British guitarist reacts to Glen Campbell's humility and John Hartford's ABILITY!
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A special place in my heart for John, my uncle played with the Dillards for 10 years, during that time I was able to go to a few shows that John would be the opening act and then join them for a few songs, the amount of talent coming from one man all at once was mesmerizing to watch and listen to
Dillard Hartford Dillard is one of my favorite records.....
Glen actually released this in 1967. It won 4 Grammys in 68 for best folk performance & best country & western song (songwriter) went to John Hartford...best country & western solo vocal (male) & best country & western recording to Glen for his version of the song. Glen's version has received over 5 million plays on radio! It was also released by Dean Martin, & Patti Page around the same time...all reached top 10 in the US easy listening charts & Glen's ranked #16 in BMI's top 100 songs of the century. Glen released it in 67 & re-released it in 68 after gaining success with "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". It only reached #30 on Billboard's country charts & #39 on the pop chart. However, it continued to receive airplay into the 90s & BMI named it the fourth most played song on the radio in the US...plus it's sold over 250,000 digital copies as of August 2017....the latest statistics I've seen. Out was also released by The Band Perry in 2014 for the soundtrack to The Glen Campbell documentary & got a Grammy in 2015 for it. Apparently, it's been recorded by over 300 artists over the years...lots of big time names, but Glen's version still remains the best known. I had forgotten just how good he was until I saw your review of him playing The William Tell Overture. Never got to see him live, but sure watched his variety show! Thanks for bringing him back to me & my sweet, nostalgic memories!
Sorry this was so long...I tend to get passionate about artists I revere & admire!
Props to the late Glen Campbell for honoring John Hartford as the composer of one of the songs that came to be so associated with him. Thanks also to Fil for acknowledging the talent of John Hartford.
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Yes, Many thanks for this video. I got my first banjo in 1976 and the first banjo record I bought was John's Morning Bugle with Norman Blake on guitar and mandolin and Dave Holland on bass. I soon after bought the iconic Aereoplane record. The first few times I saw John live, he hadn't started dancing yet, but the last times he's been dancing while playing guitar, fiddle or banjo.
I never met John, but my wife once asked him to autograph her Mariposa program to me and he said, "Sure, if you'll be my partner for a round in the dance tent."
@@PHJimY How cool! Could you scan it in, or take a pic & upload it? I'd love to see a part of history!
The interesting thing is that elvis's interpretation of "gentle on my mind" is the greatest of all time.
The soul depth and diversity, destroys glen and john.
John just recites the words he wrote. No soul.
Elvis presley injects soul depth and diversity into the words.
On Glen's humility, I once read that he would personally write to anyone who helped one of his recordings reach the charts, thanking them for their support. Radio DJs, producers, pluggers, everyone.
This is a prime example of using youtube for the powers of good: video from a 1988 TV show, before many youtube viewers were even born. Yet here it's preserved for all to watch and enjoy for years to come. Thanks, Fil, for bringing so many of the old masters into the spotlight they still deserve. Your smile when you watch these performances is like sunshine, and I always learn new things from your analysis.
Snarky Tart I SO AGREE WITH YOU!!! Those artists laid the groundwork entirely that much of music today would never have been created without. Glen Campbell, while not a genre I really listened too much.... he was clearly incredibly talented yet somewhat humble but very kind and beloved person.
Thanks! Yeah it's cool to help introduce people to the guys that started it all!
@@wingsofpegasus thanks FIL!
Fil, I’m loving your video analyses of these musical masters! You talk it through in an articulate, detailed & entertaining way & it’s obvious that you appreciate & truly enjoy these fabulous performances😁 THANK YOU FIL!!! Please keep them coming!!!
Snarky Tart Yes, Fil is a ray, of sunshine. Rare today.
Funny how guys like Fil and other TH-camrs can make more entertaining, interesting and informative shows than most shows on TV these days even with their whole crews and $$ thrown at them.
Haha thanks Max!
Preach it brother! Amen !
That is so true.
I completely agree!
So true. I really enjoy Fil's take on things and his appreciation of a variety of genres. Another good one is the Professor of Rock who has been getting wonderful interviews with both big names and lesser known band members and song writers.
I wish we had an MTV style station that would show videos but also clips from the old variety shows and analysis like these TH-cam channels are providing. Unfortunately, now it would require a high priced premium cable package so we are stuck searching them out on TH-cam.
In an interview with Alice Cooper he described his friendship with Glen and what a genuinely nice man he was. True humility.
