John Hartford - Me Oh My How the Time Does Fly

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Free Music Review: More Than an Hour's Worth of John Hartford Magic
Hit: 5 Stars

So what Hartford did for more than thirty years was release more than a dozen quirky albums that were, if nothing else, honest reflections of a wonderful storyteller. This collection touches bases with nearly every album--nine in all--that Hartford recorded for Flying Fish beginning with 1976's Mark Twang through 1984's Gum Tree Canoe. [The only album not represented is 1972's Morning Bugle, which is now available on Rounder. The version of "Nobody Eats at Linebaugh's Anymore" is a live recording from 1977's The Festival Tapes where Hartford is backed by the Newgrass Revival.]

Hartford wrote fourteen of the tracks here and co-wrote another two. [The only two non-originals are "Gum Tree Canoe" and "Bear Creek Hop."] The list of musicians reads like a bluegrass Who's Who: Benny Martin, Buddy Emmons, Doug and Rodney Dillard, Mac Wiseman, Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor, Roy Husky--the list goes on and on. For the most part the song selection steers away from his overtly off-beat numbers, except for "Boogie" and the nostalgic "Good Old Elctric Washing Machine-circa 1943," where he does an admirable washing machine impression. Additional highlights include "Skippin' in the Mississippi Dew" and his own version of "Gentle on My Mind."

At 18 tracks and sixty-four minutes this is a marvelous collection from perhaps his most fertile period. I already owned nearly a dozen albums on vinyl, but this and 1971's Aereo-Plain made my CD upgrade list.

The closing track, "I'm Still Here," now takes on a new meaning. Mark Twain once wrote, "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." While I will miss John Hartford the artist, I will continue to savor his music. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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