John Hartford

One of my favorite musicians is John Hartford. He was a fiddler and a banjo picker, and could fiddle and sing at the same time, which is difficult. He is very associated with the Mississippi River; he loved steamboats and made many songs about them. He went to Nashville and became famous, but then he came back to the river and just played in various towns like Murphysboro, where I saw him in the late '90's. He died in 2001- too bad! Fortunately he still has a lot of fans and you hear his music once in a while!
-TL