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| | Back Home In Sulphur Springs | | | Music Artist : | | Norman & Nancy Blake | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Western Jubilee Recording Company/Plectrafone Records | | Release Date : | | 2006-01-31 | | Store Price : | | $16.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $16.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. 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
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 +1/2 stars...Yes, You Can Go Home Again
Submitted on: 2006-05-06 |
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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
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 Back Home Indeed!
Submitted on: 2006-02-23 |
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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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