Annual Waltz Explained

Annual Waltz
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Hartford
Cover:	Annual Waltz.jpg
Released:	1987
Genre:	Bluegrass, country
Length:	29:47
Label:	Dot
Producer:	Jack Clement
Prev Title:	Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland
Prev Year:	1985
Next Year:	1987

Annual Waltz is an album by the American musician John Hartford, released in 1987.^{[1] [2]} Recorded in Nashville, the album was produced by Jack Clement.^{[3] [4]} It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Folk Recording" category.^[5]

Track listing

All songs by John Hartford unless otherwise noted.

1. "All in My Love for You" – 2:25
2. "Ohio River Rag" – 3:57
3. "Annual Waltz" – 3:52
4. "Gone, Gone, Gone" (Harlan Howard) – 1:54
5. "Love Wrote This Song" (Hartford, Charles Cochran) – 2:43
6. "Learning to Smile All Over Again" – 3:26
7. "Pennington Bend" – 3:45
8. "Here's to Your Dreams" – 4:14
9. "Short Life of Trouble" – 1:36
10. "Living in the Mississippi Valley" – 1:55

Personnel

• John Hartford – banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmony vocals
• Mark Howard – guitar, mandolin
• Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass
• Jack Clement – guitar
• Kenny Malone – percussion
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin
• Gary Janney – harmony vocals

Production notes:

• Jack Clement – producer
• Richard Adler – mixing
• Milan Bogdan – master tape preparation
• Camile Engel – design
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Glenn Meadows – master tape preparation
• Mark Howard – engineer, mixing

External links

• LP Discography of John Hartford.

Notes and References

1. News: Hochman . Steve . 'Boogie'-Man Hartford Keeps On Rolling Along . Los Angeles Times . 22 Aug 1986 . Calendar . 2.
2. News: Composer vows to keep song out of commercials . Windsor Star . 9 Jan 1987 . C6.
3. News: Van Matre . Lynn . Hartford's Work from 'The Heart' . Chicago Tribune . 15 Oct 1986 . Tempo . 3.
4. News: Hurst . Jack . On the Record . Chicago Tribune . 18 Sep 1986 . 9A.
5. Web site: John Hartford . Recording Academy . 6 May 2023.