''Friar Tut'' is an album by

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and Bluegrass

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player

Tut Taylor Robert Arthur "Tut" Taylor Sr. (November 20, 1923 – April 9, 2015) was 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-pick ...

, released in 1972. Taylor is joined by Norman Blake,

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and David Taylor. Taylor's son David was 16 years old at the time of this recording.Tut Taylor official web site entry for ''Friar Tut''.
/ref> ''Friar Tut'' was reissued on CD in 1998.

Reception

In his

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review, music critic Tim Sheridan wrote the album "The steel strings sing on this disc of original songs from the dobro guitar master."

Track listing

All songs by Tut Taylor unless otherwise noted. #"Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga" – 1:53 #"Ghost Picker" – 2:27 #"Acoustic Toothpick" – 2:01 #"Linda" – 2:42 #"Midnight at Beanblossom" – 3:21 #"Daisy Dean" (Traditional) – 2:50 #"Sugar in the Gourd" – 1:25 #"F-5 Waltz" – 2:16 #"Arlo Buck" – 2:16 #"Stevens Steel" – 3:17 #"Picking on Josh" – 1:16 #"Oasis" – 3:43 #"This Ain't Grass" – 1:36 #"The Old Shoemaker" (Norman Blake) – 2:26 #"Me and My Dobro" – 2:44 #"Southern Filibuster" – 2:37 #"Friar Tut" – 2:00

Personnel

*Tut Taylor –

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* Norman Blake – guitar,

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, vocals on "Daisy Dean" *

– mandolin *David Taylor – guitar on "Me and My Dobro" and "Southern Filibuster" Production notes *Tut Taylor – producer *Michael Melford – executive producer *Claude J. Hill – engineer *Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering *Slick Lawson – photography *Bobby Wolfe – liner notes

References

{{Authority control 1972 albums Tut Taylor albums Norman Blake (American musician) albums