SO GLAD to see other young people are still impressed and moved by Hartford. He's a too easily forgotten gem.
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Yes. John was taken too soon. For you newbies, google "Steam Powered Areoplane".
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He certainly was, I’ve been a huge fan of John for years. His style of 3 finger banjo is unlike any other Bluegrass picker, I’ve spent literally hours trying to figure out what he was doing. When he passed away my wonderful wife bought me one of the first Deering John Hartford signature banjos thinking that would be the answer to the secret of his playing. Was it ?? Nope I still sound the same as I do playing the other three that I own !!!
He is a legend and my only regret is that I never had the opportunity to see him live. I guess he’s up there on the Steam Powered Aereoplane looking down and smiling.
RIP John Hartford, gone but never forgotten.
Hartford's feet have more talent than most of the pop stars of today. Seriously, to keep time with his feet that way is pretty amazing. Would love to find out how that began and why.
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Saw the documentary about Glen’s life a few years ago.. totally amazing.. poor guy suffered with Alzheimer’s but he could still hit the right notes deep into the progression of his disease.. What a Legend
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Steve Kutz I take your meaning, it's a terrible disease, however by virtue of our birth on this earth we all owe it a death. Glen Campbell brought more talent and pleasure to so many across many fields of entertainment. I tell my boys I was such a lucky SOB to grow up in the sixties. Glen was our one of a million performers and regular kind of guys. There's never been anyone like him since he came on the scene. Who can compare today?
Early in 2017 The David Johnson Chorus performed at the Alzheimers Facility in Nashville where Glen was a resident. I wasnt a member at that time but several members swore they saw his mouth move occassionalyl as they sang. Several members told me they felt very intimidated while singing in front of Glen! Wish I had been there!!! RIP Glen
Daniel Fronc Yes, we all die, but Alzheimer’s/Dementia are particularly insidious and just horrible for both sufferers And their loved ones. You basically die twice. Once when your brain goes on you and again when the rest goes. In addition, sufferers often treat their loved ones like crap, making everything even harder.
Music can be magic for brain-damaged individuals. We have well-documented cases of people who could no longer walk or talk, but they could dance and sing when the music started. I spoke with Jan "Jan and Dean" Berry in the early 1970s, when I was working in the service department a local stereo and ham radio shop. He was barely intelligible on the phone, but he was starting to make his singing comeback. Music excites the part of the brain directly across from the speech center, so that probably has something to do with the phenomenon.
John Hartford owns a special corner of my heart. This is such a beautiful song and I could listen to him play for hours! It was a song that was adored by my whole family...especially my Dad. I remember I bought a small lucite music box for my son who was born in 67. When he was older he would listen and cry because in the words of a 6 year old..."it's just so pretty"..🖤🎼 Thank you Fil.
I was playing a Rainsong guitar, at Gruhn’s, in Nashville, many years ago. John Hartford was there, but dressed completely differently than his stage attire. I knew that I knew him from somewhere, I couldn’t put my finger on it, but we both smiled and nodded at one another. While I was playing, he gave me a smile and a thumbs up. The salesman asked if I knew who he was, then told me. I was embarrassed that I didn’t recognize him, disappointed that he left before I could speak with him, and thrilled that he liked what I played; all at the same time. They told me he was a regular there, and a genuinely nice guy.
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Hartford was a relative of mine. His wife still comes to reunions and I’ve had the pleasure of playing guitar for her while she sang man times, often times this song right here. She’s quite talented of her own right!
I also forgot to mention your humility, WOW! Like I said, "I have to commend you!" You have no problem going from Rock to Country or other genres without being thrilled about everything that you present & analys !!!
Thanks Kathy!
It seems to me Fil is like a sponge absorbing things as a fan I took for granted because I liked it. His words are spot on. Thnx
Hello British guy, enjoy your reviews. I didn't live very far from Glen, loved the guy! What a talent, miss him so much and I have to say he was so graceful. ROCK!
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Lol "British guy" .....HIS NAME IS FIL
I have been a big fan of John Hartford for years. Although he was from New York he was a riverboat captain on the Mississippi River. That was the life he loved.
Glen looked happy to be there. You are excited to present the music.
I had the especially good luck to take an Intro to Philosophy course taught by a friend of John Hartford my 1st semester as a University of Louisville student. John played for us (about 30 students) in front of the classroom and clogged (the dance) as he performed. There was no mixing board or any additional production for that live 50 minute set as you mentioned. It was heavenly!
