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Joining Compton, who will play Saturday at 2:30, are a host of regional and national players including Danny Barnes, Larry and Jenny Keel, The HillBenders, Leroy Troy, Bawn in the Mash, Rumpke Mountain Boys, and many more— 50 bands in all.
New to the festival will be Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, The Haunted Windchimes, Scenic Roots, Julia Belle Swain Band, Old Salt Union, The Crunchy Western Boys, Sloppy Joe, The Downtown County Band, and Maria Carrelli.
John’ s friends will share their memories and stories with the audience during“ John Hartford Storytelling” and the singer-songwriter will be memorialized with a“ John Hartford Song Writing Contest.”
There will also be a Chompdown pitch-in breakfast for all with live music on Friday, May 30 from 10 a. m. until noon, and a Children’ s Tent with planned activities. Pickers and players are encouraged to participate in the Old-Time Fiddling Contest.
The park offers cabin rentals, shaded camping, electric hook ups for RVs, hot showers, a fishing pond, playground, golf cart rentals, and more. Campground and campfire acoustic pickin’ is encouraged and a usual sighting around the festival.
For festival detials visit their website: < www. johnhartfordmemfest. com >.
John Hartford was a ground-breaking trendsetter
who started a movement opened up the landscape of bluegrass music, giving it the name“ Newgrass”.
Hartford was many things in life: steamboat captain, fiddle and banjo player, songwriter, author, folklorist, and father.
A descendant of Patrick Henry and cousin of Tennessee Williams, Hartford was born John Cowan Harford in 1937, in New York City. The Grammy-winning artist grew up in St. Louis, Missouri with a love for two things: the Mississippi River and music, especially oldtime music and bluegrass.
He added the“ t” to his given name at the request of producer-guitar legend Chet Atkins, and credited the music of banjo player Earl Scruggs, a bluegrass legend, as changing his life forever.
Hartford’ s“ Gentle On My Mind” won two Grammy awards in the same year, 1968, and is one of the most re-recorded songs in music. For Hartford, the song’ s far-reaching commercial success gave him personal and financial freedom, affording him the opportunity to explore his musical artistry and other pursuits of the heart, including earning his steamboat pilot’ s license.
Hartford went to California in 1968, where played on the Byrds’ classic album, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, and worked as a scriptwriter / performer on CBS’ s Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
He devoted two prime-time seasons to Hollywood before returning to Nashville in 1971 to record his groundbreaking acoustic album, Aereo-Plain.
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