John Hartford Looks at Life
by John Hartford
- Type: Album
- Released: January 1967
- Label: RCA Victor
- Country: United States
- Length: 30:09
- Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The debut album from the fiercely original singer and banjoist introduces his wildly idiosyncratic approach to country music. Favoring conversational, highly observational lyricism over traditional honky-tonk tropes, Hartford quietly subverted Nashville's established formulas. The record laid the crucial groundwork for the progressive country and newgrass movements that would completely reshape acoustic music in the following decade.
Genres
Descriptors: Folk, domestic
Tracklist
- I Reckon (1:18)
- Today (3:11)
- A Man Smoking A Cigar (1:59)
- Untangle Your Mind (2:02)
- Like Unto A Mockingbird (2:46)
- I Shoulda Wore My Birthday Suit (1:48)
- The Tall Tall Grass (2:20)
- Front Porch (1:56)
- Eve Of My Multiplication (1:47)
- When The Sky Began To Fall (3:42)
- Corn Cob Blues (2:31)
- Minus The Woman (2:47)
- Jack's In The Sack (2:02)
Credits
- Felton Jarvis - producer