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NORMAN BLAKE Old And New;Blind Dog 2 BLUEGRASS FOLK VINYL LP LOT
Sold Date:
February 3, 2023
Start Date:
February 1, 2023
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Norman Blake (born March 10, 1938) is a traditional American stringed instrument artist and songwriter. He is half of the eponymous Norman & Nancy Blake band with his wife, Nancy Blake. Most of the music that Norman Blake plays could be described as neo-traditionalist Americana folk and roots music (folk, bluegrass, country, blues), and many of the songs he plays are traditional, but he plays this acoustic type of music with a style, speed, and quality that has evolved and progressed in the modern age. Though probably best known for his fluid renditions of classic fiddle tunes transcribed for the guitar ("Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast"), Blake has also written songs that have become bluegrass and folk standards, such as "Ginseng Sullivan", "Slow Train through Georgia", "Billy Gray", and "Church Street Blues".
Old and New is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake, released in 1975.
Blind Dog is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake, released in 1988. Critic Jason Ankeny called the album "a fine summation of bluegrass guitarist's Norman Blake's career and aesthetics, a largely instrumental collection of favorites from his own catalog as well as from his influences
