Artist: John Hartford
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
John Hartford – Looks At Life/Earthwords & Music/The Love Album/Housing Project/John Hartford/Iron Mountain Depot/Radio John
The cover of John Hartford’s first album for RCA had both “folk” and “country” on it, just below the label’s logo — a tangible sign of the confusion that must have reigned in the marketing department. You can almost feel the head-scratching: What is this stuff, and how the hell are we going to sell [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #38 March-April 2002
John Hartford – Steam Powered Aereo-Takes
The sadness of the loss of John Hartford last year is made all the more acute by this second posthumous release. It follows the last album he recorded before his death, Hamilton Ironworks, a loving tribute to the music that shaped him, in which his reminiscences were interwoven with the playing. Steam Powered Aereo-Takes is [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #38 March-April 2002
Leona Williams / Dolly Parton / Ted Hawkins / Steve Earle / Wynn Stewart & more
Merle Haggard always had an eye for talent. His first wife, Bonnie Owens, had been married to Buck Owens, and still sings with Haggard’s Strangers. Second wife LEONA WILLIAMS has had a less obvious career, profiled in Bear Family’s recent Old Loves Never Die. The first ten tracks are lovely duets with Merle, followed by [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #36 Nov-Dec 2001
John Hartford – Hamilton Ironworks
It’s been said that the fiddle has ruined many a good banjo player. “Ruined” isn’t the right word in John Hartford’s case, but it’s true that he favored the devil’s box on his later studio recordings, and this, his last one, is no exception. Backed his veteran string band — Bob Carlin, Mike Compton, Larry [...]
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #35 Sept-Oct 2001
John Hartford: 1937 to 2001
On June 4, we lost an American treasure — the multi-talented musician, singer and songwriter John Hartford. Many on the periphery of the music business knew John as the composer of the mega-hit “Gentle On My Mind”, while others closer to acoustic music knew him as one of the most creative and entertaining performers ever [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #24 Nov-Dec 1999
David Grisman / John Hartford / Mike Seeger – Retrograss
The concept: Recast a big bunch of bluegrass and rock ‘n’ roll favorites in a variety of old-time country styles, using an array of vintage instruments. In the hands of the wrong musicians, that could be disastrous, but David Grisman, John Hartford and Mike Seeger — all masters of traditional music — get the job [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #15 May-June 1998
John Hartford – Aereo-Plain
In 1971, at the same festival where Bill Monroe ended his long feud with Lester Flatt and again shared a stage with his old partner, John Hartford made his first bluegrass festival appearance. He brought with him a mangy band of veteran roister doisters: Norman Blake flatpicked, Vassar Clements sawed, and Tut Taylor dobro-ed. In [...]
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