Blake & Rice
Blake & Rice | |||||
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Studio album by Norman Blake, Tony Rice | |||||
Released | February 14, 1992 | ||||
Recorded | 1991 | ||||
Genre | Americana, bluegrass, folk | ||||
Length | 43:52 | ||||
Label | Rounder | ||||
Producer | Norman Blake, Tony Rice | ||||
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Blake & Rice is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake and bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice, released on February 14, 1992.[1] It is their first album together. They would team up again for Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 that same year.
Reception
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
In his Allmusic review, critic Jim Smith wrote of the album "There is some exceptional flatpicking here, but even the more manic passages are tempered by a softness that is striking, and perhaps even a little disappointing, in its modesty. Once the listener gets past the desire to hear hardcore chops, though, the album reveals its full beauty..."[2]
Track listing
- "New Chance Blues" (Norman Blake) – 2:15
- "Greenlight on the Southern" (Blake) – 3:43
- "I'm Not Sayin'" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:16
- "Texas Gales" (Traditional) – 3:38
- "Ridge Road Gravel" (Blake) – 2:25
- "Monroe's Hornpipe" (Bill Monroe) – 2:14
- "Last Train From Poor Valley" (Blake) – 3:32
- "New River Train" (Monroe) – 3:25
- "Stoney Point" (Traditional) – 2:11
- "Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:32
- "Little Beggarman/Gilderoy" (Traditional) – 3:05
- "The Shipyard Apprentice" (Norman Buchan, R. Campbell, Archie Fisher) – 4:13
- "Medley: Fiddler's Dream/Whiskey Before Breakfast" (Traditional) – 4:40
- "I'm Coming Back (But I Don't Know When)" (Traditional) – 2:43
Personnel
Production notes
- George Horn – mastering
- Bill Wolf – engineer, photography
References
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Blake-Rice-Norman/dp/B0000002HV/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1366034998&sr=1-2&keywords=blake+%26+rice
- 1 2 Smith, Jim. "Blake & Rice > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
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