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 Released June 04, 2002
Norman Blake will never be known as a revolutionary. His starkly honest guitar picking and gently lulling voice have sounded almost exactly the same for the 30-some years that the Rounder release Old Ties encompasses. Often performing solo, occasionally accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and any of a number of bluegrass and neo-traditional folk musicians (Tut Taylor, Charlie Collins, Doc Watson), Blake's summery, porch-swing ballads and blues are perfectly performed and humbly executed. Working with the traditional themes of old-timey folk music, Blake re-creates the earthy feel of a timeworn classic the first time a song emerges from his guitar, and his unpretentious, reverent style delivers the music in an intimate environment. The compilation sticks to his more traditional-sounding compositions and interpretations, making for a wonderful afternoon listen and the perfect introduction to Blake's uniquely faithful style. Although his musical offerings may never be seen as revolutionary, his unwillingness to change to a more contemporary mode of folk music may be a kind of revolution...if anyone wanted to argue about it. Luckily, with music this pure, no one does. ~ Zac Johnson, All Music Guide
TRACKS 1. Spanish Fandango
2. Church St. Blues
3. Sleepy Eyed Joe/Indian Creek
4. O'Malley's Tune [#]
5. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
6. Down Home Summertime Blues
7. Blind Dog
8. Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast
9. Old Ties
10. Lost Indian
11. Ginseng Sullivan
12. Obc, No. 3
13. Prettiest Little Girl in the Country
14. Uncle
15. Bristol in the Bottle
16. Billy Gray
17. The Fields of November
18. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
19. Randall Collins/Done Gone
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