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I saw John Hartford live at least half a dozen times in the 1980s, always solo. His dancing board on tour was rigged with pickups & a flanger pedal, and it would be set up next to a table that held a banjo, a guitar & a fiddle all in open cases. He'd come out & grab an instrument -- usually the banjo to start, tho sometimes he'd walk out fiddling -- play the shit out of it for 2 or 3 songs,, then he'd swap that instrument for one of the others for a few songs, then swap that one for the third, rotating among the three all the while singing & tapping perfect amplified rhythms with his feet nonstop for a couple of hours. He'd also juggle & make crazy mouth noises & basically do whatever it took to blow everybody's minds with contagious joyful enthusiasm & terrifying virtuoso musicianship on all 3 instruments. I am not making any of this up, friends, and I wouldn't believe it either if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes,
In addition to simultaneously doing all that you mention MisterRight, IIRC John’s step-a-tune dancing board had a piezoelectric pickup in each corner, each with its own channel in the mixer. A sound check involved more than just getting his voice and instruments adjusted but also getting the mix and effects just right on the step-a-tune. He also worked with the guy who built his dancing boards to adjust the wood and tune the board with planing and sanding to obtain the optimum tone. John would further vary the tone by how close to the center or to the edge of the board his foot would strike. So he was doing much more than just dancing. He was truly playing the dancing board as an instrument.
@@johnnielson7676 Didn't realize the R & D was so involved, but I'm not surprised --- I did notice how he'd usually come out and tap each corner of the board with a toe or the tip of his bow then listen to the responses as sort of a last-chance sound check before launching into his opening number..Thank you for the enlightenment.
Fil, I have to commend your analysis, you really are an expert. Thank you for all the hard work you put into everything you do, it's definitely appreciated!! ❤️🎸💯😎🤘
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Hear, hear! :)
One of the most wistful, romantic beautiful songs ever written...💖
I'm 55.... when I heard this I layed on the floor and cried. There is not music like this anymore. I enjoyed it so much...and I couldn't stop crying.....it was tears of joy and the longing for that time to come back.... you brought me tears of joy my friend.... thank you
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Just keep listening and enjoying.. just like Mozart and Beethoven the music lives on and so shall Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed etc.. and as the Beatles, Led Zepplin will.. standing the test of time..
It does my heart good to see someone appreciate the talent and brilliance of another musician. It's the only way: learn from others. RIP John H
The best piece of poetry ever set to music with a little softshoe thrown in
Fil, Glen: 2 artists appreciating one truly great artist, John Hartford.
Great job. John Hartford was such a special artist. We lost him far too soon. His songwriting, playing ..... on and on .... were so delightful.
I really love how you pointed out that John didn't just mindlessly use one standard picking pattern. With banjo, as fast as those notes are delivered, I think a lot of people don't fully appreciate how accomplished a player John was. Scruggs style, chromatic style, chicken' picken', if it moved the music down the road, he could and would use it and do it all effortlessly. Love your excellent, yet light handed examination of other musicians, their technique and style. Great stuff sir! I look forward to much more.
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John called it "playing the syllables"...varying the pattern of the picking to fit a melody. Learned it directly from Earl.
The taps add a level to this. I can easily conjure a music video of this song in my mind with a traveling musician just walking down various roads singing the song. Also I'm always amazed by the quality of the session musicians backing these guys up. Just solid through and through.
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You are touching on some of the greatest aspects of these giants of American music. Bluegrass and country musicians in particular are masters of dynamics because they typically learned around the porch or campfire playing solely on acoustic instruments and they had to learn early on how to fall back dynamically or drive their instrument hard enough to be heard over other instruments. Another aspect you are tickling is how they use fills(no pun intended) to keep the melody running in between the vocals(often these fills will be passed around the group of different musicians and instruments to keep the piece dynamic.) Banjo, steel guitar, dobro and finger style pickers also utilize many different types of rolls to achieve the sound dynamics you are alluding to( I am having trouble wrapping my head around them all still after more than thirty five years of picking bluegrass!) Forward rolls, backwards rolls, alternating rolls, forward-reverse rolls, middle lead rolls, index lead rolls, and single string lead kicks, are just a few of the techniques at these masters fingertips. One more key technique you will find being utilized in Celtic, early acoustic blues, bluegrass, country and other early Americana is the use of drone notes where the same note exact note and octave are being droned to maintain a steady undertone in acoustic instruments (it is utilized across the board, Fiddle’s, guitars, banjos, Dobro’s, steel guitars etc. etc in country, old time, bluegrass Celtic and all sorts of acoustic music.) Keep exploring and rockin, we are all loving coming along on each of your musical discoveries and adventures!
