848064015925

Aereo-plain

John Hartford

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Format: LP

Cat No: RLGM15921PMI

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Release Date:  15 September 2023

Label:  Real Gone Music

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  848064015925

Genres:  Country  Bluegrass  

  • Description

    After penning the Glen Campbell megahit "Gentle on My Mind" and appearing
    repeatedly both on Glen's weekly variety show and on The Smothers Brothers
    Comedy Hour, John Hartford could have taken the show biz glide path to financial security and ease. Instead, the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist (and steamboat enthusiast) moved back to Nashville from L.A., signed a contract with Warner Bros., and proceeded to create one of the most influential and groundbreaking albums not just in bluegrass but in modern
    country music as a whole. 1971's Aereo-Plain assembled a veritable supergroup consisting of fiddler Vassar Clements, dobroist Tut Taylor, guitarist
    Norman Blake and bassist Randy Scruggs to play a set of mostly original tunes
    that were unlike anything the staid bluegrass community had ever heard before.
    Fresh, irreverent, funny and always—except for the hilarious Dr. Demento favorite Boogie—tuneful, and played by an absolutely scintillating band, the songs on Aereo-Plain pointed to a new stylistic direction for bluegrass, one quickly coined "newgrass;" as Sam Bush of the New Grass Revival says, "Without Aereo-Plain, there would be no 'newgrass' music." Our first reissue of this essential album on LP (the first one in 50 years) sold out as fast as one of John's banjo licks…we're bringing it back to stay on black vinyl this time. Includes lyrics and liner notes by Hartford expert Skip Heller!

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Turn Your Radio On
      • 2. Steamboat Whistle Blues
      • 3. Back in the Goodle Days
      • 4. Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie
      • 5. Boogie
      • 6. First Girl I Loved
      • 7. Presbyterian Guitar

      Side 2

      • 1. With a Vamp in the Middle
      • 2. Symphony Hall Rag
      • 3. Because of You
      • 4. Steam Powered Aereo Plane
      • 5. Holding
      • 6. Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry
      • 7. Leather Britches
      • 8. Station Break
      • 9. Turn Your Radio On