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Norman Blake (10 Mar 1938 - )

Male Person - United States bluegrass guitarist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (21)

Official

Album

  1. Home in Sulphur Springs 1972
  2. The Fields of November 1974
  3. Old and New 1975
  4. Whiskey Before Breakfast 1976
  5. Blackberry Blossom 1977
  6. Directions 1978
  7. The Rising Fawn String Ensemble 1979
  8. Nashville Blues 1984
  9. Lighthouse on the Shore 1985
  10. Chattanooga Sugar Babe 20 Jan 1998
  11. Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm 16 Nov 1999
  12. Flower From the Fields of Alabama 2001
  13. Green Light on the Southern 18 Jan 2011
  14. Wood, Wire & Words 20 Jan 2015
  15. Day by Day 22 Oct 2021

Album - Live

  1. Live at McCabe's 1976

Album - Compilation

  1. Takoma - Plus One 1987
  2. Slow Train Through Georgia 1987
  3. The Fields of November / Old and New 12 Dec 1991
  4. Old Ties 2002

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live At Rocky Grass Festival August 9, 1992 1992 (as Norman Blake & Tony Rice)

Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Steve Earle & The Train Band original
  2. The Nashville A-Team

Married

  1. Nancy Blake

Recordings by (253)

  1. Little Joe 2:47 (1972)
  2. Richland Avenue Rag 1:54 (1972)
  3. When the Fields Are White With Daisies 2:44 (1972)
  4. Crossing No. 9 2:43 (1972)
  5. Weave and Way 2:20 (1972)
  6. Ginseng Sullivan 3:31 (1972)
  7. Bully of the Town 2:00 (1972)
  8. Randall Collins 1:52 (1972)
  9. Done Gone 1:35 (1972)
  10. Down Home Summertime Blues 3:42 (1972)
  11. Warp Factor No. 9 3:36 (1972)
  12. Orphan Annie 2:54 (1972)
  13. Spanish Fandango 2:47 (1972)
  14. Cattle in the Cane 2:07 (1972)
  15. Bringing in the Georgia Mail 2:24 (1972)
  16. Ruins of Richmond 1:59 (1974)
  17. Caperton Ferry 2:16 (1974)
  18. Green Leaf Fancy 1:54 (1974)
  19. Last Train From Poor Valley 3:41 (1974)
  20. White Oak Swamp 2:16 (1974)
  21. Graycoat Soldiers 3:13 (1974)
  22. Southern Railroad Blues 3:15 (1974)
  23. Lord Won’t You Help Me 2:50 (1974)
  24. Krazy Kurtis 1:26 (1974)
  25. Coming Down From Rising Fawn 3:34 (1974)
  26. Uncle 4:34 (1974)
  27. The Old Brown Case 3:57 (1974)
  28. The Fields of November 4:06 (1974)
  29. Widows Creek 1:52 (1975)
  30. Bristol in the Bottle 2:05 (1975)
  31. Billy Gray 4:26 (1975)
  32. Forked Deer 1:46 (1975)
  33. Rubagfre 3:44 (1975)
  34. Cuckoo's Nest 4:13 (1975)
  35. Witch of the Wave 1:28 (1975)
  36. My Old Home on the Green Mountain Side 2:55 (1975)
  37. Miller's Reel 1:40 (1975)
  38. Dry Grass on the High Field 2:22 (1975)
  39. Harvey's Reel 2:18 (1975)
  40. The Railroad Days 3:41 (1975)
  41. Valley Head 1:49 (1975)
  42. Sweet Heaven 4:22 (1975)
  43. Sally in the Garden 2:05 (1975)
  44. Ajimina 2:09 (1975)
  45. Flat Rock 2:23 (1975)
  46. Church Street Blues 2:54 (1976)
  47. Introduction by Nancy Covey 0:38 (1976)
  48. Nine Pound Hammer 4:07 (1976)
  49. Sweet Heaven When I Die 3:59 (1976)
  50. Introducing Nancy Blake 1:10 (1976)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Part 2 2:28 Johnny Cash (1965) resonator guitar
  2. Turn Your Radio On 1:22 John Hartford (1971) guitar
  3. Back in the Goodle Days 3:34 John Hartford (1971) guitar
  4. Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie 2:43 John Hartford (1971) mandolin
  5. First Girl I Loved 4:35 John Hartford (1971) mandolin
  6. With a Vamp in the Middle 3:25 John Hartford (1971) guitar
  7. Steam Powered Aereo Plane 3:43 John Hartford (1971) guitar
  8. Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry 3:28 John Hartford (1971) guitar
  9. Steamboat Whistle Blues 3:23 John Hartford (1971) guitar
  10. Symphony Hall Rag 2:48 John Hartford (1971) guitar
  11. Flint Hill Special 2:12 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) resonator guitar
  12. Nashville Blues 3:15 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) resonator guitar
  13. Honky Tonk Blues 2:23 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) resonator guitar
  14. You Are My Flower 3:35 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) resonator guitar
  15. Wabash Cannonball 1:38 Bashful Brother Oswald (1972) resonator guitar
  16. Milk Cow Blues 2:16 Doc & Merle Watson (1973) resonator guitar
  17. Pick Away 1:49 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  18. Jordan’s Hornpipe 2:41 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  19. Jean 2:45 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  20. Blackberry Blossom 2:54 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  21. Little Dave 1:48 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  22. Vic’s Ride 2:21 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  23. Cedar Hill 2:14 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  24. Snowflake Reel 2:30 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  25. Turkey in the Straw 2:28 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  26. Cumberland Gap 2:16 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  27. Dusty Miller 3:10 Vic Jordan (1973) guitar
  28. Last Train From Poor Valley 3:41 Norman Blake (1974) guitar
  29. White Oak Swamp 2:16 Norman Blake (1974) guitar
  30. Lord Won’t You Help Me 2:50 Norman Blake (1974) guitar
  31. The Fields of November 4:06 Norman Blake (1974) fiddle
  32. Uncle 4:34 Norman Blake (1974) guitar
  33. The Old Brown Case 3:57 Norman Blake (1974) guitar
  34. Green Leaf Fancy 1:54 Norman Blake (1974) fiddle
  35. Graycoat Soldiers 3:13 Norman Blake (1974) guitar
  36. Southern Railroad Blues 3:15 Norman Blake (1974) guitar
  37. Krazy Kurtis 1:26 Norman Blake (1974) resonator guitar
  38. Coming Down From Rising Fawn 3:34 Norman Blake (1974) guitar
  39. Six White Horses 5:00 Norman Blake (1976) guitar
  40. Old Grey Mare 3:31 Norman Blake (1976) guitar

