His biting, cynical songs and his excellent band-featuring members of Elvis Costello's Attractions-made John Wesley Harding a darling of alternative and college radio in the late '80s and early '90s. His first two LPs for Sire, from '89 and '91, are full of infectious melody and mockery: Scared of Guns; the Devil in Me; You're No Good; Fifty Split; Long Dead Gone, and 22 more!