John Hartford

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bluegrass musician country musician human musician songwriter

John Hartford was an American bluegrass and country musician, songwriter, and riverboat enthusiast best known for penning the hit song "Gentle on My Mind" and for his influential fiddle and banjo work.

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instanceOf bluegrass musician ⓘ
country musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct Glen Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norman Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dillards NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vassar Clements NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName John Cowan Harford NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath non-Hodgkin lymphoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-12-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-06-04 ⓘ
genre bluegrass ⓘ
country ⓘ
folk ⓘ
GrammyAwardFor Album of the Year (as songwriter of Gentle on My Mind) ⓘ
Best Contemporary Folk Performance (Vocal) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Best Country & Western Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
Best Folk Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChild Jamie Hartford NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedGenre newgrass ⓘ
instrument banjo ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor riverboat and steamboat enthusiasm ⓘ
name John Hartford NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAlbum Aereo-Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Twang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steam-Powered Aereo-Takes NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Gentle on My Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation banjoist ⓘ
fiddler ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
riverboat pilot ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Flying Fish Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rounder Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
residence St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Marie Barrett Hartford NERFINISHED ⓘ
wrote Gentle on My Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ

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