John Hartford
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Oct 28, 2026
Cara LuftGUEST
Yeah, it's a great song.
Cara LuftGUEST
It's kind of in honor of John Hartford, who is a really famous banjo player.
Cara LuftGUEST
When I was out on tour with my side guy, Clayton, we keep getting offered these banjos that are four-string tenor banjos.
Cara LuftGUEST
And we don't play four-string tenor banjos.
Kathy MatteaHOST
He's just released Earl Jam 2, his second tribute album to his hero.
Kathy MatteaHOST
A few years ago, he was sent a hard drive full of rough recordings from regular jam sessions between Earl and John Hartford.
Kathy MatteaHOST
He began pouring through the more than 200 songs and transcribing note for note the solos Earl played.
Kathy MatteaHOST
He says it was a revelation.
13 MINS LATER
Tony TrischkaGUEST
We've recently become acquainted with a group called The Beatles.
Tony TrischkaGUEST
I just heard about them recently.
Tony TrischkaGUEST
And these recordings of John Hartford playing with Earl Scruggs, it was sort of Earl Scruggs Unchained, because in a normal recording situation, we'd maybe take one or two solos on a tune.
Tony TrischkaGUEST
And in these jam sessions, he would play three or four or five and just get into some incredible material.
Trevor ShawHOST
I believe it's Pickers Anonymous, Seth Mulder and Midnight Run, Veranda and Pitney Meyer, I believe only play Tuesday, but do multiple sets.
Trevor ShawHOST
And then on Wednesday, I believe Water Tower, John Hartford Fiddletune Project, Stillhouse Junkies only play Wednesday night, as well as Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys only play Wednesday night, the single set.
Trevor ShawHOST
They do one night on Main Street and one night at the convention center.
Trevor ShawHOST
Two completely different musical experiences.
26 MINS LATER
Trevor ShawHOST
Uh, a couple of them.
Trevor ShawHOST
We will start with the Riverview Stage, playing for the first time, 5:40 to 6:10, Riverview Stage at the convention center.
Trevor ShawHOST
John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project.
Trevor ShawHOST
This is a trio of mature women.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
Nobody agrees on this, and nobody ever has.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
When did John Hartford play with Old and in the Way? Hartford was one of the great figures of progressive bluegrass, the man who wrote Gentle on My Mind.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
Garcia's manager, Richard Loren, wrote in liner notes that when Richard Green could not make it, Hartford sat in.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
David Grisman, in his own notes, listed Hartford among the band's fiddlers, and in another set of notes, said Hartford played a gig with them.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
A gig, singular.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
One night or a short run.
FabioSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Number two.
JD RyznarHOST
Uh, John Hartford is one of this country's great songwriters.
JD RyznarHOST
Uh, once, uh, his beautiful song Gentle on My Mind about fondly remembering a past love was recorded by Glen Campbell.
JD RyznarHOST
It won three Grammys and is listed as one of BMI's top 100 songs of all time.
Steve HueyHOST
Oh, un joint.
JD RyznarHOST
Le joint.
JD RyznarHOST
This is from John Hartford's 1976 album Nobody Knows What You Do.
JD RyznarHOST
Starts nice and slow, as we can hear, making it seem like one of tho- like, uh, like one of the stone, like you're stoned, like you're stoned.
Mike KearHOST
We're starting this week's countdown with the first of our three ties, and it's at our first debut.
Mike KearHOST
Vicki Vaughan grew up just 20 minutes from Paducah, Kentucky, and about 20 years ago, she heard somebody performing a John Hartford song about the town.
Mike KearHOST
She loved it and has wanted to record it herself ever since.
Mike KearHOST
Well, she's finally done it.
CharlotteCORRESPONDENT
You may know her from High Fidelity or Della Mae, but she's also been building her own solo career with Mountain Home Records.
CharlotteCORRESPONDENT
Paducah follows her debut album for the label, Travel On.
CharlotteCORRESPONDENT
It's a John Hartford song she first heard a friend perform about 20 years ago and she's wanted to record it ever since.
CharlotteCORRESPONDENT
Now she's finally made that trip down the river.
Frank EvansGUEST
I've always loved that concept of, uh...
Frank EvansGUEST
John Hartford had this concept called Windows, which, uh, if you interview Chris Cole and John Schoenwand, you can get them.
Frank EvansGUEST
They're big fans of it.
Frank EvansGUEST
But the, the concept was every four bars, you change what you're doing completely.
Aaron DessnerGUEST
And I, and I listen, I'll listen to, to, um, a lot of music, but mostly old music.
Aaron DessnerGUEST
I've been listening to a lot of John Hartford, who wrote, you know, Gen- famous songs like Gentle On My Mind.
Anthony MasonHOST
Yeah.
Aaron DessnerGUEST
But just, like, all of [knocks on wood] ...
MattHOST
I really, really enjoyed this one.
MattHOST
We also chatted about how he learned about creativity from John Hartford and what he learned there.
MattHOST
Just really interesting, wide-ranging, fun conversation, this one.
MattHOST
Really do hope you enjoy it too.
32 MINS LATER
Matt CombsGUEST
I was like, really? You just hear that and just know it.
Matt CombsGUEST
It's like, if I have to learn a song to sing, I got to like learn it, you know? So anyway, yeah.
MattHOST
and you spent um you spent a while working with john hartford and also working on the collection of fiddle tunes like from all i've read and heard about john he was a extraordinarily creative person did you learn anything from him in terms of kind of how to create as yourself and for yourself and all those important things
Matt CombsGUEST
man absolutely like talk about just wonderful fortune that I had coming to town when I did and meeting the people that I did that pretty quickly landed me in with John and to be around his presence because I mean he was creativity like he it was just literally pouring out of him at all times it was like I mean, he couldn't stop it.
Paul TrenwithHOST
I was playing banjo back in 1974, and we'd just returned to Australia to play full-time music, and the tune is called Back on the Road.
Paul TrenwithHOST
And, uh, I'd developed an interest in having a real punchy bass in the music because in 1971 I listened to John Hartford, saw him play and loved his music.
Paul TrenwithHOST
And, uh, some of his music came out with a real punchy sort of bass sound and I always particularly liked that.
Paul TrenwithHOST
So [laughs] I, when I listen to it now, I think the bass is sort of overdoing it, and I'm sure you might agree.
22 MINS LATER
Paul TrenwithHOST
You just might enjoy that show, too.
Paul TrenwithHOST
What are we gonna do? Uh, we're going to, um, play Some of My Influence.
Paul TrenwithHOST
From that first track, I talked about the influence of John Hartford on some of my playing, and the fact that he sort of had funky bass.
Paul TrenwithHOST
Well, I'm gonna play some of that.
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