Released February 14, 1992 Length 43:52 Blake & Rice
(1987) Devlin
(1990) Release date 14 February 1992 Producers Norman Blake, Tony Rice | Recorded 1991 Blake & Rice
(1992) Blind Dog
(1988) Artists Norman Blake, Tony Rice Label Rounder Records | |
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Genres Bluegrass, Folk music, Americana Similar Norman Blake albums, Bluegrass albums | ||
Blake & Rice is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake and bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice, released on February 14, 1992. It is their first album together. They would team up again for Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 that same year.
Contents
Reception
In his Allmusic review, critic Jim Smith wrote of the album "There is some exceptional flatpicking here, but even the more manic passages are tempered by a softness that is striking, and perhaps even a little disappointing, in its modesty. Once the listener gets past the desire to hear hardcore chops, though, the album reveals its full beauty..."
Track listing
- "New Chance Blues" (Norman Blake) – 2:15
- "Greenlight on the Southern" (Blake) – 3:43
- "I'm Not Sayin'" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:16
- "Texas Gales" (Traditional) – 3:38
- "Ridge Road Gravel" (Blake) – 2:25
- "Monroe's Hornpipe" (Bill Monroe) – 2:14
- "Last Train From Poor Valley" (Blake) – 3:32
- "New River Train" (Monroe) – 3:25
- "Stoney Point" (Traditional) – 2:11
- "Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:32
- "Little Beggarman/Gilderoy" (Traditional) – 3:05
- "The Shipyard Apprentice" (Norman Buchan, R. Campbell, Archie Fisher) – 4:13
- "Medley: Fiddler's Dream/Whiskey Before Breakfast" (Traditional) – 4:40
- "I'm Coming Back (But I Don't Know When)" (Traditional) – 2:43
Personnel
Production notes
Songs
1New River Train3:25
2Stoney Point2:11
3Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar3:32
References
Blake & Rice Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA