Shacktown Road, by Norman Blake, Nancy Blake, Tut Taylor

Shacktown Road

by Norman Blake, Nancy Blake, Tut Taylor

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1.	Shacktown Road 04:34	buy track
2.	Kindred Spirit 02:34	buy track
3.	Guitar Rag 03:21	buy track
4.	Not a Word from Home 02:58	buy track
5.	The Old Dobro Man 03:59	buy track
6.	Worried Blues 04:21	buy track
7.	Tom Scala's Waltz 03:02	buy track
8.	Lizzie Hubbard Blues 06:31	buy track
9.	Going to Georgia 02:44	buy track
10.	Ode to Bascom 02:30	buy track
11.	On the Banks of Lake Pontchartrain 02:56	buy track
12.	It Must Be Jelly 02:13	buy track
13.	The Tag Railroad Rag 03:33	buy track
14.	Running Wild 01:37	buy track
15.	Times Ain't Like They Used to Be 03:44	buy track
16.	End of the World 03:10	buy track
17.	Steel Guitar Blues 01:46	buy track
18.	The Buffalo Left Yesterday 02:19	buy track

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The last time bluegrass legends Norman Blake and Tut Taylor recorded together was in 1971 for John Hartford’s seminal “newgrass” record Aero-Plain. Thirty-six years later, they reconvened alongside Blake’s wife Nancy for 2007’s Shacktown Road, originally released by Plectrafone Records. Recorded with historic instruments—including a cello made in 1832—Shacktown Road presents eighteen selections of traditional blues, ragtime, and country songs, tradition-inspired compositions by Taylor and Blake, and commentary from Taylor. Described by Blake as “an historical piece of art,” Shacktown Road is an exciting contribution to the canon of American roots music.

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released January 23, 2007

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Norman & Nancy Blake Sulphur Springs, Texas

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