Gum Tree Canoe

John Hartford | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flying Fish Records
• ASIN: B00005N8T8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,423 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

No Description Available.
Genre: Folk Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 28-AUG-2001

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Hartford goodle, December 12, 2001

By 

DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Gum Tree Canoe (Audio CD)

After a four year recording hiatus, our hero returns with yet another wonderfully soulful, gentle album, with material ranging from rock covers to super-sentimental oldies such as "Lorena", a sentimental tearjerker that dates back to the Civil War. Every tune is effective and stirring in Hartford's hands -- he has a way of sitting back and letting the melody pass by him, then sort of calling out and saying "hey" with the lyrics, it's such a minutely flawed delivery that you believe in the humanity of the singer every single time... Even on rock covers such as the Stones' "No Expectations" or the Janis Joplin oldie, "Take A Piece Of My Heart," his read is so original that he completely avoids the usual "novelty cover" pigeonhole that other newgrassers fall into... Nice record, highly recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GENTLE JOHN, November 25, 2001

By 

S. F Gulvezan (Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Gum Tree Canoe (Audio CD)

John Hartford's recent death was a great loss to American music. Seldom has there been a singer/songwriter who has remained truer to his roots and more focused on his musical mission - in John's case to sing and write the very finest bluegrass music that he could. This is one of his best records. At first listen to "Piece of My Heart," a song burned in everyone's psyche in Janis Joplin's searing version, you might think, Whoa, what's this guy trying to do? But after hearing John's version a few times, you begin to realize that the quieter pain expressed in his take of the song is no less valid than Janis's cosmic heartbreak. Highlights include "Piece," "I'm Still Here," "No Expectations," and the title tune. If you like the best in bluegrass music, you can't go wrong with this CD, which includes two fine bonus tracks.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hartford From All Sides, November 12, 2001

By 

"harvard-fiddler" (boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gum Tree Canoe (Audio CD)

In the annals of American folk music, now undergoing a solid revival, John Hartford will surely rank among the best as both a performer and writer. It is too bad he is no longer with us but he has left a legacy of great value. This CD shows several sides of him from traditional folk/bluegrass to the playful. If you are a folk music fan I'd get this one.