Slow Train Through Georgia

~ Release by Norman Blake (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Compilation of tracks from Home in Sulphur Springs (Rounder 0012), Whiskey Before Breakfast (Rounder 0063) and Nashville Blues (Rounder 0188).

Annotation last modified on 2025-05-17 04:49 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Fiddler’s Dram / Whiskey Before Breakfast
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Starday-King Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
medley including a recording of:
Whiskey Before Breakfast
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:34
2Slow Train Through Georgia
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Starday-King Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Slow Train Through Georgia
lyricist and composer:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
4:09
3Old Grey Mare
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Starday-King Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Once I Had an Old Grey Mare
3:32
4Down Home Summertime Blues
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Tut Taylor
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
3:43
5Spanish Fandango
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
3:50
6Randall Collins
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
recording of:
Randall Collins
lyricist and composer:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
1:56
7Church Street Blues
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Starday-King Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Church Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
2:55
8Done Gone
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
1:39
9Bully of the Town
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
recording of:
Bully of the Town
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:03
10Nashville Blues
cello:
Nancy Blake
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
guitar [2nd guitar]:
Charlie Collins (country guitar player)
mandolin:
Peter Ostroushko
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Studio by the Pond in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Nashville Blues ("I got the blues, the Nashville blues...")
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
3:48
11Ginseng Sullivan
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Tut Taylor
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
recording of:
Ginseng Sullivan
lyricist and composer:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
publisher:
Nannor Music
3:32
12Macon Rag
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Starday-King Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
2:44
13Nobody’s Business
cello:
Nancy Blake
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
guitar [2nd guitar]:
Charlie Collins (country guitar player)
mandolin:
Peter Ostroushko
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Studio by the Pond in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
3:16
14Streamlined Cannonball
cello:
Nancy Blake
fiddle:
Charlie Collins (country guitar player) and Peter Ostroushko
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Studio by the Pond in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
5:00
15Cattle in the Cane
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
recording of:
Cattle in the Cane
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:13
16Little Joe
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar and mandolin:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
recording of:
Little Joe (Bill Monroe version)
composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
version of:
Little Joe
2:50
17Weave and Way
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Tut Taylor
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
2:26
18Six White Horses
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Starday-King Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
4:59
19Richland Avenue (Front Porch Wood Pile) Rag
recording engineer:
Claude Hill
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Glaser Sound Studios (now known as Compass Sound Studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-12-30)
1:58
20The Banks of Good Hope / The Green Fields of America
cello:
Nancy Blake
fiddle:
Eugene O’Donnell (US-based Irish fiddler) and Peter Ostroushko
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
tenor banjo:
Mick Moloney (Irish traditional musician)
recorded at:
Studio by the Pond in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
5:57
21Columbus Stockade Blues
cello:
Nancy Blake
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
guitar [2nd guitar]:
Charlie Collins (country guitar player)
mandolin:
Peter Ostroushko
vocals:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Studio by the Pond in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
Columbus Stockade Blues
writer:
Thomas Darby (in 1927) and Jimmie Tarlton (of Darby & Tarlton) (in 1927)
3:32
22Down at Mylow’s House
guitar:
Norman Blake (bluegrass guitarist)
recorded at:
Starday-King Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
1:18

Credits

Release

photography:Jim McGuire (Nashville photographer)
design:Nancy Jean Anderson (designer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2633256 [info]
ASIN:US: B0000003MD [info]

Release group

Wikidata:Q7542080 [info]