“Ridge Road Gravel” was written by Norman Blake and recorded for “Blake & Rice,” the 1987 album of duets by the guitarists Norman Blake and Tony Rice.
The song is a reflective look back at a simple country life. Its images — the gravel of a ridge road, the coal-oil light — evoke a quiet rural world, and the lyric lingers there with a mix of fondness and a sense of time standing still.
“Blake & Rice” paired two of the admired flatpicking guitarists of their generation.
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