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Aereo-Plain
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0011661036628
Label: Rounder Select
Manufacturer: Rounder Select
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rounder Select
Release Date: September 09, 1997
Studio: Rounder Select
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Editorial Review:
John Hartford didn't just bite the hand that fed him; he made it a full-course meal. After Glen Campbell rode Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind" to the top of the charts, Hartford was secure enough to stick his tongue out at the Nashville establishment. His songs offer an almost unparalleled blend of sardonicism and sincerity, a silliness tempered by a respect for musical tradition and beautiful melody. And despite his irreverence, he attracted the best pickers in the business. Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Vassar Clements, and Randy Scruggs accompany him on this 1971 "newgrass" gem, a spontaneous album that was recorded live in the studio without any arrangements whatsoever. Delicious instrumentals stand by novelties about sex ("Boogie") and drugs ("Holding"), and semiserious diatribes ("Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry") live next to old-time gospel harmonies ("Turn Your Radio On"). Somehow, Aereo-Plain manages to be deeply cynical and emotionally uplifting at the same time. --Marc Greilsamer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Thank you, Chatham County Line!
Earlier in the week I bought country/bluegrass band Chatham County Line's first release, and one of their songs is entitled "Song for John Hartford", so I decided to check him out, and I truly can't believe I hadn't heard of him prior to this discovery. This was an amazing album from the start until the very finish! The first songs just blew me away instantly. I had my first beer out in the sun while I listened to this album, and I sat with a huge smile upon my face throughout, partly due to my sheer ... Read More
Rating: - I'd give it an extra 10 stars, if I could...
This is possibly the greatest hippie bluegrass album ever recorded... When Hartford moved from the RCA label to the more funky, counterculture-identified Warner Brothers in 1971, he really went all out and got wild, wacky and weird. It's just one great song after another -- all of them staples of the freeform FM radio scene of the 1970s, decades before "Americana" was thought of as a musical genre. Great stuff!! (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To Hick Music)
Rating: - In My Top Albums of All Time
I first heard this Lp when it was released and we were all sitting around being astounded by Norman Blake. After all these years I still think it was one my all time favorites. You'll always be a hero to me John. I hope to see you on that "glory shore" pickin and tokin".
Rating: - Roll On John! Roll On! You Sure Were Beautiful!
"I dreamed that you were Joan of Arch and I was Don Quiote". Yep, that's John for you. Truth be told John was Don Quiote. And he was a Steamboat River Pilot...Oh Yea! That's a fact! You can look that up. John also flew in an old fashioned steam powered biplane...(well maybe not steam-powered). He was of course a virtuoso banjo and fiddle player....And he could roll the most equisite joints ever....But most of all he could capture a time and place in your mind's innervision like no other. Roll on John...Roll ... Read More
Rating: - Hey Babe You Wanna Bogie?
John Hartford gained notarity and fame as the composer of Gentle On My Mind. And, probably even more so as Glen Campbell's banjo player, during his three year run on prime time TV. But when he resurfaced as the bushy-bearded hippie blue grass freak, united with Nashville's elite pickers, Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Vasser Clements and Randy Scruggs, the oh so conserative world of blue grass music took notice. Sure his fiddle and banjo playing were top notch and his voice understated and pleasant enough. But what ... Read More
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