British guitarist reacts to Glen Campbell's humility and John Hartford's ABILITY!

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  • Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
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  • @eddielathum8405
    @eddielathum8405 Год назад +21

    A special place in my heart for John, my uncle played with the Dillards for 10 years, during that time I was able to go to a few shows that John would be the opening act and then join them for a few songs, the amount of talent coming from one man all at once was mesmerizing to watch and listen to

    • @David-cf2iq
      @David-cf2iq Год назад +1

      Dillard Hartford Dillard is one of my favorite records.....

  • @MaxStax1
    @MaxStax1 5 лет назад +119

    Funny how guys like Fil and other RUclipsrs can make more entertaining, interesting and informative shows than most shows on TV these days even with their whole crews and $$ thrown at them.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +13

      Haha thanks Max!

    • @gwendolyncarter5668
      @gwendolyncarter5668 5 лет назад +8

      Preach it brother! Amen !

    • @rohomes
      @rohomes 5 лет назад +8

      That is so true.

    • @markd4926
      @markd4926 3 года назад +1

      I completely agree!

    • @johnstegmeier3758
      @johnstegmeier3758 3 года назад +1

      So true. I really enjoy Fil's take on things and his appreciation of a variety of genres. Another good one is the Professor of Rock who has been getting wonderful interviews with both big names and lesser known band members and song writers.
      I wish we had an MTV style station that would show videos but also clips from the old variety shows and analysis like these RUclips channels are providing. Unfortunately, now it would require a high priced premium cable package so we are stuck searching them out on RUclips.

  • @Snarky_Tart
    @Snarky_Tart 5 лет назад +222

    This is a prime example of using youtube for the powers of good: video from a 1988 TV show, before many youtube viewers were even born. Yet here it's preserved for all to watch and enjoy for years to come. Thanks, Fil, for bringing so many of the old masters into the spotlight they still deserve. Your smile when you watch these performances is like sunshine, and I always learn new things from your analysis.

    • @HiroForever
      @HiroForever 5 лет назад +15

      Snarky Tart I SO AGREE WITH YOU!!! Those artists laid the groundwork entirely that much of music today would never have been created without. Glen Campbell, while not a genre I really listened too much.... he was clearly incredibly talented yet somewhat humble but very kind and beloved person.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +21

      Thanks! Yeah it's cool to help introduce people to the guys that started it all!

    • @djangodunn5968
      @djangodunn5968 5 лет назад +14

      @@wingsofpegasus thanks FIL!

    • @Treechris23
      @Treechris23 5 лет назад +9

      Fil, I’m loving your video analyses of these musical masters! You talk it through in an articulate, detailed & entertaining way & it’s obvious that you appreciate & truly enjoy these fabulous performances😁 THANK YOU FIL!!! Please keep them coming!!!

    • @buckjohnson1119
      @buckjohnson1119 5 лет назад +6

      Snarky Tart Yes, Fil is a ray, of sunshine. Rare today.

  • @aurum750k8
    @aurum750k8 5 лет назад +78

    Props to the late Glen Campbell for honoring John Hartford as the composer of one of the songs that came to be so associated with him. Thanks also to Fil for acknowledging the talent of John Hartford.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +3

      No problem!

    • @PHJimY
      @PHJimY 5 лет назад +5

      Yes, Many thanks for this video. I got my first banjo in 1976 and the first banjo record I bought was John's Morning Bugle with Norman Blake on guitar and mandolin and Dave Holland on bass. I soon after bought the iconic Aereoplane record. The first few times I saw John live, he hadn't started dancing yet, but the last times he's been dancing while playing guitar, fiddle or banjo.
      I never met John, but my wife once asked him to autograph her Mariposa program to me and he said, "Sure, if you'll be my partner for a round in the dance tent."

    • @msredstilettoscraftsshoesc5152
      @msredstilettoscraftsshoesc5152 4 года назад +2

      @@PHJimY How cool! Could you scan it in, or take a pic & upload it? I'd love to see a part of history!

    • @bradhuskers
      @bradhuskers 4 года назад +1

      The interesting thing is that elvis's interpretation of "gentle on my mind" is the greatest of all time.
      The soul depth and diversity, destroys glen and john.
      John just recites the words he wrote. No soul.
      Elvis presley injects soul depth and diversity into the words.

