While Passing Along This Way
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While Passing Along This Way is an album of American
musicians Norman Blake
and Nancy Blake, released in 1994. It was nominated for a Grammy Award
for Best Traditional Folk Album.
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musicians 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...
and Nancy Blake, released in 1994. It was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Traditional Folk Album.
Track listing
- "He's Passing This Way" (Wade MainerWade MainerWade Mainer was an American singer and banjoist. With his band, the Sons of the Mountaineers, he is credited with bridging the gap between old-time mountain music and Bluegrass and is sometimes called the "Grandfather of Bluegrass." In addition, he innovated a two-finger banjo fingerpicking style,...
) – 3:12 - "I'm Going to Leave Old Dixie" – 4:09
- "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine/Going Down the Valley" (Traditional) – 4:42
- "The Grave of Bonaparte" (Blake, Traditional) – 4:36
- "On & On & On" (Blake, Blake) – 3:06
- "The Greenwood Tree" (Traditional) – 1:52
- "Sweeet Freedom" (Traditional) – 3:45
- "Sweet Heaven" (Traditional) – 2:26
- "God's Radio Phone" (Mainer) – 4:36
- "Old Mother Flanagan" (Blake, Traditional) – 3:03
- "Last Train from Poor Valley" (Blake, Blake) – 3:44
- "Hangin' Dog" (Blake) – 2:47
- "The Fate of Talmage" (Traditional) – 3:36
- "Old Stepstone" (Blake, Traditional) – 3:53
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...
, 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 - Nancy Blake – guitar, mandolin, vocals