Posted by Randy Mc Kee on June 11, 101 at 00:21:22:
Is it really true? John Hartford passed away?
What a sad way to end my day, looking at my e-mail after 16 hours at the steelmill, right before bed, and I see this.
I saw John Hartford about 5 years ago, in Valparaiso Indiana at a little coffee shop. He is the original real thing. He had an intermission halfway thru the show, and he went to the back and sold his stuff. I got a TShirt which he signed. I asked him if he was going to do anything from the "Aereo-plain" album, like maybe "Steamboat Whistle Blues" or "First Girl I Ever Loved". He said he didn't know if he remembered anything from it. He told me, when he went back on stage to yell it, and remind him. When he got back up there tho, first thing off he said, "Hmmmm Aereo-plain eh?" , then he broke right into the title track, just exactly like he still played it everyday. Maybe he did. Then he like, nodded at me and smiled when it was over.
Anyway, I loved that concert and I always said I would see him again.
What a great loss. He was a treasure, there was no one like him and he will be missed.
Randy