  • @stevetrivago
    @stevetrivago 5 лет назад +104

    Saw the documentary about Glen’s life a few years ago.. totally amazing.. poor guy suffered with Alzheimer’s but he could still hit the right notes deep into the progression of his disease.. What a Legend

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +7

      👍

    • @danielfronc4304
      @danielfronc4304 5 лет назад +7

      Steve Kutz I take your meaning, it's a terrible disease, however by virtue of our birth on this earth we all owe it a death. Glen Campbell brought more talent and pleasure to so many across many fields of entertainment. I tell my boys I was such a lucky SOB to grow up in the sixties. Glen was our one of a million performers and regular kind of guys. There's never been anyone like him since he came on the scene. Who can compare today?

    • @joejackson9426
      @joejackson9426 5 лет назад +4

      Early in 2017 The David Johnson Chorus performed at the Alzheimers Facility in Nashville where Glen was a resident. I wasnt a member at that time but several members swore they saw his mouth move occassionalyl as they sang. Several members told me they felt very intimidated while singing in front of Glen! Wish I had been there!!! RIP Glen

    • @jennycraigadventures3314
      @jennycraigadventures3314 5 лет назад +3

      Daniel Fronc Yes, we all die, but Alzheimer’s/Dementia are particularly insidious and just horrible for both sufferers And their loved ones. You basically die twice. Once when your brain goes on you and again when the rest goes. In addition, sufferers often treat their loved ones like crap, making everything even harder.

    • @johne6081
      @johne6081 2 года назад +1

      Music can be magic for brain-damaged individuals. We have well-documented cases of people who could no longer walk or talk, but they could dance and sing when the music started. I spoke with Jan "Jan and Dean" Berry in the early 1970s, when I was working in the service department a local stereo and ham radio shop. He was barely intelligible on the phone, but he was starting to make his singing comeback. Music excites the part of the brain directly across from the speech center, so that probably has something to do with the phenomenon.

  • @ALINA-sx7ro
    @ALINA-sx7ro 5 лет назад +65

    SO GLAD to see other young people are still impressed and moved by Hartford. He's a too easily forgotten gem.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +6

      Amen!

    • @robertthatcher6854
      @robertthatcher6854 3 года назад +2

      Yes. John was taken too soon. For you newbies, google "Steam Powered Areoplane".

    • @geofo60
      @geofo60 3 года назад +2

      @@robertthatcher6854
      He certainly was, I’ve been a huge fan of John for years. His style of 3 finger banjo is unlike any other Bluegrass picker, I’ve spent literally hours trying to figure out what he was doing. When he passed away my wonderful wife bought me one of the first Deering John Hartford signature banjos thinking that would be the answer to the secret of his playing. Was it ?? Nope I still sound the same as I do playing the other three that I own !!!
      He is a legend and my only regret is that I never had the opportunity to see him live. I guess he’s up there on the Steam Powered Aereoplane looking down and smiling.
      RIP John Hartford, gone but never forgotten.

  • @msredstilettoscraftsshoesc5152
    @msredstilettoscraftsshoesc5152 4 года назад +20

    Glen actually released this in 1967. It won 4 Grammys in 68 for best folk performance & best country & western song (songwriter) went to John Hartford...best country & western solo vocal (male) & best country & western recording to Glen for his version of the song. Glen's version has received over 5 million plays on radio! It was also released by Dean Martin, & Patti Page around the same time...all reached top 10 in the US easy listening charts & Glen's ranked #16 in BMI's top 100 songs of the century. Glen released it in 67 & re-released it in 68 after gaining success with "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". It only reached #30 on Billboard's country charts & #39 on the pop chart. However, it continued to receive airplay into the 90s & BMI named it the fourth most played song on the radio in the US...plus it's sold over 250,000 digital copies as of August 2017....the latest statistics I've seen. Out was also released by The Band Perry in 2014 for the soundtrack to The Glen Campbell documentary & got a Grammy in 2015 for it. Apparently, it's been recorded by over 300 artists over the years...lots of big time names, but Glen's version still remains the best known. I had forgotten just how good he was until I saw your review of him playing The William Tell Overture. Never got to see him live, but sure watched his variety show! Thanks for bringing him back to me & my sweet, nostalgic memories!
    Sorry this was so long...I tend to get passionate about artists I revere & admire!

  • @andyhowlett2231
    @andyhowlett2231 3 года назад +31

    On Glen's humility, I once read that he would personally write to anyone who helped one of his recordings reach the charts, thanking them for their support. Radio DJs, producers, pluggers, everyone.

  • @edster612
    @edster612 5 лет назад +31

    Hartford's feet have more talent than most of the pop stars of today. Seriously, to keep time with his feet that way is pretty amazing. Would love to find out how that began and why.

