Norman Blake: Home In Sulphur Springs

Rounder Records – 0012

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Bully Of The Town (2:00)
A2 Randall Collins (1:52)
A3 Done Gone (1:35)
A4 Down Home Summertime Blues (3:40)
A5 Warp Factor No. 9 (3:36)
A6 Orphan Annie (2:54)
A7 Spanish Fandango (2:47)
B1 Little Joe (2:47)
B2 Richland Avenue Rag (1:54)
B3 When The Fields Are White With Daisies (2:44)
B4 Cattle In The Cane (2:07)
B5 Crossing No. 9 (2:43)
B6 Weave And Way (2:20)
B7 Ginseng Sullivan (3:29)
B8 Bringing In The Georgia Mail (2:24)
[Credits]
Norman Blake (guitar/mandolin/vocals) Tut Taylor (dobro)
Producers: Norman Blake, Tut Taylor and Mike Melford, Photographer: Slick Lawson, Engineer: Claude J. Hill
[Notes]
Home in Sulphur Springs is the debut album of American guitarist Norman Blake, released in 1972. The album was reissued by Rounder records with the title incorrectly printed as Back Home in Sulphur Springs.

The Fields of November / Old And New: Norman Blake

Flying Fish‎– FF70004

Format: CD, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1992
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk
[Tracklist]
The Fields Of November
01 Green Leaf Fancy
02 Last Train From Poor Valley
03 White Oak Stomp
04 Graycoat Soldiers
05 Southern Railroad Blues
06 Lord Won't You Help Me
07 Krazy Kurtis
08 Coming Down From Rising Fawn
09 Uncle
10 The Old Brown Case
11 The Fields Of November

Flying Fish‎– FF70004

Old And New
12 Widow's Creek
13 Bristol In The Bottle
14 Billy Gray
15 Forked Deer
16 Cuckoo's Nest
17 Witch Of The Wave
18 My Old Home On The Green Mountainside
19 Miller's Reel
20 Dry Grass On The High Fields
21 Harvey's Reel
22 The Railroad Days
23 Valley Head
24 Sweet Heaven
25 Ajimina
26 Flat Rock
[Credits]
Norman Blake (guitar/fiddle/dobro/mandolin/vocals) Charlie Collins (guitar/fiddle) Robert Arthur "Tut" Taylor (dobro) Nancy Short (cello)
[Notes]
The Fields of November is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake, released in 1974. It was reissued in 1992 by Flying Fish along with Old and New as a double CD. Blake later married Nancy Short, who plays cello on this release. They would release a number of duet albums throughout the years.

John Hartford: Aereo-Plain

Warner Bros. Records WS-1916

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: Sep 1971
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Country, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Turn Your Radio On (1:17)
A2 Steamboat Whistle Blues (3:23)
A3 Back In The Goodle Days (3:38
A4 Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie (2:40)
A5 Boogie (1:12)
A6 First Girl I Loved (4:32)
A7 Presbyterian Guitar (2:01)
B1 With A Vamp In The Middle (3:25)
B2 Symphony Hall Rag (2:45)
B3 Because Of You (0:59)
B4 Steam Powered Aereo Plane (3:40)
B5 Holding (1:46)
B6 Tear Down The Grand Ole Opry (3:26)
B7 Leather Britches (1:58)
B8 Station Break (0:15)
B9 Turn Your Radio On (2:15)
[Credits]
John Hartford (banjo/guitar/fiddle/vocals) Vassar Clements (fiddle/cello/viola/vocals) Norman Blake (guitar/mandolin/vocals) Tut Taylor (dobro/vocals) Randy Scruggs (bass/vocals)
Producer: David Bromberg, Photographer: Peter Amf, Liner notes: Sam Bush, Engineers: Warren Dewey, Claude Hill & Toby Mountain
[Notes]
The music on Aereo-Plain is a blend of traditional bluegrass musicianship, and the hippie spirit of the '70s. The album sold so poorly that Warner Bros. decided to devote no promotion at all to Hartford's next release Morning Bugle. Nevertheless, Aereo-Plain has been called the forerunner of the genre now known as "Newgrass". Hartford subsequently asked to be released from his contract and later signed with Flying Fish Records. The other members of the Aereo-Plain Band were bluegrass veterans Norman Blake, Vassar Clements, Tut Taylor, and Randy Scruggs. The sessions were controlled but relaxed, as Taylor commented, "John let us play what we wanted to play. 'Cause that's one of the beautiful parts about it—he just let us get in there and pick." Producer David Bromberg recounted, "We'd sit around and smoke pot and play "Sally Goodin" for an hour and a half. That approach kind of became, after awhile, newgrass." Hartford instructed Bromberg to "let the tapes roll, we don't want to hear playbacks until you've put the master together." --Wikipedia

