Slow Train Through Georgia (Rounder CD 11526, 1976) finds Norman Blake at the center of a warmly recorded acoustic session that draws on the Southern rural imagery and guitar traditions he absorbed growing up in the mountains of northwest Georgia. Blake — whose flatpicking synthesis of old-time, ragtime, and country guitar styles was already fully formed by the mid-1970s — is joined by his wife Nancy Blake on cello, Charlie Collins on guitar, and Peter Ostroushko on fiddle. The program weaves instrumental showcases with vocal pieces anchored in the landscapes and characters of the upland South. Made during the height of the acoustic revival, the album belongs to the sustained body of Rounder work that positioned Blake as one of the defining voices in American acoustic music.
Tracklist
- 1 Fiddler's Dram / Whiskey Before Breakfast 3:34
- 2 Slow Train Through Georgia alt version 4:07
- 3 Old Grey Mare 3:31
- 4 Down Home Summertime Blues 3:41
- 5 Spanish Fandango 3:48
- 6 Randall Collins alt version 1:55
- 7 Church St. Blues 2:53
- 8 Done Gone alt version 2:52
- 9 Bully of the Town alt version 2:45
- 10 Nashville Blues alt version 3:48
- 11 Ginseng Sullivan alt version 3:31
- 12 Macon Rag 2:44
- 13 Nobody’s Business alt version 3:16
- 14 The Streamlined Cannonball 5:00
- 15 Cattle in the Cane alt version 3:00
- 16 Little Joe alt version 2:27
- 17 Weave And Way 2:24
- 18 Six White Horses alt version 3:05
- 19 Richland Avenue Rag 1:57
- 20 The Banks Of Good Hope / The Green Fields Of America 5:57
- 21 Columbus Stockade Blues alt version 3:03
- 22 Down At Mylow's House 1:20
