Shacktown Road
Encyclopedia
Shacktown Road is an album by Americana
and folk
musicians Norman Blake
, Nancy Blake and Tut Taylor
, released in 2007. It was the first time Blake and Taylor recorded together since they were members of John Hartford
's Aero-Plain band in the 1970s.
Americana (music)
Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...
and folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
musicians Norman Blake
Norman Blake (American musician)
Norman Blake is an instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years Blake has played in a number of folk and Country groups...
, Nancy Blake and Tut Taylor
Tut Taylor
Tut Taylor is an American bluegrass musician.Taylor played banjo and mandolin as a child, and began playing dobro at age 14, learning to use the instrument with a distinctive flat-picking style. Taylor was a member of The Folkswingers in the 1960s, who released three LPs; he recorded his debut...
, released in 2007. It was the first time Blake and Taylor recorded together since they were members of John Hartford
John Hartford
John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore...
's Aero-Plain band in the 1970s.
Track listing
- "Shacktown Road" (Tut Taylor) – 4:34
- "Kindred Spirit" (Taylor) – 2:34
- "Guitar Rag" (Traditional) – 3:21
- "Not a Word from Home" (Roy AcuffRoy AcuffRoy Claxton Acuff was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the King of Country Music, Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.Acuff...
) – 2:58 - "The Old Dobro Man" (Taylor) – 3:59
- "Worried Blues" (Traditional) – 4:21
- "Tom Scala's Waltz" (Norman Blake) – 3:02
- "Lizzie Hubbard Blues" (Taylor) – 6:31
- "Going to Georgia" (Traditional) – 2:44
- "Ode to Bascom" (Taylor) – 2:30
- "On the Banks of Lake Pontchatrain" (Bryan) – 2:55
- "It Must Be Jelly" (Taylor) – 2:13
- "The Tag Railroad Rag" (Blake) – 3:33
- "Running Wild" (Taylor) – 1:37
- "Times Ain't Like They Used to Be" (Traditional) – 3:44
- "End of the World" (Fred RoseFred Rose (musician)Fred Rose was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive.-Biography:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Fred Rose started playing piano and singing as a small boy. In his teens, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked in bars busking for tips, and finally vaudeville...
) – 3:10 - "Steel Guitar Blues" (Traditional) – 1:46
- "The Buffalo Left Yesterday" (Taylor) – 2:19
Personnel
- Norman Blake – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, dobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar... - Nancy Blake – guitar, mandolin, celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
, mandolaMandolaThe mandola or tenor mandola is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola , a fifth lower than a mandolin... - Tut Taylor – dobro, vocals, recitation
- Joel Landsberg – bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...