Gum Tree Canoe
Gum Tree Canoe | ||||
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Studio album by John Hartford | ||||
Released | 1984 | |||
Genre | Bluegrass | |||
Label | Flying Fish | |||
Producer | Jack Clement | |||
John Hartford chronology | ||||
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Gum Tree Canoe is an album by the American musician John Hartford, released in 1984. It was reissued on CD in 2001 with two additional tracks.[1]
Reception
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AllMusic | link |
In a review for AllMusic, critic Brian Beatty wrote:
Hartford's most even Flying Fish album, with equal measures of songwriting whimsy and expert musicianship, Gum Tree Canoe includes a number of tunes that would remain concert staples for the length of his career... there's not a clinker to be heard. Hartford's banjo playing is exceptional, as is the accompaniment provided by a host of fine country, bluegrass, and new grass pickers... Riverboat tales, an R&B staple, and the Rolling Stones couldn't sound more at home together than they do on this fine album from one of roots music's genuine originals.[1]
John Lupton of Country Standard Time wrote "this is Hartford at his entertaining best, a bittersweet reminder of how much was lost to us when he passed away".[2]
Track listing
- "I'm Still Here" (John Hartford) – 3:26
- "Way Down the River Road" (Hartford) – 2:18
- "Gum Tree Canoe" (S. S. Steele) – 4:07
- "Your Long Journey" (Doc Watson, Rosa Lee Watson) – 2:27
- "Jug Harris" (Hartford) – 2:25
- "Little Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragavoy) – 3:12
- "Take Me Back to My Mississippi" (John Carso) – 3:53
- "Lorena" (Joseph Philbrick Webster, Henry DeLafayette Webster) – 4:45
- "Wrong Road Again" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:48
- "No Expectations" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:03
- 2001 reissue bonus tracks:
- "You Asked Me To" (Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:48
- "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond) – 4:13
Personnel
- John Hartford – banjo, guitar, fiddle, plywood, vocals
- Sam Bush – mandolin
- Roy Huskey – bass
- Jack Clement – dobro, guitar, ukulele
- Jerry Douglas – dobro
- Mark Howard – guitar
- Marty Stuart – mandolin
- Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle, guitar, mandolin
- Billy Lee Riley – French harp
- Richard Schulman – vocals
- Jeannie Seely – vocals
- Tommy Hannum – vocals
Production
- Produced by Jack Clement
- Richard Adler – remixing
- Bob Carlin – mixing
- Wes Lachot – mixing
- Niles Clement – assistant engineer
- Jim Rooney – assistant engineer
- Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering
References
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- Looks at Life (1967)
- Earthwords & Music (1968)
- The Love Album (1968)
- Housing Project (1968)
- John Hartford (1969)
- Iron Mountain Depot (1970)
- Aereo-Plain (1971)
- Morning Bugle (1972)
- Mark Twang (1976)
- Nobody Knows What You Do (1976)
- All in the Name of Love (1977)
- Headin' Down Into the Mystery Below (1978)
- You and Me at Home (1980)
- Catalogue (1981)
- Gum Tree Canoe (1984)
- Annual Waltz (1986)
- Down on the River (1989)
- Cadillac Rag (1991)
- Goin' Back to Dixie (1992)
- The Walls We Bounce Off Of (1994)
- No End of Love (1996)
- Wild Hog in the Red Brush (1996)
- The Speed of the Old Long Bow (1998)
- Good Old Boys (1999)
- Hamilton Ironworks (2001)
- Steam Powered Aereo-Takes (2002)
- Glitter Grass from the Nashwood Hollyville Strings (1977)
- Slumberin' on the Cumberland (1979)
- Permanent Wave (1980)
- Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland (1985)
- Hartford & Hartford (1991)
- Old Sport (1994)
- The Fun of Open Discussion (1995)
- The Bullies Have All Gone to Rest (1998)
- Retrograss (1999)
- Live at College Station Pennsylvania (1995)
- Live from Mountain Stage (2000)
- Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals (1968)
- Me Oh My (1982)
- A John Hartford Collection (1987)
- RCA Country Legends: John Hartford (2001)
- Natural to be Gone 1967-1970 (2002)
- Good'le Days: Essential Recordings (2009)