John Hartford Audio Collection

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John Hartford Audio Collection

circa 1952-2001, bulk 1970-1995

https://w1.mtsu.edu/popmusic/findingaids/pdfaids/JohnHartfordAudio.pdf

The John Hartford Audio collection is comprised of over 5,000 audio cassette tapes created and collected by the musician over the course of his long and prolific career. Hartford regularly documented all aspects of his musical interests and professional career. These tapes include Hartford’s personal collection of performances, jam sessions, interviews, recording sessions, songwriting efforts, and personal practice sessions that were created and kept for his own preservation, critique, and review. The collection also includes recordings of steamboat whistles, dubs of commercially available records, as well as copies of historic recordings of early bluegrass jams and radio performances given to Hartford by other musicians. Noteworthy musicians and events that appear in the collection include rehearsal sessions for the Aereo-Plain album (Vassar Clements, Tut Taylor, Norman Blake), bluegrass pioneers such as Benny Martin, Earl Scruggs, and Bill Monroe, and many important old time and contest fiddlers including Gene Goforth, Texas Shorty, Benny Sims, Jim Wood, Mark O’Connor, Frazier Moss, Buddy Spicher, and Ramona Jones. The collection also has examples of Hartford’s work with pop, country, and rock musicians, such as Delaney & Bonnie, Hoyt Axton, and Shel Silverstein.

5,494 manuscript audio tapes, including cassette tapes and DAT tapes

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Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676771

Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University

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Hartford, John Cowan, 1937-2001

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John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 – June 4, 2001) was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. His most successful song is "Gentle on My Mind", which won three Grammy Awards and was listed in "BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century". Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best kn...