Chattanooga Sugar Babe
1998 studio album by Norman Blake
Chattanooga Sugar Babe | ||||
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Studio album by Norman Blake | ||||
Released | January 20, 1998 | |||
Genre | Americana, bluegrass, folk | |||
Label | Shanachie[2] | |||
Producer | Norman Blake | |||
Norman Blake chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Chattanooga Sugar Babe is an album by the American musician Norman Blake, released in 1998.[4]
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Traditional Folk Album" category.[5]
Critical reception
The Charleston Gazette called the album "dark, brooding, and brilliant," writing that Blake "plays and sings with a rough, reedy power closer in spirit to the dark holler laments of Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Dock Boggs than anyone currently living."[6]
Track listing
All songs by Norman Blake unless otherwise noted.
- "The Rescue from Moose River Goldmine" (Traditional) – 3:53
- "The Weathered Old Caboose Behind the Train" – 4:13
- "Ol' Bill Miner (The Gentleman Bandit)" – 5:56
- "Poor Old Dad" (Traditional) – 3:01
- "Chattanooga Sugar Babe" – 6:00
- "Platonia, the Pride of the Plains" (Traditional) – 5:13
- "Dr. Edmundo's Favorite Portuguese Waltz" – 4:37
- "The Founding of the Famous C.P.R." (Traditional) – 6:51
- "Paramount" – 6:25
- "Keep Smiling Old Pal" (Traditional) – 4:10
- "Balmullo House/Broke Down Gambler" (Traditional) – 3:22
- "Ragtime Texas" – 3:23
- "Chattanooga Rag" – 3:50
- "Dixie Flyer Blues" (Traditional) – 4:06
Personnel
- Norman Blake – guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, vocals
References
- ^ van Schaick, Charles. "Three Woman on Main Street". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Kasten, Roy. "Norman Blake". Riverfront Times.
- ^ Sheridan, Tim. Chattanooga Sugar Babe at AllMusic
- ^ Jones, Ryan (October 2, 1998). "LITTLE SONGS ON THE PRAIRIE". The Record. LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS. p. 29.
- ^ "Norman Blake". GRAMMY.com. May 19, 2020.
- ^ Friedman, Michael (January 6, 2000). "Acoustic gems from the last decade". The Charleston Gazette. p. P5D.
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Norman Blake
- Home in Sulphur Springs
- The Fields of November
- Old and New
- Live at McCabe's
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
- Blackberry Blossom
- Directions
- Nashville Blues
- Lighthouse on the Shore
- The Norman & Nancy Blake Compact Disc
- Blind Dog
- Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To
- While Passing Along This Way
- The Hobo's Last Ride
- Chattanooga Sugar Babe
- Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm
- Flower from the Fields of Alabama
- The Morning Glory Ramblers
- Back Home in Sulphur Springs
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Cold Mountain
- Walk the Line
- Nashville Skyline
- Aereo-Plain
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Friar Tut
- Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns
- Norman Blake and Red Rector
- Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene
- Meeting on Southern Soil
- Steam Powered Aereo-Takes
- Shacktown Road
- Raising Sand
- Rising Fawn Gathering