Gum Tree Canoe

Gum Tree Canoe
Studio album by John Hartford
Released 1978
Genre Bluegrass
Label Flying Fish
Producer Jack Clement
John Hartford chronology
Catalogue
(1981)
Gum Tree Canoe
(1984)
Annual Waltz
(1986)

Gum Tree Canoe is an album by the American musician John Hartford, released in 1984. It was reissued on CD in 2001 with two additional tracks.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic link

Writing for Allmusic, critic Brian Beatty wrote "Hartford's most even Flying Fish album, with equal measures of songwriting whimsy and expert musicianship, Gum Tree Canoe includes a number of tunes that would remain concert staples for the length of his career... there's not a clinker to be heard. Hartford's banjo playing is exceptional, as is the accompaniment provided by a host of fine country, bluegrass, and new grass pickers... Riverboat tales, an R&B staple, and the Rolling Stones couldn't sound more at home together than they do on this fine album from one of roots music's genuine originals."[1] John Lupton of Country Standard Time wrote "this is Hartford at his entertaining best, a bittersweet reminder of how much was lost to us when he passed away".[2]

Track listing

  1. "I'm Still Here" (John Hartford) – 3:26
  2. "Way Down the River Road" (Hartford) – 2:18
  3. "Gum Tree Canoe" (S. S. Steele) – 4:07
  4. "Your Long Journey" (Doc Watson, Rosa Lee Watson) – 2:27
  5. "Jug Harris" (Hartford) – 2:25
  6. "Little Piece of My Heart" (Burt Burns, Jerry Ragavoy) – 3:12
  7. "Take Me Back to My Mississippi" (John Carso) – 3:53
  8. "Lorena" (Joseph Philbrick Webster, Henry DeLafayette Webster) – 4:45
  9. "Wrong Road Again" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:48
  10. "No Expectations" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:03
    2001 reissue bonus tracks:
  11. "You Asked Me To" (Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:48
  12. "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond) – 4:13

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Beatty, Brian. "Gum Tree Canoe' > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  2. Lupton, John. "Gum Tree Canoe > Review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
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