Gum Tree Canoe Explained

Gum Tree Canoe
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Hartford
Cover:	Gum Tree Canoe.jpg
Released:	1984
Genre:	Bluegrass
Label:	Flying Fish
Producer:	Jack Clement
Prev Title:	Catalogue
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Annual Waltz
Next Year:	1986

Gum Tree Canoe is an album by the American musician John Hartford, released in 1984. It was reissued on CD in 2001 with two additional tracks.^[1]

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, critic Brian Beatty wrote: John Lupton of Country Standard Time wrote "this is Hartford at his entertaining best, a bittersweet reminder of how much was lost to us when he passed away".^[2]

Track listing

1. "I'm Still Here" (John Hartford) – 3:26
2. "Way Down the River Road" (Hartford) – 2:18
3. "Gum Tree Canoe" (S. S. Steele) – 4:07
4. "Your Long Journey" (Doc Watson, Rosa Lee Watson) – 2:27
5. "Jug Harris" (Hartford) – 2:25
6. "Little Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragavoy) – 3:12
7. "Take Me Back to My Mississippi" (John Carso) – 3:53
8. "Lorena" (Joseph Philbrick Webster, Henry DeLafayette Webster) – 4:45
9. "Wrong Road Again" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:48
10. "No Expectations" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:03

2001 reissue bonus tracks:

1. "You Asked Me To" (Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:48
2. "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond) – 4:13

Personnel

• John Hartford – banjo, guitar, fiddle, plywood, vocals
• Sam Bush – mandolin
• Roy Huskey – bass
• Jack Clement – dobro, guitar, ukulele
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Mark Howard – guitar
• Marty Stuart – mandolin
• Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle, guitar, mandolin
• Billy Lee Riley – French harp
• Richard Schulman – vocals
• Jeannie Seely – vocals
• Tommy Hannum – vocals

Production

• Produced by Jack Clement
• Richard Adler – remixing
• Bob Carlin – mixing
• Wes Lachot – mixing
• Niles Clement – assistant engineer
• Jim Rooney – assistant engineer
• Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brian . Beatty . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id= r92570 |pure_url=yes}} ''Gum Tree Canoe'' > Review ]. . July 11, 2011.
2. Web site: John . Lupton . Gum Tree Canoe > Review . Country Standard Time . July 11, 2011.