoldthwait! 🖤 🦆
26 May 2026
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