Been really missing the genius of John Hartford lately.

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on August 28, 2018, 05:14:19 PM
Been really missing the genius of John Hartford lately.

Before I had a clue who he was, I tagged along to the Mark O'Connor fiddle camp back in the mid-90's with my wife (the violinist).  One sweltering afternoon (late July in Montgomery Bell State Park, TN) I sat on the porch of the dining hall not 10 feet from John as he simply fiddled, non-stop, for at least 45 minutes.  Guitar players came, sat in, left, and John kept playing.

I wasn't much into bluegrass or country back then, but it made an impression on me.  Several years later I learned WHO HE WAS, and was even more in awe of what I witnessed that day.

A great folk hero.  A great player.  Sorely missed.

C-Ya.............wayne

Thanks, Gregory; alas, I only saw John live once, but it was amazing, and the first time I dropped was also the first time I heard Aereo-Plane - which has been on my desert-island-album list ever since.  An amazing talent.


Peter

+1 on the thanks.  I discovered John Hartford with the Bugle Boy album.  Saw him a bunch in the L.A area in the mid 70's.  Amazing multi-instrumentalist, very intelligent songwriter, entertaining performer, and he had a stomp-board!

Bill, tgo

"Is he still afloat on an old steamboat, after he's gone from here?"


The whole song is brilliantly haunting but that lyric kicked me right in the gut.


Hartford was an unusual cat... one of those guys everybody has a story about, a good many of them funny. He was just that way.

I forget who said this, but on his passing someone commented "John Hartford always had one foot in the past and one foot in the future - and both of them were dancing!"

Peter

Emmy-lou, maybe? Sounds like her, and absolutely true.

Larry Groce, Mountain Stage.

Bill, tgo

These popped up today:

Jack Teagarden, The Big Eight Blues-

Art Blakely and The Jazz Messengers, Moanin'-

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Peter

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Peter

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Peter

And back to John, with.........well, pretty much everybody.

Peter

John Hartford singing "The Golden Globe Award".  I once saw him in concert explain that when he first heard of the Golden Globe Awards he had no idea what they were for.   So, using his imagination,  he wrote this song.  Can political incorrectness get any better?



Bill, tgo

Bob Culbertson, While My Guitar Gently Weeps