1989 - “And The Hartford String Band” - John Hartford's Down on the River is an old-timey tribute to the Mississippi River and its steamboats, casinos and saloons, filled with campy salutes to a forgotten lifestyles, as well as surprisingly affectionate paens to a lost era. Hartford's approach may be too kitschy for some -- after all, there are several songs driven by calliope -- yet its a thoroughly entertaining album for listeners that share his obsessions, or at least his fondness for fine, old-timey banjo....very rare on vinyl !!!.
11 Songs
- HERE I AM IN LOVE AGAIN
- BRING YOUR CLOTHES BACK HOME
- I WISH WE HAD OUR TIME AGAIN
- ALL I GOT IS GONE AWAY
- DELTA QUEEN WALTZ
- OLD TIME RIVER MAN
- MEN ALL WANT TO BE HOBOES
- RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF FALLING FOR YOU
- THERE'LL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU
- LITTLE BOY
- GENERAL JACKSON