Nashville, Tenn. — John Hartford’s storied life and uniquely American music is the subject of the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum’s newest spotlight exhibit, John Hartford: Ever Smiling, Ever Gentle on My Mind, which opens January 24, 2009. The exhibit examines many aspects of Hartford’s career, including his songwriting success with the country-pop standard “Gentle on My Mind”; his experimental and influential approach to traditional music; and his endeavors as an artist, performer, steamboat pilot, author and historian.

An all-out effort — including fundraising — is under way to put the finishing touches on a video documentary entitled “The Life and Music of John Hartford.”

It’s being undertaken by two media professionals who are also musicians and self-professed admirers of the late Hartford, best known to the generic music world as writer of the Glen Campbell classic, “Gentle on My Mind,” a song that barely scratched the surface of Hartford’s unique view of the world and life.

Here at bluegrassjournal.com we all are first and foremost bluegrass lovers, actually lovers of all kinds of music. I’ve known all these characters who are the writers, photographers and editors for this site for many years now. We’ve all started this site because when we all got together we all talked about the [...]