
Slow Train through Georgia
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Slow Train through Georgia is a compilation album of American
guitarist
Norman Blake
, released in 1987. It contains songs from Blake's releases in the 1970's.
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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 1987. It contains songs from Blake's releases in the 1970's.
Track listing
- "Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast" (Traditional) – 3:31
- "Slow Train Through Georgia" (Norman Blake) – 4:06
- "Old Grey Mare" (Traditional) – 3:29
- "Down Home Summertime Blues" (Blake) – 3:40
- "Spanish Fandango" (Traditional) – 3:47
- "Randall Collins" (Blake) – 1:52
- "Church Street Blues" (Blake) – 2:52
- "Done Gone" (Traditional) – 1:36
- "Bully of the Town" (Traditional) – 2:00
- "Nashville Blues" (Alton Delmore) – 3:45
- "Ginseng Sullivan" (Blake) – 3:29
- "Macon Rag" (Blake) – 2:41
- "Nobody's Business" (Traditional) – 3:13
- "The Streamlined Cannonball" (Traditional) – 4:57
- "Cattle in the Cane" (Traditional) – 2:10
- "Little Joe" (Traditional) – 2:36
- "Weave and Way" (Traditional) – 2:23
- "Six White Horses" (Traditional) – 4:56
- "Richland Avenue (Front Porch Wood Pile) Rag" (Blake) – 1:54
- "The Banks of Good Hope/The Green Fields of America" (Traditional) – 5:53
- "Columbus Stockade Blues" (Traditional) – 3:28
- "Down at Mylow's House" (Blake) – 1:17
Personnel
- Norman Blake – vocals, guitar, mandolin
- Nancy Blake – cello
- Charlie Collins – fiddle, guitar
- Peter OstroushkoPeter OstroushkoPeter Ostroushko is an American violinist and mandolinist.-Background and career:Of Ukrainian ancestry, Ostroushko grew up in northeast Minneapolis...
– fiddle, mandolin - Mick Moloney – banjo
- Eugene O'Donnell – fiddle
- Tut TaylorTut TaylorTut Taylor is an American bluegrass musician.Taylor played banjo and mandolin as a child, and began playing dobro at age 14, learning to use the instrument with a distinctive flat-picking style. Taylor was a member of The Folkswingers in the 1960s, who released three LPs; he recorded his debut...
– dobro