  • @bamagurl3242
    @bamagurl3242 5 лет назад +59

    Hello British guy, enjoy your reviews. I didn't live very far from Glen, loved the guy! What a talent, miss him so much and I have to say he was so graceful. ROCK!

  • @carljohnson4691
    @carljohnson4691 5 лет назад +2

    I was playing a Rainsong guitar, at Gruhn’s, in Nashville, many years ago. John Hartford was there, but dressed completely differently than his stage attire. I knew that I knew him from somewhere, I couldn’t put my finger on it, but we both smiled and nodded at one another. While I was playing, he gave me a smile and a thumbs up. The salesman asked if I knew who he was, then told me. I was embarrassed that I didn’t recognize him, disappointed that he left before I could speak with him, and thrilled that he liked what I played; all at the same time. They told me he was a regular there, and a genuinely nice guy.

  • @ethangcosby
    @ethangcosby 3 года назад +9

    Hartford was a relative of mine. His wife still comes to reunions and I’ve had the pleasure of playing guitar for her while she sang man times, often times this song right here. She’s quite talented of her own right!

  • @bekind6763
    @bekind6763 5 лет назад +30

    I also forgot to mention your humility, WOW! Like I said, "I have to commend you!" You have no problem going from Rock to Country or other genres without being thrilled about everything that you present & analys !!!

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Kathy!

    • @adrianconley5811
      @adrianconley5811 4 года назад +4

      It seems to me Fil is like a sponge absorbing things as a fan I took for granted because I liked it. His words are spot on. Thnx

  • @sooz9433
    @sooz9433 4 года назад +21

    John Hartford owns a special corner of my heart. This is such a beautiful song and I could listen to him play for hours! It was a song that was adored by my whole family...especially my Dad. I remember I bought a small lucite music box for my son who was born in 67. When he was older he would listen and cry because in the words of a 6 year old..."it's just so pretty"..🖤🎼 Thank you Fil.

  • @kazilziya830
    @kazilziya830 3 года назад +13

    In an interview with Alice Cooper he described his friendship with Glen and what a genuinely nice man he was. True humility.

  • @harveyhams1572
    @harveyhams1572 3 года назад +5

    Glen looked happy to be there. You are excited to present the music.

  • @brucewebb1114
    @brucewebb1114 5 лет назад +11

    I'm 55.... when I heard this I layed on the floor and cried. There is not music like this anymore. I enjoyed it so much...and I couldn't stop crying.....it was tears of joy and the longing for that time to come back.... you brought me tears of joy my friend.... thank you

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад

      No problem!

    • @paulmarsh8974
      @paulmarsh8974 5 лет назад +3

      Just keep listening and enjoying.. just like Mozart and Beethoven the music lives on and so shall Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed etc.. and as the Beatles, Led Zepplin will.. standing the test of time..

  • @bekind6763
    @bekind6763 5 лет назад +68

    Fil, I have to commend your analysis, you really are an expert. Thank you for all the hard work you put into everything you do, it's definitely appreciated!! ❤️🎸💯😎🤘

  • @susansmith6443
    @susansmith6443 5 лет назад +17

    I had the especially good luck to take an Intro to Philosophy course taught by a friend of John Hartford my 1st semester as a University of Louisville student. John played for us (about 30 students) in front of the classroom and clogged (the dance) as he performed. There was no mixing board or any additional production for that live 50 minute set as you mentioned. It was heavenly!

  • @MisterRlGHT
    @MisterRlGHT 3 года назад +17

    I saw John Hartford live at least half a dozen times in the 1980s, always solo. His dancing board on tour was rigged with pickups & a flanger pedal, and it would be set up next to a table that held a banjo, a guitar & a fiddle all in open cases. He'd come out & grab an instrument -- usually the banjo to start, tho sometimes he'd walk out fiddling -- play the shit out of it for 2 or 3 songs,, then he'd swap that instrument for one of the others for a few songs, then swap that one for the third, rotating among the three all the while singing & tapping perfect amplified rhythms with his feet nonstop for a couple of hours. He'd also juggle & make crazy mouth noises & basically do whatever it took to blow everybody's minds with contagious joyful enthusiasm & terrifying virtuoso musicianship on all 3 instruments. I am not making any of this up, friends, and I wouldn't believe it either if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes,

    • @johnnielson7676
      @johnnielson7676 Год назад

      In addition to simultaneously doing all that you mention MisterRight, IIRC John’s step-a-tune dancing board had a piezoelectric pickup in each corner, each with its own channel in the mixer. A sound check involved more than just getting his voice and instruments adjusted but also getting the mix and effects just right on the step-a-tune. He also worked with the guy who built his dancing boards to adjust the wood and tune the board with planing and sanding to obtain the optimum tone. John would further vary the tone by how close to the center or to the edge of the board his foot would strike. So he was doing much more than just dancing. He was truly playing the dancing board as an instrument.

