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Home in Sulphur Springs

His debut solo album: fifteen tracks recorded in a day with Tut Taylor on Dobro.
Norman Blake, 1972

Home in Sulphur Springs was recorded on December 30, 1971 and released in 1972; the Hall of Fame biography says it sold about 30,000 copies despite limited distribution. Blake played guitar, mandolin and vocals and Tut Taylor Dobro; Claude J. Hill mixed it, Michael Melford was executive producer and wrote the liner notes, and Slick Lawson took the photograph. A Rounder reissue misprinted the title as Back Home in Sulphur Springs.

Track listing

  1. Little Joe2:49
  2. Richland Avenue Rag1:57
  3. When the Fields Are White with Daisies2:48
  4. Cattle in the Cane2:12
  5. Crossing No. 92:47
  6. Weave and Way2:24
  7. Ginseng Sullivan3:31
  8. Bringing in the Georgia Mail2:30
  9. Bully of the Town2:03
  10. Randall Collins1:55
  11. Done Gone1:39
  12. Down Home Summertime Blues3:42
  13. Warp Factor No. 93:38
  14. Orphan Annie2:56
  15. Spanish Fandango3:48

More from Norman Blake

The Fields Of November (1974), Whiskey Before Breakfast (1976), Nashville Blues (1984), Lighthouse On The Shore (1985), Nancy Blake - Tut Taylor - Shacktown Road (2007)

Sources

  1. Home in Sulphur Springs, Wikipedia
  2. Norman Lee Blake, International Bluegrass Music Museum