Gum Tree Canoe

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In a review for AllMusic, critic Brian Beatty wrote:

Hartford's most even Flying Fish album, with equal measures of songwriting whimsy and expert musicianship, Gum Tree Canoe includes a number of tunes that would remain concert staples for the length of his career... there's not a clinker to be heard. Hartford's banjo playing is exceptional, as is the accompaniment provided by a host of fine country, bluegrass, and new grass pickers... Riverboat tales, an R&B staple, and the Rolling Stones couldn't sound more at home together than they do on this fine album from one of roots music's genuine originals.[1]

John Lupton of Country Standard Time wrote "this is Hartford at his entertaining best, a bittersweet reminder of how much was lost to us when he passed away".[2]

1. "I'm Still Here" (John Hartford) – 3:26
2. "Way Down the River Road" (Hartford) – 2:18
3. "Gum Tree Canoe" (S. S. Steele) – 4:07
4. "Your Long Journey" (Doc Watson, Rosa Lee Watson) – 2:27
5. "Jug Harris" (Hartford) – 2:25
6. "Little Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragavoy) – 3:12
7. "Take Me Back to My Mississippi" (John Carso) – 3:53
8. "Lorena" (Joseph Philbrick Webster, Henry DeLafayette Webster) – 4:45
9. "Wrong Road Again" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:48
10. "No Expectations" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:03

    2001 reissue bonus tracks:

11. "You Asked Me To" (Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:48
12. "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond) – 4:13

• John Hartford – banjo, guitar, fiddle, plywood, vocals
• Sam Bush – mandolin
• Roy Huskey – bass
• Jack Clement – dobro, guitar, ukulele
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Mark Howard – guitar
• Marty Stuart – mandolin
• Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle, guitar, mandolin
• Billy Lee Riley – French harp
• Richard Schulman – vocals
• Jeannie Seely – vocals
• Tommy Hannum – vocals

• Produced by Jack Clement
• Richard Adler – remixing
• Bob Carlin – mixing
• Wes Lachot – mixing
• Niles Clement – assistant engineer
• Jim Rooney – assistant engineer
• Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering