Saturday, May 7, 2011

Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland (1988)


Rounder 0207

John Hartford is a personal favorite. He is one of the most musical people I've ever heard. Hartford is ostensibly a bluegrass musician, but he does something unique with the genre, and this LP is unique in his oeuvre. It is not on CD.

Vassar Clements: violin
John Hartford: banjo, guitar, voice
Dave Holland: bass
Mark Howard: guitar, mandolin

Memories of Home

Till Something Better Comes Along

Bonus Track, from Hartford's not-on-CD You and Me at Home (Flying Fish 228, 1980):
Imagination Fired by Books

9 comments:

  1. Flying Fish! this brings back so many memories. Thanks

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  2. A great record label.

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  3. Oh how I wish you had the whole album. But thanks for what you do have! Vassar, John H.. great guys

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  4. Thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed it.

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  5. Wow! I'm a life-long Hartford fan, saw him several times, even spoke with him but Never heard this one. Thanks for the tunes!

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  6. Glad you found it. It is great music.

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  7. Excuse me Kurt. I've been searching ebay since I happened on this page and I can't seem to run across any available lp version of this one. Would you consider posting any additional songs?

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  8. Sadly, I don't own this LP anymore. These tracks are the songs I digitized before selling my Hartford LPs. I did think these were the best two tracks, however.

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  9. The only Hartford I have in my collection is John Hartford Looks at Life, a good one and seems to be pretty obscure, worth looking for if you don't have it.

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