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Love the way you appreciate great artists across all genres. Thanks for being so inclusive. This song was a big hit when I was a kid. Country music would cross over to the pop stations with great frequency but country was playing anyway in every jukebox and out most car windows that weren't playing the Beatles where I grew up in the Central Valley in California.
I agree about the dynamics, I think it is due to skill of all artist involved which would include a talented sound engineer. As Paul McCartney said about playing a song straight through with no punch-ins (and this isn't a quote, just from memory) "We had to."
In Classical genre, check out XueFei Yang's "Farewell My Concubine" which incorporates the use of castanets on one foot. I've seen it live, its pretty impressive. She now lives in Great Britain so do try and catch a concert here and there.
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I was born and raised in Long Beach California--but my mother's side of our family moved there in 1956 from Chattanooga Tennessee, so when we went to my grandparents home on Sundays for dinner afterwards we watched HeeHaw, the Johnny Cash show and the Glen Campbell show. I had a great early exposure to this great music. It brings back very fond memories. What talent. Thanks for posting it. 🎼🎵🎶
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I've been blessed to see kiss, Rush, Neal Young, Heart...acdc, but I always go back to this music
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love and respect from across the pond Fil, really enjoy your appreciation for great talent in any genre. Of course, if Glen's involved we just know there's a massive amount of talent by default!
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The smile on your face says it all.
Steel player is Larry Sasser, guitar player is Fred Newell, keyboards and band leader is Jerry Whitehurst. They were part of the house band for the late lamented Nashville Now TV show.
John hit it when I was in college. Right away, as a guitarist, I saw that this was a special artist. Fiddle, banjo, guitar, singing, tap dancing. His lyrics were intelligent and his melodies inventive. He played everything stringed and was very self-effacing. He did not seek the spotlight but his talents always brought him out front. Very humble. Loved him. R.I.P. Thanks for covering this.
Damn this song! Always brings me to tears. Song writing genius!!
John Hartford also was a licensed Mississippi River Boat Pilot. I have seen him 3 times and he always has that clogging board! Wheatland Music Festival in Remus Michigan had John there a few years before he died. He was an amazingly mind blowing musician...from ballads to Hey Babe, You Wanna Boogie! I can hear him and Glen playing in the heavens!
John was a natural musician, a riverboat pilot and an all round wonderful human being. He often said he should have been a librarian & following his untimely death I watched a video of John’s “man cave “ & seeing the shelves & boxes filled with his musical compositions, I think that would have been an excellent way to describe him. I’m still waiting for the documentary that was going to be made shortly after he passed away. Hopefully I’ll get to watch it before it’s my turn to leave.
RIP .
John Hartford is a master of the banjo. Always been a fan. Thanks Fil for the look back. ❤️
I really like this young man's appreciation for the masters of my generation.
By him singing, dancing, and playing is awesome. All areas of his brain must be firing.
Thank God for these two great artists who changed music forever!
I could just as easily see John Hartford performing this on the front porch up in the hills out in the middle of nowhere as in front of the world with Glen Campbell watching and on TV. Such an easy confidence about him as he performs. Absolutely love his version of the song.
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My mind was blown the first time I saw John in concert and I saw that plywood tapping.
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I'm old enough to remember the Glen Campbell show every week. Television technology at the time wasn't able to do justice to these performances. Looking back on them now i realize how much of the detail we were missing.
That is incredible!! If I wouldn't have looked it up, I wouldn't have believed that this wasn't written by Jimmy Webb for Glen to sing. I learned something new and considering how much Glen sang this, he has a lot of respect for John Hartford. Glen never forgot his humble roots throughout his entire career.
John Hartford was a wonderful performer and a kind and gentle man. Saw him with his Aereoplane band, Vassar Clemens is a master on fiddle. He was an actual steamboat captain on the Mississippi River and was full of river lore and story telling. Thanks for highlighting him.
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Thank you Fil. John Hartford is one of my all-time favorite musicians. He had talents above and beyond. Then you add Glen Campbell and you got the best of the best.
Hey Fil, I was lucky enough to see Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and others in the 70’s and I can say I was just as entertained by John Hartford alone with his banjo at Milwaukee summer fest in ‘84. I didn’t even know who he was! Great talent!!
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Got to see John at a bluegrass festival way back in the late '70's. Just genious at his craft. This brought up a lot of good memories. I have to dig out my old vinyls now.
