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Released
  
1972

Artist
  
Tut Taylor

Producer
  
Tut Taylor

Length
  
40:50

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
New Rounder

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Recorded
  
December 29, 1971 at Glaser Sound Studios, Nashville, TN

Genres
  
Bluegrass, Folk music, Americana

Bluegrass albums
  
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Friar Tut is an album by Americana and Bluegrass dobro player Tut Taylor, released in 1972. Taylor is joined by Norman Blake, Sam Bush and David Taylor. Taylor's son David was 16 years old at the time of this recording.

Contents

Friar Tut was reissued on CD in 1998.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Tim Sheridan wrote the album "The steel strings sing on this disc of original songs from the dobro guitar master."

Track listing

All songs by Tut Taylor unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga" – 1:53
  2. "Ghost Picker" – 2:27
  3. "Acoustic Toothpick" – 2:01
  4. "Linda" – 2:42
  5. "Midnight at Beanblossom" – 3:21
  6. "Daisy Dean" (Traditional) – 2:50
  7. "Sugar in the Gourd" – 1:25
  8. "F-5 Waltz" – 2:16
  9. "Arlo Buck" – 2:16
  10. "Stevens Steel" – 3:17
  11. "Picking on Josh" – 1:16
  12. "Oasis" – 3:43
  13. "This Ain't Grass" – 1:36
  14. "The Old Shoemaker" (Norman Blake) – 2:26
  15. "Me and My Dobro" – 2:44
  16. "Southern Filibuster" – 2:37
  17. "Friar Tut" – 2:00

Personnel

  • Tut Taylor – dobro, guitar
  • Norman Blake – guitar, mandolin, vocals on "Daisy Dean"
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • David Taylor – guitar on "Me and My Dobro" and "Southern Filibuster"

    • Production notes

  • Tut Taylor – producer
  • Michael Melford – executive producer
  • Claude J. Hill – engineer
  • Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering
  • Slick Lawson – photography
  • Bobby Wolfe – liner notes

    • Songs

    1Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro - Ga1:53
    2Ghost Picker2:27
    3Acoustic Toothpick2:02

    References

    Friar Tut Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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