I didn't see my comment here this thread but I did listen to a couple songs by Hartford and Hartford and Campbell. Liked the song, Gentle On My Mind, but had always assumed Campbell wrote it. The banjo was my instrument of choice, I wanted to learn to play, growing up. Never had one in my handss but never mind, I was too dumb anywaay to learn to play a musical instrument.
Another John Hartford Gem: "LEFT HANDED WOMAN" "Left-handed Woman, You Southpawed member Of the Female Gender Tender bender of my splendor, look at you... You do everything backward from the way that I do, You inside-out, upside-down, left-handed Woman, you. Left-handed brown eyes Left-handedly looking Left-handedly holding Old right-handed me. I tell you right, But it comes out left Oh, backward-ways Woman Have mercy on me. Left-handed Woman, You Southpawed member Of the Female Gender Tender bender of my splendor, look at you... You do everything backward from the way that I do, You inside-out, upside-down, left-handed Woman, you!" (Hartford's banjo accompaniment is sweet!) Hal
My favorite John Hartford song: Today Lost forever is yesterday And I don't believe in tomorrow I used to dream of a pot of gold And it only brought me sorrow I used to think that the road stretched on Till it went this whole world round But now I've learned to live my life Before the sun goes down For tomorrow when it finally comes When the curtain of dawn fades away The hopes of many are crushed to dust When they find ain't nothing but today And everyday I grow and die As though it might be my last And kiss the minute with a thankful smile And turn my back on the past And wink at tomorrow it don't scare me I only live in today While you might sit with you're fingers crossed And watch it all fade away For tomorrow when it finally comes...
I want to thank all those who took the trouble to import those John Hartford classics to the Forum! It gave me a lot of gratification! Hal