    • @MisterRlGHT
      @MisterRlGHT Год назад

      @@johnnielson7676 Didn't realize the R & D was so involved, but I'm not surprised --- I did notice how he'd usually come out and tap each corner of the board with a toe or the tip of his bow then listen to the responses as sort of a last-chance sound check before launching into his opening number..Thank you for the enlightenment.

  • @Liam1H
    @Liam1H 5 лет назад +20

    I really love how you pointed out that John didn't just mindlessly use one standard picking pattern. With banjo, as fast as those notes are delivered, I think a lot of people don't fully appreciate how accomplished a player John was. Scruggs style, chromatic style, chicken' picken', if it moved the music down the road, he could and would use it and do it all effortlessly. Love your excellent, yet light handed examination of other musicians, their technique and style. Great stuff sir! I look forward to much more.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +2

      Thanks Will!

    • @selmer862
      @selmer862 4 года назад +4

      John called it "playing the syllables"...varying the pattern of the picking to fit a melody. Learned it directly from Earl.

  • @chicochi3
    @chicochi3 3 года назад +5

    I have been a big fan of John Hartford for years. Although he was from New York he was a riverboat captain on the Mississippi River. That was the life he loved.

  • @gordonpeden6234
    @gordonpeden6234 4 года назад +5

    It does my heart good to see someone appreciate the talent and brilliance of another musician. It's the only way: learn from others. RIP John H

  • @RooftopsofAmerica
    @RooftopsofAmerica 5 лет назад +11

    The taps add a level to this. I can easily conjure a music video of this song in my mind with a traveling musician just walking down various roads singing the song. Also I'm always amazed by the quality of the session musicians backing these guys up. Just solid through and through.

  • @greglarry11
    @greglarry11 5 лет назад +8

    Great job. John Hartford was such a special artist. We lost him far too soon. His songwriting, playing ..... on and on .... were so delightful.

  • @wmg1958
    @wmg1958 5 лет назад +19

    Love the way you appreciate great artists across all genres. Thanks for being so inclusive. This song was a big hit when I was a kid. Country music would cross over to the pop stations with great frequency but country was playing anyway in every jukebox and out most car windows that weren't playing the Beatles where I grew up in the Central Valley in California.
    I agree about the dynamics, I think it is due to skill of all artist involved which would include a talented sound engineer. As Paul McCartney said about playing a song straight through with no punch-ins (and this isn't a quote, just from memory) "We had to."
    In Classical genre, check out XueFei Yang's "Farewell My Concubine" which incorporates the use of castanets on one foot. I've seen it live, its pretty impressive. She now lives in Great Britain so do try and catch a concert here and there.

  • @ronaaserude8225
    @ronaaserude8225 5 лет назад +19

    love and respect from across the pond Fil, really enjoy your appreciation for great talent in any genre. Of course, if Glen's involved we just know there's a massive amount of talent by default!

  • @CARNELIANTURQUOISE
    @CARNELIANTURQUOISE 3 года назад +7

    One of the most wistful, romantic beautiful songs ever written...💖

  • @FunkyMarcel
    @FunkyMarcel 4 года назад +4

    The best piece of poetry ever set to music with a little softshoe thrown in

  • @BirdDogg
    @BirdDogg 5 лет назад +49

    You are touching on some of the greatest aspects of these giants of American music. Bluegrass and country musicians in particular are masters of dynamics because they typically learned around the porch or campfire playing solely on acoustic instruments and they had to learn early on how to fall back dynamically or drive their instrument hard enough to be heard over other instruments. Another aspect you are tickling is how they use fills(no pun intended) to keep the melody running in between the vocals(often these fills will be passed around the group of different musicians and instruments to keep the piece dynamic.) Banjo, steel guitar, dobro and finger style pickers also utilize many different types of rolls to achieve the sound dynamics you are alluding to( I am having trouble wrapping my head around them all still after more than thirty five years of picking bluegrass!) Forward rolls, backwards rolls, alternating rolls, forward-reverse rolls, middle lead rolls, index lead rolls, and single string lead kicks, are just a few of the techniques at these masters fingertips. One more key technique you will find being utilized in Celtic, early acoustic blues, bluegrass, country and other early Americana is the use of drone notes where the same note exact note and octave are being droned to maintain a steady undertone in acoustic instruments (it is utilized across the board, Fiddle’s, guitars, banjos, Dobro’s, steel guitars etc. etc in country, old time, bluegrass Celtic and all sorts of acoustic music.) Keep exploring and rockin, we are all loving coming along on each of your musical discoveries and adventures!

