#john hartford

[mick1976]

Fried egg sandwich!

Every weekend I make her a fried egg sandwich. And every weekend she raves about how good it is. “Best fried egg sandwich EVER!”

Now I will say they are pretty good but I’m beginning to think that I’m getting played. Maybe she’s afraid that I will stop making them?!

Pretty good Saturday morning, we are making crock pot apple butter from the apples that we picked last weekend. Weather is great so far and I have John Hartford on the speaker box.

If you know who John Hartford is then you’re old like me or have an appreciation for bluegrass music.

[oldshowbiz]

The Smothers Brothers Writers

[swartzmark]

Photos by Maria von Matthiessen from her Songs from the Hills: An Intimate Look at Country Music (1993)

[upperswampmonkey]

Turn Your Radio On - John Hartford (II)

[chocolatteria]

The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.

our love is a spiral

[rastronomicals]

6:27 AM EST December 13, 2024:

John Hartford - "Indian War Whoop (Instrumental)" From the Soundtrack album   O Brother, Where Art Thou? (December 5, 2000)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

[julio-viernes]

Stephen Stills, John Sebastian, James Burton, Harvey Brooks, Larry Knechtel, Plas Johnson, Jim Gordon, Hal Blaine, Brenda Holloway, Denny Doherty, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Scott McKenzie, todos en el LP debut en solitario de Cass Elliot de 1968, "Dream a Little Dream". Y John Hartford, el de "Gentle on My Mind", presente como autor en la versión de "California Earthquake", un tema reminiscente del famoso "Codine" de Buffy Sainte- Marie.

[joegramoe]

John Hartford by Raeanne Rubenstein

[banjofilia]

“To people who came to bluegrass via the Folk Scare of the 1960s, Aereo-Plain was one of the records that defined a generation’s approach to playing bluegrass. Aereo-Plain, along with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Will the Circle Be Unbroken and the self-titled debut of Old and in the Way, took the classic sounds of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers and updated them in surprising new ways.”

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Mighty Poplar - Mighty Poplar

Under the aural canopy of Mighty Poplar, a group of bluegrass’ finest progressive-minded players turn the traditional supergroup inside-out.

Already quite busy with full-time gigs, the quintet - Watchhouse/Mandolin Orange’s Andrew Marlin on mandolin; Punch Brothers Noam Pikelny (banjo) and Chris Eldridge (guitar); fiddler Alex Hargreaves of Billy Strings’ band; and Leftover Salmon bassist Greg Garrison - relies on covers for its eponymous debut, transforming the compositions of John Hartford (“Let Him Go on Mama”), the Carter Family (“Little Joe”), Leonard Cohen (“Story of Isaac”) and others into Mighty Poplar songs.

As nominal bandleader, Marlin curated and sings lead on the majority of the sometimes-harmony-rich, other times sung-solo, arrangements. Opening with the joyful, calling-and-responding “Distant Land to Roam,” Mighty Poplar plants deep roots in rich sonic soil. Marlin’s interpretation of Bob Dylan’s “North Country Blues” is particularly affecting as he sings the melancholy role of a coal miner’s widow looking back on a turbulent life.

Mighty Poplar’s 10 tracks include two instrumentals, “Great Eagle” and “Kicking up the Devil on a Holiday/Dr. Hecock’s Jig,” highlighting the band’s strength as ensemble players.

Grade card: Mighty Poplar - Mighty Poplar - B+

4/20/23

[somethingvinyl]

Vinyl Appreciation Club this week!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦The Who: The Kids are All Right

🏠Sparks: My Baby’s Taking Me Home

🫣Fugees: Ready or Not

🪕John Hartford: Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry

🪖Metallica: One

[oldshowbiz]

Next Week on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

[teledyn]

Oh those Golden Globes…

Zendaya photographed at the 2025 Golden Globes!

[upperswampmonkey]

IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER - John Hartford

[the-birth-of-art]

Norman Blake and John Hartford