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Nobody Knows What You Do

John Hartford

Album · 1976 · Flying Fish 028

Nobody Knows What You Do (Flying Fish 028) is a John Hartford album released in 1976, recorded in 1975 at the Sound Shop in Nashville. Michael Melford produced it and Claude Hill engineered. Hartford plays banjo and sings lead, and the band behind him is large: Benny Martin on fiddle and guitar, Sam Bush on mandolin, Buddy Emmons on pedal steel guitar and dobro, Jimmy Colvard and Dale Sellers on electric guitar, David Briggs on piano and electric piano, Kenny Malone on drums, and Roy Huskey Jr. and Dalton Dillingham (bowed) on bass. Benny Martin, Sam Bush and Mac Wiseman sing harmony vocals throughout.

Hartford wrote all but one of the twelve songs and tunes, among them “In Tall Buildings,” “John McLaughlin,” “Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana,” “The False Hearted Tenor Waltz,” “Joseph’s Dream” and the title song. The exception is a medley of “Somewhere My Love,” credited to Maurice Jarre, and “We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart,” credited to Flatt and Scruggs.

Tracklist

  1. 1 You Don't Have to Do That 2:37
  2. 2 Didn't Want to Be Forgotten 2:22
  3. 3 In Tall Buildings Source Recording John Hartford · key D · 125 bpm · 3/4 3:26
  4. 4 John McLaughlin 1:44
  5. 5 Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana 3:00
  6. 6 The False Hearted Tenor Waltz 3:08
  7. 7 Get No Better (a.k.a. Joseph’s Dream) Source Recording John Hartford · key E · 87 bpm 4:24
  8. 8 Down 2:06
  9. 9 The Golden Globe Award 4:26
  10. 10 Sly Feel 4:37
  11. 11 Somewhere My Love /We'll Meet Again Sweetheart 2:41
  12. 12 Nobody Knows What You Do 3:59

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