  • @Stringman1950
    @Stringman1950 4 года назад +4

    John hit it when I was in college. Right away, as a guitarist, I saw that this was a special artist. Fiddle, banjo, guitar, singing, tap dancing. His lyrics were intelligent and his melodies inventive. He played everything stringed and was very self-effacing. He did not seek the spotlight but his talents always brought him out front. Very humble. Loved him. R.I.P. Thanks for covering this.

  • @brucewebb1114
    @brucewebb1114 5 лет назад +13

    I've been blessed to see kiss, Rush, Neal Young, Heart...acdc, but I always go back to this music

  • @jwichman9
    @jwichman9 4 года назад +3

    Damn this song! Always brings me to tears. Song writing genius!!

  • @stevenm.6886
    @stevenm.6886 5 лет назад +20

    Hey Fil, I was lucky enough to see Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and others in the 70’s and I can say I was just as entertained by John Hartford alone with his banjo at Milwaukee summer fest in ‘84. I didn’t even know who he was! Great talent!!

  • @geofo60
    @geofo60 3 года назад +4

    John was a natural musician, a riverboat pilot and an all round wonderful human being. He often said he should have been a librarian & following his untimely death I watched a video of John’s “man cave “ & seeing the shelves & boxes filled with his musical compositions, I think that would have been an excellent way to describe him. I’m still waiting for the documentary that was going to be made shortly after he passed away. Hopefully I’ll get to watch it before it’s my turn to leave.
    RIP .

  • @johnnymossville
    @johnnymossville 5 лет назад +5

    I could just as easily see John Hartford performing this on the front porch up in the hills out in the middle of nowhere as in front of the world with Glen Campbell watching and on TV. Such an easy confidence about him as he performs. Absolutely love his version of the song.

  • @chadhyde50
    @chadhyde50 5 лет назад +16

    Man, these just keep getting better and better. Great job.

  • @connieteff3838
    @connieteff3838 3 года назад +2

    By him singing, dancing, and playing is awesome. All areas of his brain must be firing.

  • @shelleyimmel8067
    @shelleyimmel8067 2 года назад +3

    One of the best songs ever. So glad the songwriter was recognized for his talent and both be and Glen Campbell were just wonderful. Thanks for this video and recognizing the incredible talent. Loved your smile💙

  • @n7565j
    @n7565j 5 лет назад +6

    I went on a John Hartford kick back in the 90's while going through pilot training. I had 3-4 cds of him ripped to mp3 and I played it over and over... Great studying music😉 Excellent video sir 👍👍👍

  • @survivrs
    @survivrs 5 лет назад +4

    That is incredible!! If I wouldn't have looked it up, I wouldn't have believed that this wasn't written by Jimmy Webb for Glen to sing. I learned something new and considering how much Glen sang this, he has a lot of respect for John Hartford. Glen never forgot his humble roots throughout his entire career.

  • @cdamauser1963
    @cdamauser1963 5 лет назад +1

    I was born and raised in Long Beach California--but my mother's side of our family moved there in 1956 from Chattanooga Tennessee, so when we went to my grandparents home on Sundays for dinner afterwards we watched HeeHaw, the Johnny Cash show and the Glen Campbell show. I had a great early exposure to this great music. It brings back very fond memories. What talent. Thanks for posting it. 🎼🎵🎶

  • @raymondcote2913
    @raymondcote2913 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks again. Growing up John was one of my favorite performers, he did it all...

  • @MarkGunter
    @MarkGunter 5 лет назад +13

    What a wonderful video with John doing that soft shoe move all the way through. Really love your channel and your video reviews, Fil, always very interesting. Thanks!

  • @philippetty8990
    @philippetty8990 2 года назад +2

    Fil, Glen: 2 artists appreciating one truly great artist, John Hartford.

  • @elizabethlinsay9193
    @elizabethlinsay9193 4 года назад +5

    Fil: I can never thank you enough for all your insight and positivity regarding these singers and musicians!! Especially John Hartford and Glen Campbell!! For some reason John Sebastion in particular, and his group The Lovin' Spoonful remind me of Hartford. Would you please give a listen to Sebastion, in particular his song Nashville Csts? Thank you so much!

