{"title":"John Hartford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Hartford (December 30, 1937–June 4, 2001) was a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his contributions to the musical style of Newgrass. Born in New York City and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Hartford's career and music were heavily influenced by his experiences on the Mississippi River. He began working on the river at age 16 and continued to be inspired by it throughout his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to playing the banjo, fiddle, and guitar, Hartford was a talented singer-songwriter. He changed his last name to 'Hartford' later in life at the suggestion of Chet Atkins. Throughout his career, he released numerous albums and collaborated with other notable artists in the bluegrass genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite facing health challenges from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma starting in the 1980s, John Hartford continued to create music until his passing on June 4, 2001 at age 63. His legacy lives on through his innovative musical style and influential contributions to the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"morning-bugle-remixed-remastered-expanded-rsd-2024","title":"Morning Bugle (Remixed, Remastered and Expanded) - RSD 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eThis product is a Record Store Day exclusive title\u003c\/strong\u003e and is not available to pre-order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy in-store: 8am, 20\/04\/2024 (Record Store Day).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy online: 8pm, 22\/04\/2024. (Subject to availability).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            Don’t forget: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online. It also helps us to place accurate orders so that we can please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two albums multi-instrumentalist\/songwriter John Hartford cut for Warner Bros In the early '70s, Aereo-Plain and Morning Bugle, shook the bluegrass genre to the core, adding a modern, irreverent sensibility and fresh repertoire to the tradition- bound style. We have already (twice) reissued Aereo-Plain on LP, but we waited on Morning Bugle because we had something special up our sleeve, namely, the original session tapes! Which means that not only are you getting (with the full consent of the Hartford estate) a new remix and remaster of the original album, which even Hartford devotees admit never sounded that good on the production side of things, but an entire disc of unreleased tracks! Hartford scholar Skip Heller supplies liner notes to this monumental fnd on the enclosed insert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store Day","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Green","offer_id":50408323350859,"sku":"2182115","price":64.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_f1a8f169_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1726603236"},{"product_id":"steamboat-whistle-blues","title":"Steamboat Whistle Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeb 1977 recordings by John Hartford. Recorded during one of his rare tours of Europe, at a gig in Bremen, which was recorded by Radio Bremen. A great recording, entertaining, exciting, multifarious. Hartford takes his listeners on an acoustic journey through the varied and rich American musical history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1967 Mike Clarke and David Crosby had left the Byrds; only Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman remained. Hillman, a country music aficionado, brought Gram Parsons to the Byrds and the three decided to record an album about American musical history, based on hillbilly, country and bluegrass. They rented a studio in Nashville and hired local musicians, including John Hartford and Clarence White. Directed by producer Pete Asher, the Byrds recorded the album \"Sweetheart Of The Rodeo\". John Hartford's influence as guitarist and banjo player on this production has been considered enormous. The album is seen as a milestone in rock history, it was the birth of the new genre country rock, nowadays also called Americana. Without this album, future successes of bands like the Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco and the Eagles, or artists like Jackson Browne and Alison Krauss would have been unthinkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there was no room in John Hartford's life to submit himself artistically to a band structure. He preferred to record solo albums and toured with them worldwide. In the same year that saw the release of \"Sweetheart Of The Rodeo\", the American country star Glen Campbell covered the John Hartford composition \"Gentle On My Mind\". The song conquered the world in the Campbell version and earned Hartford two Grammys in that same year. In the following years\/decades artists like Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, but also R.E.M. and Alison Krauss covered this song. John Hartford once said: \"The success with \"Gentle On My Mind\" brought me my freedom\". Which allowed him to fulfill a dream, working several years as helmsman on a paddle steamer on his beloved Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mig Music","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50475731583307,"sku":"1127406","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3305c00c-2c3a-4bbd-86b5-1732b5b5deda_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727449934"},{"product_id":"aereo-plain-2","title":"Aereo-Plain","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter penning the Glen Campbell mega- hit “Gentle on My Mind” and appearing repeatedly both on Glen’s weekly variety show and on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, John Hartford could have taken the show biz glide path to financial security and ease. Instead, the singer\/songwriter\/multi-instrumentalist (and steamboat enthusiast) moved back to Nashville from L.A., signed a contract with Warner Bros., and proceeded to create one of the most influential and groundbreaking albums not just in bluegrass but in modern country music as a whole. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1971’s \u003ci\u003eAereo-Plain\u003c\/i\u003e assembled a veritable supergroup consisting of fiddler Vassar Clements, dobroist Tut Taylor, guitarist Norman Blake and bassist Randy Scruggs to play a set of mostly original tunes that were unlike anything the staid bluegrass community had ever heard before. 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