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John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 - June 4, 2001) was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar, banjo, and fiddle from song to song. He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move, and clogged on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang.
In the annals of American folk music, now undergoing a solid revival, John Hartford will surely rank among the best as both a performer and writer. It is too bad he is no longer with us but he has left a legacy of great value. This CD shows several sides of him from traditional folk/bluegrass to the playful. If you are a folk music fan I'd get this one.
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John Hartford's Gum Tree Canoe
Original Release Date: 1987
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Gum Tree Canoe
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John Hartford Radio
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- Performance on Prairie Home Companion
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John Hartford - Learning To Smile -03 Gentle On My Mind
Never released on DVD, and no longer produced on VHS, this OOP video is getting harder to find. johnny85er was lucky enough to obtain a sealed copy and encode off the 1st play of the tape.
Gentle on My Mind
Hartford said that he was inspired to write the song's poignant lyrics after seeing the film Doctor Zhivago.
Campbell used "Gentle On My Mind" as the theme to his late-1960s TV variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
While Campbell's version remains the best known in the US, versions by Patti Page and Aretha Franklin were also Hot 100 hits in 1968 and 1969, respectively. In the UK, the version by Dean Martin reached number 2 in 1969. More recently, it was recorded by Lucinda Williams and this version was featured over the closing credits in the 2006 comedy movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
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- Guitar Tab ( GENTLE ON MY MIND TAB )
- Guitar Tab ( GENTLE ON MY MIND TAB )
- Harmonica Tabs Gentle On My Mind
- Jim's Giant Harmonica Songbook
Gentle On My MindMusic/lyrics-John Hartford, 1967
tabulated by 5 6 6 6 -6 6 - Glen Campbell Gentle on My Mind
- Glen Campbell sings Gentle on My Mind
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Gentle on My Mind
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In 1967, a "flash of brilliance in the form of a song seeped into the collective psyche of a generation. The number was 'Gentle On My Mind,' popularized by good-time singer Glenn Campbell."
Gentle on My Mind Lyrics
It's knowing that your door is always openand your path is free to walk,
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
rolled up and stashed behind your couch.
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
by forgotten words and bonds
and the ink stains that have dried upon some line,
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of memory,
and keeps you ever gentle on my mind.
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
planted on their columns now that bind me,
Or something that somebody said
because they thought we fit together walkin'.
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
when I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the back roads
by the rivers of my memory
and for hours you're just gentle on my mind.
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
and the junkyards and the highways come between us,
And some other woman's crying to her mother
'cause she turned and I was gone.
I still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my face
and summer sun might burn me till I'm blind,
But not to where I cannot see
you walkin' on the back roads,
by the rivers flowing gentle on my mind.
I dip my cup of soup back from the gurglin',
crackling cauldron in some train yard;
My beard a roughn'ning coal pile
and a dirty hat pulled low across my face;
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can,
I pretend I hold you to my breast and find,
That you're wavin' from the back roads
by the rivers of my memory
ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind...
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Watch John perform in his quiet, gentle way. He plays various instruments and keeps a beat clogging while he plays and sings!
Down on the River
Down on the River
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- Live concert video taped by fan
- John Making Train Sounds on a board
- Part of live concert taped by a fan.
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- The Cross-Eyed Child: Mike w/ John Hartford and Darin Vincent (from The Legend Lives On)
Hartford With His Fiddle
John and Gospel
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- John Hartford is interviewed by Don Swaim of CBS Radio. Singer and songwriter John Hartford was also a writer and author of Steamboat in a Cornfield. Listen to Don Swaim interview John Hartford in 1986 and enjoy a few of John Hartford's favorite songs, including "Gentle on My Mind."
Listen to the John Hartford interview with Don Swaim, 1986
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- John Hartford Fan Page
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- St. Louis Walk of Fame - John Hartford
- ST. LOUIS WALK OF FAME - JOHN HARTFORD Growing up in University City and attending John Burroughs School, John Hartford was
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- Goodle Days Yahoo Group
- John Hartford Archival Project - This email group has no official ties with John Hartford, his heirs or estate
We are about the love of John Hartford and his music, this group is dedicated to finding everything that we possibly can about John Hartford from his earliest days going forward. His influence on bluegrass and old time music from the start of his career up until his untimly death. We want to help educate about John's music from the Missouri Ridge Runners era to his last couple of shows with the Hartford String Band.
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Still A Fiddle Tote Bag
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Bluegrass Hat - My Grass is Blue
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I first remember John singing in a Campbell's Soup commercial. Then we saw him playing banjo from the audience at the start of each installment of Glenn Campbell's (don't know if there was any relation) weekly television variety series, and "he made a significant impact as one of the creative renegades who contributed to the 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour's' ingenious irreverence."
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In 1967, a "flash of brilliance in the form of a song seeped into the collective psyche of a generation. The number was 'Gentle On My Mind,' popularized by good-time singer Glenn Campbell."
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In 1967, a "flash of brilliance in the form of a song seeped into the collective psyche of a generation. The number was 'Gentle On My Mind,' popularized by good-time singer Glenn Campbell."
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Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand byJohn Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937- June 4, 2001) was an American country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar, banjo, and fiddle from song to song. He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move, and danced on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang.
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- Sami4u Sami4u Mar 2, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
- Nice lens.You have been Approved at Classic Country Music Group.
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- Deeringboy Deeringboy Feb 6, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
- Hello CardLady, Thanks for your comments. Again I really enjoy your John Hartford lenses as well. You have done a great job.
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- GoodInfo GoodInfo Oct 5, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
- John Hartford was always one of my favorites. I did not realize that he had died, and only in his early sixties - how sad. His song, "I didn't know the World Would Last This Long" is one I still find myself humming... This lens brought back a lot of nice memories. Thank you - Five stars for sure!
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- NanStuff4sale NanStuff4sale Sep 7, 2007 @ 12:36 pm
- Excellent!
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- Rev_Al Rev_Al Aug 7, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
- Giving some swamp love. I miss John Hartford. What a national treasure. Thanks for this lens.
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Contents of Lens
- My Top Lenses
- Wikipedia on John Hartford
- John Hartford's Gum Tree Canoe
- John Hartford Radio
- Gifts From eBay
- Country Music Group
- John Hartford - Learning To Smile -03 Gentle On My Mind
- Gentle on My Mind
- More About Gentle On My Mind
- Gentle on My Mind Lyrics
- Send A Greeting Card To Someone That's Ever Gentle On Your Mind
- Gentle On My Mind
- Gentle On My Mind on eBay
- Enjoy listening to John
- Down on the River
- Add These John Hartford CD's To Your Library
- Try Me One More Time
- More Video of John
- Hartford With His Fiddle
- John and Gospel
- More About Rita Cooledge
- More John Hartford CD's
- Resource Links for John Hartford
- Cross-Eyed Child
- Banjo
- John Hartford - Lorena
- Blue Grass Stuff on CafePress
- More John Hartford CD's
- John Teams Up
- More Sides to John Hartford
- Featured Lenses
- Bluegrass on eBay
- Steamboat Capt. John Hartford
- Long Hot Summer Days
- John Hartford A Long Hot Summer Day
- Bookmark This Lens
- Shout Some Luv For John
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