  • @aaabramov
    @aaabramov 4 года назад +7

    Sweet. I've never seen this or heard of John Hartford until now - even though I am a massive fan of the wrecking crew and thought that I had found all the Glen Campbell videos out there but I missed this very important one. Thanks for doing these analysis videos.

  • @jopisano67
    @jopisano67 5 лет назад +7

    If I'm not mistaken. Glenn Campbell was one of the handful of musicians, very few that had perfect pitch. Which means hearing a note in your head and knowing exactly where that sounding pitch would be heard on the fret board before playing it.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +2

      Yeah you'd have to know the fretboard of course as Glen did, but once you do, hearing a note and knowing it's an 'A' means he'd be able to jump right to it on the guitar! 👍

    • @christhompson9486
      @christhompson9486 5 лет назад +1

      And Glen didn't know how to read music. He had an ear for music.

  • @jcmclovin77388
    @jcmclovin77388 3 года назад +2

    FIL, not sure how I missed this one. Another commenter said it in a different way -- your analyses are contributions in so many dimensions: temporally, musically, lyrically, historically, stylistically, etc. Thank you once again for diving into this gem!

  • @90Beater
    @90Beater 3 года назад +3

    The smile on your face says it all.

  • @sbigford
    @sbigford 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for another great video. John Hartford's been writing/playing, for what seems, forever. Just a quiet unassuming genius. Forget the CDs and/or digital music, this is best on vinyl, I must have 20 of his albums. Oddly enough, one of the very first record albums I ever got may Dad sent to me, when he was in Vietnam on his first tour of duty during that war, it was 'The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell'. I still have that album, think it had to be one of his very first album releases, long before he was on the radio. Always enjoy your commentary on these, thanks again.

  • @chicagomusicfan8817
    @chicagomusicfan8817 4 года назад +1

    John Hartford is a master of the banjo. Always been a fan. Thanks Fil for the look back. ❤️

  • @djangodunn5968
    @djangodunn5968 5 лет назад +3

    Hartford is one of my favorites and got to
    See him twice. Thanks for your teaching FIL!

  • @grievousangelic
    @grievousangelic 5 лет назад +1

    This was from the show "Nashville Now", normally hosted by the great Nashville DJ, Ralph Emery. The guys in that band were legendary guys. The steel player is Larry "Wimpy" Sasser and the lead guitar player is Fred Newell. We hardly missed an episode of "Nashville Now" -- and you talk about the quality of the music! It was absolutely amazing. Love the video!

  • @catherinelynnfraser2001
    @catherinelynnfraser2001 5 лет назад +2

    Beautiful song and an amazing performance... gently rocking

  • @007videovixen
    @007videovixen 5 лет назад +5

    Thanks for making me view country guitarists in a whole new light. I found this amazing clip of Roy Clark doing 12 Street Rag, which is all instrumental and he did something I've never really seen before on the guitar arm. He was very young in this clip and he was already a Master. Hope you take a look and see if you find anything useful to discuss.

  • @DSRQ1
    @DSRQ1 3 года назад +2

    A great song, with beautiful imagery in the lyrics that can stand alone as poetry. It all came together in this one, music and words. Thanks, Fil!

  • @SchoeneTante
    @SchoeneTante Год назад +1

    Steel player is Larry Sasser, guitar player is Fred Newell, keyboards and band leader is Jerry Whitehurst. They were part of the house band for the late lamented Nashville Now TV show.

  • @trishaurvan9439
    @trishaurvan9439 5 лет назад +13

    Another awesome video. Have you ever seen Buck Trent and Roy Clark playing Dueling Banjos? It is funny and amazing to watch them

  • @davidjensvold3336
    @davidjensvold3336 5 лет назад +1

    I love watching you watching these artists. You truly appreciate and understand the raw talent that many of these American country artists had.

  • @pavarotti744
    @pavarotti744 5 лет назад +2

    Just want to extend to you a massive thank you for your analysis....you wonderfully articulate and educate in equal measure...you are a star in your own right alongside the wonderful talent you showcase....thanks also for raising my appreciation and enjoyment to a whole new level.

  • @MrGreglarry
    @MrGreglarry Год назад +1

    Thank you Fil. John Hartford is one of my all-time favorite musicians. He had talents above and beyond. Then you add Glen Campbell and you got the best of the best.

