Gum Tree Canoe

Reception

Writing 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." 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".

Track listing

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

Personnel

Production