Back Home in Sulphur Springs

1. More Good Women Gone Wrong

2. Columbus Stockade Blues

3. He's Coming to Us Dead

4. Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee

5. We Parted by the Riverside

6. Ella Ree

7. Happy Little Home in Arkansas

8. Back Home in Sulphur Springs

9. Mermaid

10. Take Me Home Poor Julia

11. Seaboard Airline Rag

12. Star Spangled Banner

13. Empress of Ireland

14. Katy Cline

Back Home in Sulphur Springs,Norman & Nancy Blake,Dualtone Music Group,Bluegrass,Country,Folk,Pop,Traditional Bluegrass,Traditional Folk,United States of America

Average customer rating: Top 10, if not top 5 An absolute gem of old-time folk Roots music from a southern original Ginseng

Back Home in Sulphur Springs Norman Blake Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Whiskey Before Breakfast The Fields of November/Old and New Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 Back Home in Sulphur Springs Live at McCabe's ASIN: B0000002CH Release Date: 1995-09-05

Tracks:

1. Little Joe
2. Richland Avenue Rag
3. When The Fields Are White With Daisies
4. Cattle In The Cane
5. Crossing No.9
6. Weave And Way
7. Ginseng Sullivan
8. Bringing In The Georgia Mail
9. Bully Of The Town
10. Randall Collins
11. Done Gone
12. Down Home Summertime Blues
13. Warp Factor No.9
14. Orphan Annie
15. Spanish Fandango

Customer Reviews:

Top 10, if not top 5.......2007-01-08

This easily ranks as one of the top 10 country-roots-flatpicking albums I've every heard. Could be top 5. You can listen to it over and over again, with new revelations coming with every hearing. "Down Home Summertime Blues" is a tour de force of country slide mastery.

An absolute gem of old-time folk.......2000-07-10

With splended intrumental work, a perfectly-suited vocal style, and little unnecessary adornment, Norman Blake captures the heart of old-time folk music in the beautiful melodies of traditional North Georgia and further afield.

Already an accomplished session musician, Norman Blake launched his long and distinguished solo career with this treasure of an album. After nearly thirty years, Back Home in Sulphur Springs stands up beautifully to the test of time. Indeed, the record is arguably the equal of anything that Blake has put together since. Those new to Norman Blake would do well to start here; long-time fans who have yet to hear this album will be delighted to hear the record that started it all. A number of songs which have since become classics - Randall Collins, Crossing No. 9, Ginsing Sullivan, When The Fields Are White With Daisies - were first recorded here.

As is perhaps rare with an artist's first album, there is little that one would want to change about this gem. Back Home in Sulphur Springs is about as close to a perfect record as anything in my collection.

Roots music from a southern original.......2000-04-26

This recording, which I believe is Norman's first solo outing, establishes a pattern of taste, tone, and vitruousity which continues to this day with his more recent offerings. While this one doesn't hold together quite as well as Whiskey Before Breakfast, there are glimpses of greatness that you wouldn't want to miss.

Ginseng.......2000-02-08

Norman Blake shows off his story-song writing ability. Any Blake fan must get this one.

Average customer rating: +1/2 stars...Yes, You Can Go Home Again Back Home Indeed!

Back Home in Sulphur Springs Norman & Nancy Blake Manufacturer: Dualtone Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shacktown Road Whiskey Before Breakfast The Hobo's Last Ride The Morning Glory Ramblers The Fields of November/Old and New ASIN: B000A7Q1RO Release Date: 2006-01-31

Tracks:

1. More Good Women Gone Wrong
2. Columbus Stockade Blues
3. He's Coming To Us Dead
4. The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee
5. We Parted By The Riverside
6. Ella Ree
7. Happy Little Home In Arkansas
8. Back Home In Sulphur Springs
9. The Marmaid
10. Take Me Home Poor Julia
11. Seaboard Airline Rag
12. Star Spangled Banner
13. The Empress Of Ireland
14. Katy Cline

Product Description

1. More Good Women Gone Wrong
2. Columbus Stockade Blues
3. He's Coming To Us Dead
4. The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee
5. We Parted By The Riverside
6. Ella Ree
7. Happy Little Home In Arkansas
8. Back Home In Sulphur Springs
9. The Mermaid
10. Take Me Home Poor Julia
11. Seaboard Airline Rag
12. Star Spangled Banner
13. The Empress Of Ireland
14. Katy Cline




Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

+1/2 stars...Yes, You Can Go Home Again.......2006-05-07

Thomas Wolfe said, "You can't go home again." But he never met Norman Blake. Thirty-three years after his critically acclaimed Rounder debut, BACK HOME IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, Norman and wife Nancy returned to record this 14-track album over the course of three days.

This is old time country music at its best. Nothing flashy or overproduced, just two musicians with acoustic instruments playing the music they love. Norman plays guitar, Dobro, fiddle and mandolin, while Nancy plays guitar, cello and mandolin. She also provides harmony vocals to Norman's understated vocals. Most of the songs are traditional, with a couple of Norman Blake originals (the title track and "Seaboard Airline Rag") and one track by good friend Patty Bryan ("The Empress of Ireland").

The only track that seems out of place is the uncredited bonus track, which bashes George W. on everything from the hanging chad debacle in Florida to the Iraq war. I don't disagree with his political views, it's just that as a general rule I don't like mixing politician-bashing and music-especially when it's not done with any degree of subtlety.

Overall, this is an enjoyable and very satisfying album. [Running Time - 53:44] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Back Home Indeed!.......2006-02-24

Let me preface my remarks by saying that I've been listening to Norman Blake for over thirty years, so I'm a BIG fan. I say this because when I tell you how good--how right--this record sounds, you may think I'm just gushing over another Blake record. Not so! This is one of Mr. Blake's best records, I think, because you can hear it's credibility. When the character in "The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee" sings, for example, he sings with more saddness than he (Blake) did the first time around, back on Whiskey before Breakfast. And Nancy's harmony vocals are plaintive and fit just right. If you're more used to Doc Watson singing "Columbus Stockade Blues," listen to the Blakes slow this one down and sing it more like a dirge. I mean, this is great stuff! Like old blues singers, credibility is everything, and the Blakes define that on this record.

Buy this record not for flashy flatpicking--Blake gave that up years ago--but for its sincerity. You won't be disappointed.

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2. Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World
3. Big City Blues
4. Blood Sweat & Tears
5. Blue Clear Sky
6. Carry On
7. Christmas Collection: 20th Century Masters
8. Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir [Original recording remastered]
9. Days Gone By
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