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I saw John Hartford in concert when I was in college in the late ‘70s.
I bought his album Aereo-Plain in 1971 and I still listen to it frequently.
I love watching you watching these artists. You truly appreciate and understand the raw talent that many of these American country artists had.
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I had to share this with my sister who is a huge John Hartford fan.
11 yrs old. Had prodigy friend 12 or so played for him. GAWD the stories! So fun!
Sweet. I've never seen this or heard of John Hartford until now - even though I am a massive fan of the wrecking crew and thought that I had found all the Glen Campbell videos out there but I missed this very important one. Thanks for doing these analysis videos.
You MUST see "Glen Campbell Live in Dublin" ...sings Paul McCartney's Mull of Kintyre...and plays the bag pipes. Glen just thrilling..especially out from under corporate sponsors!
Can't help but miss all these talents and the era in general
All you said and the lyrics! Wonderful. You seldom hear such poetic and intelligent lyrics.
Man, these just keep getting better and better. Great job.
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I feel like somehow my soul is enriched just knowing that John Hartford existed. I do miss him so.
My friend Rich Beck was Glen's luthier. He said that Glen was a very kind man. Sadly, both have passed.
I saw John in a very small bar in Dayton OH around 1981. He had a floor keyboard / like in the movie BIG, and he played it with his feet. I Evan ran up and kissed him (oh my wild and crazy days!).
John used to come over to my grandmothers house in the late 60s when he played with the Ozark Mtn Trio, Don Browns group from wentsville. I've met him a few times and enjoyed a lot of stories and sitting around enjoying the atmosphere!
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I've been a fan of both since I can remember John Hartford a true master
What a wonderful video with John doing that soft shoe move all the way through. Really love your channel and your video reviews, Fil, always very interesting. Thanks!
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Dear British guitarist...
You sir have such a beautiful soul, every word, thought and expression that comes from you shines beauty and harmony on the world around you.. never heard you play, but I could watch and listen to you examine artists all day... Thank you for making the world a brighter place.
One of the best songs ever. So glad the songwriter was recognized for his talent and both be and Glen Campbell were just wonderful. Thanks for this video and recognizing the incredible talent. Loved your smile💙
John Hartford did that triplet thing with the feet all the time. It's reminiscent of what they do the same way in Québec and I wonder if he might have picked it up from a French influence in Missouri where he grew up.
He wrote "Gentle on my Mind" in something like fifteen minutes after returning from seeing the film "Doctor Zhivago". The royalties set him up for life as far as being able to do what he wanted from there on.
Oh and for anyone curious what the first most played song was to this being number two, that would be Paul McCartney's "Yesterday".
FIL, not sure how I missed this one. Another commenter said it in a different way -- your analyses are contributions in so many dimensions: temporally, musically, lyrically, historically, stylistically, etc. Thank you once again for diving into this gem!
I grew up in the 90’s. Glen Campbell was a household staple of Daddy’s and my older sister who was a bit of a hippy- had moved out when I was a single digit idget.... I recall how proud my parents were when she called and said she was taking banjo AND belly dancing lessons. I recall wondering if she did these individually or simultaneously based on the way we were told.
I saw John solo in 1973. He had his right foot on a hollow box that he banged on to keep a beat.
sweet and poetic nice FIL, John Hartford really bridged folk and country with his writing and was iconic to modern country musicians
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If I'm not mistaken. Glenn Campbell was one of the handful of musicians, very few that had perfect pitch. Which means hearing a note in your head and knowing exactly where that sounding pitch would be heard on the fret board before playing it.
Yeah you'd have to know the fretboard of course as Glen did, but once you do, hearing a note and knowing it's an 'A' means he'd be able to jump right to it on the guitar! 👍
And Glen didn't know how to read music. He had an ear for music.
Thanks again. Growing up John was one of my favorite performers, he did it all...
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I lived in Canada all through the 70's and he was a fixture on Canadian TV for all those years--he was part of a musical group that was aired almost every night--we heard him countless times.
Fil your knowledge and appreciation continues to amaze me! I think you were born a few decades to late!
Fil: I can never thank you enough for all your insight and positivity regarding these singers and musicians!! Especially John Hartford and Glen Campbell!! For some reason John Sebastion in particular, and his group The Lovin' Spoonful remind me of Hartford. Would you please give a listen to Sebastion, in particular his song Nashville Csts? Thank you so much!
