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After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.

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John Hartford
Age: 63 †
Born: 1937
Born: December 30
Died: 2001
Died: June 4
Banjoist
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Fiddler
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
New York City
New York
The John Hartford Stringband
John Cowan Hartford
John C. Harford
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