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John Hartford

Country music
John Cowan Hartford, born John Cowan Harford on December 30, 1937, was an American country-folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. Early in his career, he played banjo in local bluegrass groups with Doug and Rodney Dillard, later recording the collaborative albums Dillard-Hartford-Dillard (1977) and Dillard-Hartford-Dillard (1980). Following school and military service, Hartford worked as a radio disc jockey and moved to Nashville, signing with RCA in 1966, when label executive Chet Atkins inserted the "t" into his surname. He issued h...
Songs
Lorena
LorenaJohn Hartford

Gum Tree Canoe

4:45

Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie
Up on the Hill Where They Do the BoogieJohn Hartford

Aereo-Plain

2:43

Steamboat Whistle Blues
Steamboat Whistle BluesJohn Hartford

Aereo-Plain

3:23

Caminhoneiro
CaminhoneiroNila Ensaios, John Hartford, Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, Cicinho Silva, Gianfranco Casanova and Antônio Batista de Oliveira Jr

4:09

Holding
HoldingJohn Hartford

Aereo-Plain

1:47

Gentle on My Mind
Gentle on My MindAshley Davis, John Hartford and Gawain Mathews

3:41

Albums