  • @Voirreydirector
    @Voirreydirector 5 лет назад +35

    It is called Appalachian or Buskers’ stomping, with the all important white bucks. The bucks were not gender specific, wore a pair for four years, you can sleep in them once you get used to them. He also is wearing the traditional Buskers’ hat.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 лет назад +2

      Cool!

    • @paulmarsh8974
      @paulmarsh8974 5 лет назад +4

      I think another term was called clogging.. not 100% sure.. any feedback??

    • @Voirreydirector
      @Voirreydirector 5 лет назад +2

      jack blake yup, absolutely. Do they still do clogging, the most common term like in Tennessee ; in Nashville and Memphis? Back in the day they did shows, more like clogging meets Ziegfeld. The more I look back, the 70’s were weird.

    • @PHJimY
      @PHJimY 5 лет назад +2

      I read that John was inspired by Paul Newman's bicycle scene in Butch Cassidy to adopt his stage costume.
      ruclips.net/video/m8-vMP2_K7k/видео.html

    • @serebeSZ2
      @serebeSZ2 5 лет назад +4

      It's called flatfoot or buck dancing which is very old traditional solo dancing from the Appalachians. It's what you'll see at every bluegrass festival or just on the front porch every weekend. It's not clogging which is a modern development that is very choreographed. There are many videos on RUclips of flatfoot and buck dancing. You can check out Hillary Clug for playing and flatfooting together, but she doesn't sing.

  • @keithfreeland7638
    @keithfreeland7638 5 лет назад +1

    My mind was blown the first time I saw John in concert and I saw that plywood tapping.

  • @David-ot9tr
    @David-ot9tr Год назад +1

    I really like this young man's appreciation for the masters of my generation.

  • @WURMBOYjnr
    @WURMBOYjnr 5 лет назад +30

    Hartford, Kottke, great you're introducing people to these greats. Your channel is rapidly becoming a favourite. Maybe look at Bill Frisell.

  • @GeneRogers-lo1qy
    @GeneRogers-lo1qy 2 года назад +1

    Thank God for these two great artists who changed music forever!

  • @dianewallace7540
    @dianewallace7540 3 года назад +1

    I had to share this with my sister who is a huge John Hartford fan.

  • @richabbey1264
    @richabbey1264 2 года назад +1

    I'm old enough to remember the Glen Campbell show every week. Television technology at the time wasn't able to do justice to these performances. Looking back on them now i realize how much of the detail we were missing.

  • @katherinea.rodgers8366
    @katherinea.rodgers8366 5 лет назад +1

    That song always gives me goosebumps. John Hartford's rendition is magic. Thanks, Fil.

  • @pthaynes
    @pthaynes 5 лет назад +2

    God bless you for exposing people to the singularity unique performer that was John Hartford.

  • @gaillight7501
    @gaillight7501 5 лет назад +1

    All you said and the lyrics! Wonderful. You seldom hear such poetic and intelligent lyrics.

  • @thomasbriggs4718
    @thomasbriggs4718 5 лет назад +2

    Hartford was music director for Glen Campbell’s first tv show in the late ‘60s. That’s where I first heard them as a little kid. I still think this is one of the very best country songs ever. It’s far more poetic and evocative than you are used to hearing in country music.

  • @backspace4203
    @backspace4203 5 лет назад +1

    John Hartford was a wonderful performer and a kind and gentle man. Saw him with his Aereoplane band, Vassar Clemens is a master on fiddle. He was an actual steamboat captain on the Mississippi River and was full of river lore and story telling. Thanks for highlighting him.

  • @7fisherman7
    @7fisherman7 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks a lot! Great video! You help open our eyes on things we wouldn't otherwise see or even think about!

  • @randallr.p.mcmurphy863
    @randallr.p.mcmurphy863 5 лет назад +8

    Excellent review, Fil. Love anything with Glen.

  • @resipsaloquitur13
    @resipsaloquitur13 Год назад +1

    I feel like somehow my soul is enriched just knowing that John Hartford existed. I do miss him so.

  • @stephenolaughlin6595
    @stephenolaughlin6595 5 лет назад +16

    Talk about one hand washing another John for writing & Glen for recording. Probably still a huge dividends check. That was some fine banjo picking.

  • @bigsteve6200
    @bigsteve6200 5 лет назад +2

    This reminds me of a Gentleman from Canada. Canadian Country singer Stomping Tom Connors. He would play and keep rhythm by tapping his Cowboy boots on plywood. He'd often wear holes in the plywood. Most of his songs are about Canada and the Canadian way of life. I hope you can check him out and maybe do a viedo about him.
    I totally dig your viedos.
    Rock on.

