Many Grammys on These Sheets

These are the handwritten lyric-sheets from John Hartford's classic, iconic, and unbeatable song- Gentle on My Mind. I have posted performances of it by Hartford before. Glen Campbell made it famous. It won four Grammy's. As Wikipedia describes it:

"Gentle on My Mind" is a song written by John Hartford, which won four 1968 Grammy Awards. Hartford himself won the award for Best Folk Performance and Best Country & Western Song (Songwriter). The other 2 awards Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male and Best Country & Western Recording, went to American country music singer Glen Campbell for his version of Hartford's song

Well, last Sunday it won another, this time for the group The Band Perry. The great songs don't die or lose their power.

Here's the video from The Band Perry.

Keep the Music Going

One of those fun groups of the 60s was the Association. I saw them in college (and interviewed on of them). Here they are from the Smothers Brothers show. A little of their "humor" to start things off.

And while we are on the Smothers Brothers, here's Mason Williams with his classic:

And finally, before it was the Glen Campbell show's theme, here's Campbell and the amazingly wonderful John Hartford, Gentle on My Mind.

And if you have some more time to waste use for some good music, here is John Hartford years later as he was getting ill, doing a remarkable bluegrass version of Gentle. No comparison, though both are good, this is outstanding.

Unmistakable

Any of us who are old John Hartford fans will know from the first four beats that this is a great instrumental in honor of one of the immortals of American folk music.

Black Prairie performing at the studio of WBEZ in Chicago.

Go ahead. Tap your foot!