''Down on the River'' is a bluegrass and

old-time music Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dancing, clogging, and buck dancing. It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering on a combination ...

album by

John Hartford John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 – June 4, 2001) was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive kno ...

, released in 1989.

Reception

Music critic Thom Owen, writing for

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, wrote of the album "Hartford's approach may be too kitschy for some -- after all, there are several songs driven by calliope -- yet it's a thoroughly entertaining album for listeners that share his obsessions, or at least his fondness for fine, old-timey banjo."

Track listing

All songs by John Hartford. # "Here I Am in Love Again" – 2:37 # "Bring Your Clothes Back Home" – 2:31 # "I Wish We Had Our Time Again" – 2:54 # "All I Got Is Gone Away" – 1:49 # "Delta Queen Waltz" – 3:49 # "Old Time River Man" – 3:37 # "Men All Want to Be Hoboes" – 2:38 # "Right in the Middle (Of Falling in Love)" – 3:13 # "There'll Never Be Another You" – 2:55 # "Little Boy" – 2:33 # "General Jackson" – 1:45

Personnel

– fiddle, banjo, vocals *Mark Howard – guitar *

Roy Huskey, Jr. Roy Milton Huskey (December 17, 1956 – September 6, 1997) was a prominent United States, American upright bass player in country music from Nashville, Tennessee. Huskey performed alongside musicians such as Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Johnny ...

– bass *Holly O'Dell – fiddle, vocals *

Jonathan Yudkin Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a Nashville-based session musician, record producer, arranger, and band leader. Biography Growin ...

– fiddle, vocals *Margaret Archer – vocals *Chris Ballinger – vocals *Dale Ballinger – vocals *Benny Martin – vocals *

Curly Seckler John Ray Sechler, known as Curly Seckler, (December 25, 1919 – December 27, 2017) was an American bluegrass musician. He played with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in their band the Foggy Mountain Boys from 1949 to 1962, among other bluegrass ac ...

– vocals Production notes: *

Jack Clement Jack Henderson Clement (April 5, 1931 – August 8, 2013) was an American singer, songwriter, and record and film producer. Biography Early life Raised and educated in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, Clement was performing at an early age, ...

– producer *John Hartford – producer, lettering, art direction *Roger Jackson – engineer *Mark Howard – engineer, mixing *Jim McGuire – photography

References

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