LyricFind Logo
LyricFind Logo
Profile image icon
Dynamic cover art

John Hartford

Country music
John Cowan Hartford, born John Cowan Harford on December 30, 1937, was an American country-folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. Early in his career, he played banjo in local bluegrass groups with Doug and Rodney Dillard, later recording the collaborative albums Dillard-Hartford-Dillard (1977) and Dillard-Hartford-Dillard (1980). Following school and military service, Hartford worked as a radio disc jockey and moved to Nashville, signing with RCA in 1966, when label executive Chet Atkins inserted the "t" into his surname. He issued h...
Songs
Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie
Up on the Hill Where They Do the BoogieJohn Hartford

Aereo-Plain

2:43

Lorena
LorenaJohn Hartford

Gum Tree Canoe

4:45

Steamboat Whistle Blues
Steamboat Whistle BluesJohn Hartford

Aereo-Plain

3:23

Back In The Goodle Days
Back In The Goodle DaysJohn Hartford

Aereo-Plain

3:34

Holding
HoldingJohn Hartford

Aereo-Plain

1:47

Gentle on My Mind
Gentle on My MindAshley Davis, John Hartford and Gawain Mathews

3:41

Albums