Aereo-Plain

by John Hartford

Aereo-Plain cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1971
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:25
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Assembling a supergroup of acoustic virtuosos including Norman Blake and Vassar Clements, the banjo master essentially created the 'Newgrass' movement with this deeply eccentric masterpiece. The album applies phenomenal, traditional bluegrass picking to whimsical, fiercely independent songwriting that playfully subverts Nashville conventions. It remains a watershed moment that permanently altered the trajectory of acoustic string-band music.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, nostalgia

Tracklist

  1. Turn Your Radio On (I) (1:22)
  2. Steamboat Whistle Blues (3:25)
  3. Back in the Goodle Days (3:39)
  4. Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie (2:43)
  5. Boogie (1:41)
  6. First Girl I Loved (4:35)
  7. Presbyterian Guitar (2:01)
  8. With a Vamp in the Middle (3:27)
  9. Symphony Hall Rag (2:48)
  10. Because of You (1:02)
  11. Steam Powered Aereo Plane (3:43)
  12. Holding (1:49)
  13. Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry (3:28)
  14. Leather Britches (2:03)
  15. Station Break (0:17)
  16. Turn Your Radio On (II) (2:16)

Credits

  • Metronomy - primary artist
  • Philip Castle - artwork
  • Walter Schmidt - vocals [additional]

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