Taj Mahal, Tom Rush, Bob Dylan, Arthur Scrivenor Jr. (father), Joan Baez, Eric Von Schmidt, Dave Va Ronk, Sam Anderson, Guthrie Trapp, Don Gant, Rock Killough, Larry T. Wilson, Son House, Lightning Hopkins,
Maybelle Carter, John Cash, Ry Cooder, Jack "Cowboy" Clement...
Change Partners - Gove Scrivenor
When looking for expressive and uncommon sounds, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Dan Seals, Hank Williams, Jr., Iris Dement and Glen Campbell all turned to the evocative sound of Gove Scrivenor's autoharp. When Gove released early albums on Flying Fish Records, his friends, Doc Watson, John Hartford, Marty Stuart, and Buddy Emmons...all lined up to contribute to his recordings.
Now joined by John Prine, Nanci Griffith and Lari White for his first Compass Records release Shine On, Gove has created a collection of five self-penned and selected favorites of fellow artists. Gove, once again, introduces songs that are full of life and energy and his very personal, soulful sound.
Gove moved to Nashville in the early 70's after a four-year stint as a submarine sonar technician in the Navy. This move proved to be a wise one, as he was signed by the largest music publishing company in the world, Acuff-Rose. Wesley Rose saw in Gove the qualities that his struggling TRX record label needed, and Gove was soon signed to a recording contract as well as a songwriter agreement. Things began to happen. Scrivenor signed a management and booking deal with the Don Light Talent Agency in Nashville. During his years with Don Light, Gove toured with fellow agency artists Delbert McClinton and Jimmy Buffett and the Original Coral Reefer Band.
These successes opened many doors and he was soon performing on the popular PBS series Austin City Limits, where he appeared with The Amazing Rhythm Aces. His performance was splendid and he was asked to return again the following year for a show with Doc Watson. Bookings at colleges, festivals and clubs poured in and Gove soon found himself playing all over the US and Australia. Standing ovations and rave reviews were the order of the day, and then the bottom fell out of the Folk and Blues circuit with the advent of "alternative music" in the early '80s.
Not one to be brought down, Scrivenor kept his optimistic attitude alive and settled right into Nashville. He established himself as a highly sought after sessions player and he met with continued success by singing many jingles, including the early Opryland campaigns for TV and Busch Beer.
Shine On on Compass Records follows the success of Gove's two prior releases on Flying Fish Records. Shady Gove featured such masters as Doc Watson, John Hartford, Buddy Emmons and a host of others. It was the first of two highly regarded albums for the label. Coconut Gove, his second release, drew participation from such favorites as Marty Stuart, Ben Keith, and Dave Loggins. These two albums were re-issued by Rounder Records in 1999 as a compilation entitled Solid Gove.
Now we're provided with another unique opportunity to hear this master at work.
A new CD Made Of Sand was completed in the spring of 2006 and is available now.
Goves music has been described as "high energy folk blues," with inventive slide work and powerful vocals, tempered with singular work on the autoharp and beautiful ballads of his own writing. He's well known for his magical rapport with audiences of all ages.COME VISIT MY ORIGINAL ART STORE on CafePress!
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Discography
"HEAVY COWBOY" TRX RECORDS 1969
"SHADY GOVE " FLYING FISH RECORDS 1977
"COCONUT GOVE" FLYING FISH RECORDS 1979
"SHINE ON" COMPASS RECORDS 2000
"SOLIDGOVE" FLYING FISH RECORDS 2001
"MADE OF SAND" NO AGE RECORDS 2006
Hello to all my friends out in the world. Maybe you remember … we got some of the same roots. Today’s a very special day for me. My album “Dreams and Shadows” is out now and available at cdbaby. com. 14 Songs … each of them is telling its own story. With influences of great songwriters like Kristofferson, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot or Jim Croce … but most of all it’s my own thing. I’ve just posted the title song and another new song. Maybe you got some minutes to listen, maybe give me a feedback … Have a great day and keep on dreaming… your friend Shiregreen
Gove! so glad to see some dates up. I am in NYC now in grad school and miss getting to hear you from time to time. I hope this finds you doing oh so very well and fully recovered from your under-the-weather-ness. I am hoping I will be in the area at some point when you are playing. Take care!
Thanks for making "Everybody's Dancin'" available. It's one of my all-time favorites of yours and I've been wanting to give it a run as my profile song. Hope to see you in Poatzmuff in November!
Hello there stranger! How goes things? John and I moved to St Augustine fl but we sure do miss everyone from back home! Tell Deb I said Hey and send my love. (((SMOOCH))))
Hi ove, thanks a lot for the friendship. Great to be added to such a wonderful singer and songwriter. There's great music on your page, lots of new inspiration. In some ways we got the same roots. Maybe you got the time to listen to some of my songs. For example “Freedom fighter” which won the international songwriter contest “Comprosers" (Los Angeles/Maastricht 2008). Think you like it. Hope to see you some day in Germany or maybe in North Carolina ... who knows??? All the best for you and all your friends ... Shiregreen from Germany
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN AT IT AGAIN WITH THAT HOT TAR GUN ...LOVE YOU AND YOUR SITE! NOW GET YOUR SORRY ASS BACK DOWN HERE SO WE CAN HANG AND HAVE SOME FUN !!!
Wildman and I are sending you some LOVE from little ol' Auburn!!! You hollah at us if your are gonna be playing down this way--- LOVE to get you for an in-studio :)