Brother Oswald

Rounder Records 0013

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 End Of The World (2:50)
A2 Island March (2:35)
A3 Sailing Along (3:50)
A4 Kansas City Kitty (2:40)
A5 Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (3:17)
A6 Farewell Blues (2:38)
A7 Echo Chimes (2:28)
B1 Wabash Cannonball (1:38)
B2 Prairie Queen (2:37)
B3 Tennessee Waltz (2:50)
B4 Song Of The Islands (3:00)
B5 Dobro Chimes (2:41)
B6 I'll Be All Smiles Tonight (2:54)
B7 Two Different Worlds (2:54)
B8 Carry Me Back To The Mountains (2:10)
[Credits]
Brother Oswald (dobro) Charlie Collins (guitar) Norman Blake (guitar/mandolin/dobro) Tut Taylor (mandolin/dobro)
Producers: Mike Melford and Tut Taylor
[Notes]
Recorded at Glaser Sound Studios, Nashville, on January 1972. As a member of Roy Acuff's Grand Ole Opry band, Bashful Brother Oswald played a dumb-hick hillbilly character for the sake of comic relief, his slapstick antics and clown-like apparel making him an audience favorite -- but his dobro playing was no joke. During the Depression, Oswald found work playing Hawaiian-style dobro music at a Flint, Mich., radio station. When he was picked up by Acuff later in the decade, he brought with him the weeping, island-flavored style of playing that is one of the defining characteristics of country music. While Oswald was not solely responsible for this sound, his role as a key player in the modern country vocabulary is indisputable. Although he worked mainly as a sideman, he did record a couple of solo efforts on which he sang as well as played, showcasing a taste for old-time Bluegrass and singing in a friendly, weathered voice.

Marin County Bluegrass Festival 1974

Marin County Bluegrass Festival April 27-28, 1974
Golden State College, San Rafael, CA

Disc 1 [75:25]
Cornbread (4/27)
1-01: Old Joe Clark
1-02: I Don’t Believe You Met My Baby
1-03: Fire On The Mountain
Homestead Act (4/27)
1-04: I’ve Been Everywhere
1-05: Take Five
1-06: Columbus Stockade Blues
1-07: Chime Bells
1-08: Diggy Liggy Lo
1-09: The Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Emmylou Harris (4/27)
1-10: Jambalaya
Tut Taylor and Norman Blake (4/27)
1-11: Instrumental
1-12: Southern Railroad Blues
Mac Wiseman (4/27)
1-13: Footprints Through The Snow
1-14: Keep on the Sunny Side
1-15: Wabash Cannonball
1-16: Mule’s Done Gone Away
Jim & Jesse McReynolds (4/27)
1-17: Are You Missing Me
Doc & Merle Watson (4/27)
1-18: Poor Boy Blues
1-19: Wabash Cannonball (same as above..)
1-20: Salt Creek
1-21: Tennessee Stud
Great American String Band (4/27) Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Greene, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern
1-22: My Plastic Banana Isn’t Stupid
1-23: Dawg’s Rag (with Richard Green)
1-24: I’ll Be The Gambler If You’ll Deal The Cards

Disc 2 [73:23]
Great American String Band (4/27)
2-01: Sweet Georgia Brown
The Hired Hands (4/28)
2-02: Bear Tracks
White & The Down Homers (4/28)
2-03: She Left Me Standing There
Jim & Jesse McReynolds and The Virginia Boys (4/28)
2-04: Pick Away
2-05: Cotton Mill Man
2-06: The River Of Jordan
Great American String Band (4/27) Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Greene, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern
2-07: Maybelline
2-08: Johnny B. Goode
Jim & Jesse McReynolds and The Virginia Boys
2-09: Dueling Banjos
Tut Taylor and Norman Blake
2-10: Instrumental #1
2-11: Instrumental #2
Taylor, Blake, & Mac Wiseman
2-12: The Wreck Of The Old 97
2-13: Catfish John
2-14: Love Letters In The Sand
2-15: Shackles And Chains
2-16: Prisoner Song
2-17: Jimmy Brown
2-18: The Old Folks At Home
2-19: Man Walking On The Water
2-20: Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life
Frank Wakefield
2-21: Jesus Loves His Mandolin Player #1
Wakefield, Garcia ..et al
2-22: Heartbreak Hotel
2-23: Orange Blossom Special
Doc & Merle Watson (4/28)
2-24: Doc Bog’s Country Blues
2-25: Movin’ On
2-26: Wabash Cannonball
2-27: Tennessee Stud

Disc 3 [79:50]
Ramblin’Jack Elliott (4/28)
3-01: Talking Fishing Blues
3-02: Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
3-03: Down The Line
3-04: Pretty Boy Floyd
Dillard & Frank Wakefield (4/28)
3-05: Dixie Breakdown
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (4/28) with Garcia, Vassar Clements, Doc Watson, David Nelson, John Hartford, & Jerry Mills
3-06: Tulane And Johnny
3-07: Cosmic Cowboy
3-08: Jambalaya
3-09: Sally Goodin
3-10: Battle Of New Orleans
3-11: Teardrops In My Eyes
3-12: Bonie Maronie
3-13: Randy Lynn Rag
3-14: Flint Hill Special
3-15: Mr. Bojangles
3-16: Honky Tonkin’
3-17: Diggy Liggy Lo
3-18: Will The Circle Be Unbroken*
3-19: Way Downtown Fooling Around*
3-20: Down Yonder*
* w/Doc & Merle Watson

[disc 4: 19:31]
Old And In The Way (4/28) Garcia, Grisman
4-01: High Lonesome Sound
4-02: Pig In A Pen
4-03: Panama Red
4-04: Wild Horses
4-05: The Hobo Song

  Marin County Bluegrass Festival 1974/04/27-28 (w/ Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Jerry Garcia and others)