Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm
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Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm is an album of American
musician Norman Blake
, released in 1999.
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musician Norman Blake
Norman Blake (American musician)
Norman Blake is an instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years Blake has played in a number of folk and Country groups...
, released in 1999.
Track listing
- "New Century Hornpipe" (Traditional) – 2:19
- "Whiskey Deaf and Whiskey Blind" (Norman Blake) – 3:47
- "Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm" (Blake) – 4:41
- "Goin' Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Alton Delmore) – 4:22
- "Savannah Rag" (Blake) – 5:57
- "Pasquale Taraffo's First Night in Leadville" (Traditional) – 2:44
- "The Winds of Time Won't Change" (Blake) – 4:42
- "Rag Baby Jig" (Traditional) – 3:49
- "Thelma Hatfield" (Blake) – 4:17
- "Constitution March" (Traditional) – 3:15
- "Faded Flowers in Old Love Letters" (Blake) – 5:08
- "And the Cat Came Back the Very Next Day" (Traditional) – 3:09
- "Just Another Faded Love Song" (Blake) – 4:35
- "Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents" (Traditional) – 4:11
- "Snowbird on the Ashbank" (Traditional) – 2:16
- "The Wandering Drummer" (Traditional) – 2:56
- "The Maple on the Hill" (Gussie DavisGussie DavisGussie Lord Davis was an African-American songwriter born in Dayton, Ohio. Davis was one of America's earliest successful African-American music artists, having been the first Black songwriter to acquire fame on Tin Pan Alley as a composer of popular music.-Early life:Gussie Davis received...
) – 4:58 - "Headlight Reel" (Traditional) – 2:47
Personnel
- Norman Blake – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, dobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, vocals