Vocals

  1. Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry 3:28 John Hartford (1971) background vocals
  2. Turn Your Radio On 1:22 John Hartford (1971) background vocals
  3. Lord Won’t You Help Me 2:50 Norman Blake (1974)
  4. Last Train From Poor Valley 3:41 Norman Blake (1974)
  5. Graycoat Soldiers 3:13 Norman Blake (1974)
  6. Southern Railroad Blues 3:15 Norman Blake (1974)
  7. Uncle 4:34 Norman Blake (1974)
  8. Church Street Blues 2:54 Norman Blake (1976)
  9. Six White Horses 5:00 Norman Blake (1976)
  10. Old Grey Mare 3:31 Norman Blake (1976)

Credited as (39)

  1. Norman Blake
  2. Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko
  3. Norman Blake & Tony Rice
  4. Norman & Nancy Blake
  5. Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Sam Bush, Butch Robins, Vassar Clements, David Holland, Jethro Burns
  6. Norman Blake & Nancy Blake
  7. Norman Blake, Tony Rice & Doc Watson
  8. Tut Taylor & Norman Blake
  9. Bryan Sutton feat. Norman Blake
  10. Norman & Nancy Blake feat. Tim O’Brien
  11. Norman Blake & Red Rector
  12. Norman Blake & The Rising Fawn String Ensemble
  13. Norman Blake & Rich O'Brien
  14. Norman & Nancy Blake, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
  15. Norman & Nancy Blake, Vassar Clements, Roy Huskey, Jr. & Friends
  16. Tut Taylor with Norman Blake
  17. Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Sam Bush, Butch Robins, Vassar Clements, David Holland & Jethro Burns
  18. Norman Blake assisted by Nancy Blake
  19. Norman Blake and Tut Taylor
  20. Norman Blake, Nancy Blake & Tut Taylor
  21. Norman Blake, Nancy Blake & James Bryan
  22. Red Rector & Norman Blake
  23. Norman and Nancy Blake
  24. Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Don Edwards and Norman Blake
  25. Beppe Gambetta & Norman Blake
  26. Norman Blake & Tut Taylor
  27. John Hartford & Norman Blake
  28. An Americana Christmas
  29. Don Edwards with Norman Blake
  30. Mike Compton & Norman Blake
  31. Fletcher Bright and Bill Evans with special guests Norman Blake & Nancy Blake
  32. Steve Earle with Peter Rowan, Roy Huskey, Jr. & Norman Blake
  33. Norman & Nancy Blake, Boys of the Lough, James & Rachel Bryan
  34. Taylor, Blake & Mac Wiseman
  35. Norman Blake & Tony Rice
  36. Norman Blake, Nancy Blake
  37. James Bryan, Norman Blake, Nancy Blake
  38. Norman Blake & John Burnside
  39. Tony Rice & Norman Blake

Works (39)

Arranged

  1. Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over

Composed

  1. New Brick Road
  2. White Oak Swamp
  3. The Old Brown Case
  4. Castleberry's March
  5. Northern Winds
  6. Church Street Blues
  7. Orphan Annie
  8. Bright Days
  9. Back in Yonder's World
  10. Chattanooga Sugar Babe
  11. New Chance Blues
  12. Green Light on the Southern
  13. Ridge Road Gravel
  14. Last Train From Poor Valley
  15. Lincoln’s Funeral Train
  16. Uncle Sam
  17. Harvey's Reel
  18. Thebes
  19. Dry Grass on the High Fields
  20. Slow Train Through Georgia
  21. Randall Collins
  22. Lord Won't You Help Me
  23. Billy Gray
  24. My Old Home on the Green Mountain Side
  25. Ginseng Sullivan

Lyrics

  1. Lincoln’s Funeral Train
  2. Slow Train Through Georgia
  3. Randall Collins
  4. Lord Won't You Help Me
  5. Billy Gray
  6. My Old Home on the Green Mountain Side
  7. Chattanooga Sugar Babe
  8. Church Street Blues
  9. Orphan Annie
  10. Green Light on the Southern
  11. Ginseng Sullivan
  12. Uncle Sam
  13. Last Train From Poor Valley

Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81125324
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81125324/
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/norman_blake
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14036250w
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/141298111
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6z89r34

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/93720

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Blake_(American_musician)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/536802

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000387352

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/85762376

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514469

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kA86jQnoaPaM57DUsQOWG

Discography Pages

  1. https://www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography/?v=bresults&format=&browseBy=band&filter_band=35