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Norman Blake
Released 1987

Last Train From Poor Valley
03:35
303 plays

I'm Not Sayin'
02:17
293 plays

Medley: Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast
04:41
276 plays

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- 1
- New Chance Blues
- 02:15
- 211 plays

- 2
- Green Light On The Southern
- 03:46
- 261 plays

- 3
- I'm Not Sayin'
- 02:17
- 293 plays

- 4
- Texas Gales
- 03:39
- 204 plays

- 5
- Ridge Road Gravel
- 02:27
- 273 plays

- 6
- Monroe's Hornpipe
- 02:16
- 216 plays

- 7
- Last Train From Poor Valley
- 03:35
- 303 plays

- 8
- New River Train
- 03:26
- 271 plays

- 9
- Stoney Point
- 02:13
- 178 plays

- 10
- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
- 03:33
- 245 plays

- 11
- Little Beggarman/Gilderoy
- 02:58
- 258 plays

- 12
- The Shipyard Apprentice
- 04:13
- 133 plays

- 13
- Medley: Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast
- 04:41
- 276 plays

- 14
- I'm Comin' Back But I Don't Know When
- 02:43
- 218 plays

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album review

Like consummate musicians, for their first album together Norman Blake and Tony Rice largely ignored flash and speed in favor of songs and mood. 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, especially in Blake's gorgeous "Last Train From Poor Valley" and Rice's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "I'm Not Sayin'." Perky fiddle tune medleys and bluegrass standards provide some balance, but this is gentle listening throughout. ~ Jim Smith, All Music Guide