Re: John Hartford Aereoplane Band Jam Session
What a great session. Thanks so much for posting this. I'll be listening to it many times again. It was fun hearing different takes on tunes and songs that they later recorded (e.g., "Late Last Night when My Willie Came Home"). By the way, there's some fine mandolin playing here. Four musicians (John Hartford, Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, and Vasser Clements) were mandolin players, so it's hard to know who's playing, though process of elimination can narrow it down at times. According to the person who posted the video on the YouTube page, "Randy Scruggs joins in on bass about half way." He also played bass on the album. I can't find any association with him and mandolin playing. Sadly, Norman's the only one of these highly-skilled musicians still around.
If anyone isn't familiar with "Aereo-plain," it's a great album, though "Boogie" wears thin by the third hearing.
Last edited by Ranald; Feb-25-2023 at 2:33pm.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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