Fil, Absolutely love your insight and enthusiasm. Hartford was an amazing talent, very unique and a sly wit. I honestly think the lyric for gentle on my mind is one of the best ever written. In the 80s, he was occasionally a riverboat pilot on the Illinois River. We used to go on two day trips with him on the Julia Belle Swain. They were marvelous. He’d pilot the boat and then entertain everyone on the deck with impromptu music jams. He’d throw corn starch on the deck so he could do his shuffle dancing while he was playing. He loved to interact with everyone, especially the kids. A sweet, gentle soul.
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The lyrics make so much more sense with this guy singing/ learning he is the writer.
I think this is one of the most perfect pop songs ever written
Thanks for another great video. John Hartford's been writing/playing, for what seems, forever. Just a quiet unassuming genius. Forget the CDs and/or digital music, this is best on vinyl, I must have 20 of his albums. Oddly enough, one of the very first record albums I ever got may Dad sent to me, when he was in Vietnam on his first tour of duty during that war, it was 'The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell'. I still have that album, think it had to be one of his very first album releases, long before he was on the radio. Always enjoy your commentary on these, thanks again.
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Awesome musicians. Beautiful performance. Respectful review - quite right too! Many thanks.
Wow! Playing, singing, and tap dancing at the same time. That guy had skills!👍😎🎸🎶
They call that foot taping - Clogging centered mostly in Midwest states predominantly.. Love that all genres of music pique your interest Wings Of Pegasus ..
John's solo shows were legendary. Amazing fiddle player, guitarist, as well. Saw him about a dozen times back in the 70's. Served him breakfast a few times, too. A warm, genuine, generous human being that left us way too soon.
Good one, Fil! A huge fan and never missed a show whenever he came here to New York, so happy you went a little "out of the rock n roll box" to salute such a talented performer.
A great song, with beautiful imagery in the lyrics that can stand alone as poetry. It all came together in this one, music and words. Thanks, Fil!
This was from the show "Nashville Now", normally hosted by the great Nashville DJ, Ralph Emery. The guys in that band were legendary guys. The steel player is Larry "Wimpy" Sasser and the lead guitar player is Fred Newell. We hardly missed an episode of "Nashville Now" -- and you talk about the quality of the music! It was absolutely amazing. Love the video!
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Such a shame we will never see them or their like live again
My husband Gary remembers the 1st time he met & recorded John. He was doing some fiddle tracks for Rattlesnake Annie. Anyway, John came in with a big old square of plywood with sandpaper on it. And while he played his fiddle part, he just shuffle-scratched away, like another rhythm instrument.
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This reminds me of a Gentleman from Canada. Canadian Country singer Stomping Tom Connors. He would play and keep rhythm by tapping his Cowboy boots on plywood. He'd often wear holes in the plywood. Most of his songs are about Canada and the Canadian way of life. I hope you can check him out and maybe do a viedo about him.
I totally dig your viedos.
Rock on.
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It's fitting that, as an American story teller, Hartford joined fellow yarn-spinner Mark Twain as a Mississippi River steamboat pilot.
Beautiful song and an amazing performance... gently rocking
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Musicians from the south are so talented. I love the old country music. Loved Glen Campbell.
I also loved the Irish folk artist Tommy Makem, now deceased, as well as the late Clancy brothers. I think without Tommy, they would have been just average. If you are familiar with Tommy makem's incredible talent...unique voice and the ability to play multiple instruments, you many enjoy checking him out on youtube. Many Irish and Irish Americans loved him. An INCREDIBLE talent! I would love to see you evaluate him on your channel. You are the best, Fil, and I am so happy I accidentally found your channel on youtube! Susan Beckham, Michigan City, IN. USA
just want to say- your enthusiasm and appreciation of the music you cover cheers me up bruh
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The dancing is called clogging. It is a variation of clogging that was originally developed by sailors on wooden ships. Normally, if it is done on a wooden board, as in this performance, the board is raised off the ground by a half inch to an inch. There are many videos on TH-cam of old to modern dancers, dancing.
Thanks for making me view country guitarists in a whole new light. I found this amazing clip of Roy Clark doing 12 Street Rag, which is all instrumental and he did something I've never really seen before on the guitar arm. He was very young in this clip and he was already a Master. Hope you take a look and see if you find anything useful to discuss.
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Just want to extend to you a massive thank you for your analysis....you wonderfully articulate and educate in equal measure...you are a star in your own right alongside the wonderful talent you showcase....thanks also for raising my appreciation and enjoyment to a whole new level.
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