  • @boum62
    @boum62 5 лет назад +2

    Your show introduced me to John Hartford. Now I am going to buy his stuff.

  • @donaldmaxwell261
    @donaldmaxwell261 3 года назад +3

    They call that foot taping - Clogging centered mostly in Midwest states predominantly.. Love that all genres of music pique your interest Wings Of Pegasus ..

  • @emilyflotilla931
    @emilyflotilla931 3 года назад +1

    John Hartford also was a licensed Mississippi River Boat Pilot. I have seen him 3 times and he always has that clogging board! Wheatland Music Festival in Remus Michigan had John there a few years before he died. He was an amazingly mind blowing musician...from ballads to Hey Babe, You Wanna Boogie! I can hear him and Glen playing in the heavens!

  • @josephteri5716
    @josephteri5716 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you, Fil...for keeping it both interesting and informative. Your style is casual, yet, mature beyond your years. Well done!

  • @xrysostom
    @xrysostom Год назад +1

    It's fitting that, as an American story teller, Hartford joined fellow yarn-spinner Mark Twain as a Mississippi River steamboat pilot.

  • @doobeedoo2
    @doobeedoo2 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much as always. You have such great taste. Every video is so enjoyable.

  • @sheldoninst
    @sheldoninst 5 лет назад +3

    I get the impression you are enjoying discovering and analyzing these players from the past as much as I do...

  • @74dartman13
    @74dartman13 5 лет назад +2

    Wow! Playing, singing, and tap dancing at the same time. That guy had skills!👍😎🎸🎶

  • @mariorabottini5687
    @mariorabottini5687 5 лет назад +3

    Really brilliant analysis of these legends Fil! Easy listening and amazing to watch John play so effortlessly! Nice to be reminded of how great he really is!! Awesome vid Fil !!!😀😀🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @mikeroberts510
    @mikeroberts510 4 года назад +2

    Awesome musicians. Beautiful performance. Respectful review - quite right too! Many thanks.

  • @thespiritof76..
    @thespiritof76.. 4 года назад

    Dear British guitarist...
    You sir have such a beautiful soul, every word, thought and expression that comes from you shines beauty and harmony on the world around you.. never heard you play, but I could watch and listen to you examine artists all day... Thank you for making the world a brighter place.

  • @bittybitty8233
    @bittybitty8233 5 лет назад +4

    👏👏👏 😳 Such a great song...Had a life size poster in my room for years , I had such a MASSIVE love for Glen...still do..! 💜 always loved that song , to be a rocker...lol

  • @JM-zk9ou
    @JM-zk9ou Год назад +1

    My friend Rich Beck was Glen's luthier. He said that Glen was a very kind man. Sadly, both have passed.

  • @daphneestes8694
    @daphneestes8694 5 лет назад +1

    Got to see John at a bluegrass festival way back in the late '70's. Just genious at his craft. This brought up a lot of good memories. I have to dig out my old vinyls now.

  • @roberthorn333
    @roberthorn333 5 лет назад +3

    Wow Fil, thanks for the treat! I have not seen John Hartford in a long time. The bluegrass guys are very talented, too. Jerry Garcia was an accomplished banjo player before he began on guitar. I've seen video of Jerry in the 80's running scales on a banjo and holding a conversation the entire time.

  • @kneedeepinbluegrass3086
    @kneedeepinbluegrass3086 4 года назад +1

    Just found your channel tonight and....holy crap! These videos are sooo great.
    Not only loving the massive variety of artists you are sharing, but I love your input....and especially love watching you watch the videos. You smile and eyes are wonderful

  • @mikebordeaux8218
    @mikebordeaux8218 4 года назад +1

    I bought his album Aereo-Plain in 1971 and I still listen to it frequently.

  • @harolddiaz1224
    @harolddiaz1224 5 лет назад +1

    just want to say- your enthusiasm and appreciation of the music you cover cheers me up bruh

  • @norrisnonkin5283
    @norrisnonkin5283 2 года назад +1

    Good one, Fil! A huge fan and never missed a show whenever he came here to New York, so happy you went a little "out of the rock n roll box" to salute such a talented performer.

  • @timfohey9499
    @timfohey9499 2 года назад +1

    Thanks Fil ! I enjoy so much your analysis videos and your Wealth of knowledge when it comes to all the different aspects of music. You add so much and I greatly appreciate it !

  • @annebishop9634
    @annebishop9634 4 года назад +1

    I saw John Hartford in concert when I was in college in the late ‘70s.