Flower From the Fields of Alabama
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Flower From the Fields of Alabama is an album of American
musician Norman Blake
, released in 2001.
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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 2001.
Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.- "Salty Dog" – 4:21
- "Bonaparte's Grand March" – 5:20
- "The Slopes of Beech Mountain" (Blake) – 3:10
- "Sitting on Top of the WorldSitting on Top of the World"Sitting on Top of the World" is a folk-blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular country blues band of the 1930s...
"" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter VinsonWalter VinsonWalter Vinson was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, worked with Bo Chatmon and his brothers, and co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"...
) – 6:22 - "Radio Joe" (Blake) – 3:57
- "Chadin' Rainbows" – 3:33
- "Flower from the Fields of Alabama" – 4:07
- "Texas Gales" – 4:01
- "All Go Hungry Hash House" – 3:48
- "So Tired" – 5:11
- "The Gambler's Dying Words" – 2:50
- "Little Bunch of Roses" – 3:16
- "Eastbound Freight Train" (Grandpa JonesGrandpa JonesLouis Marshall Jones , known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer...
) – 3:33 - "The Burial of Wild Bill" – 3:23
- "T.A.G. Railroad Rag" (Blake) – 6:10
- "If We Never Meet Again" (Albert E. BrumleyAlbert E. BrumleyAlbert Edward Brumley was a shape note gospel music composer and publisher.Brumley was born near Spiro, Oklahoma on October 29, 1905. Pre-Dustbowl Oklahoma was primarily made up of sparse agricultural communities; Brumley's family was no different. He spent much of his early life chopping and...
) – 5:19