''Riding the Midnight Train'' is the title of a recording by

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folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1986. It is the last album Merle Watson recorded before he was killed in a tractor accident. At the Grammy Awards of 1987, ''Riding the Midnight Train'' won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. Guests include Béla Fleck,

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and Mark O'Connor.

Track listing

# "I'm Going Back to the Old Home" ( Carter Stanley) – 2:11 # "Greenville Trestle High" (James Jett) – 3:25 # "Highway of Sorrow" ( Bill Monroe, Pete Pyle) – 2:48 # "Fill My Way With Love" – 2:30 # "We'll Meet Again Sweetheart" (

Lester Flatt Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the duo Flatt and Scruggs. Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, ...

Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-fin ...

) – 2:48 # "Riding That Midnight Train" (Carter Stanley) – 2:04 # "Stone's Rag" (Traditional) – 3:20 # "Ramshackle Shack" (

Wade Mainer Wade Eckhart Mainer (April 21, 1907 – September 12, 2011) was an American country singer and banjoist. With his band, the Sons of the Mountaineers, he is credited with bridging the gap between old-time mountain music and Bluegrass and is som ...

) – 3:18 # "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:31 # "Baby Blue Eyes" (

Jim Eanes Jim Eanes (December 6, 1923 – November 21, 1995) was an American bluegrass and country music singer and guitarist. Biography Homer Robert Eanes Jr. was born in Mountain Valley, Virginia and grew up in Martinsville. Eanes learned to play t ...

) – 3:39 # "What Does the Deep Sea Say?" (Wade Mainer) – 3:31 # "Let the Church Roll On" (

A. P. Carter Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (December 15, 1891 – November 7, 1960) was an American musician and founding member of The Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music. Biography Life A.P. Carter was born to Robe ...

) – 2:55 # "Sweet Heaven When I Die" (Claude Grant) – 2:07 Track 7 "Stone's Rag" omitted from Sugar Hill cassette tape SH-C-3752.

Personnel

*Doc Watson – guitar, vocals *Merle Watson – guitar,

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

T. Michael Coleman Thomas Michael Coleman (born January 3, 1951) is an American bass player of bluegrass and folk music. He is best known for work with Doc Watson and the Seldom Scene. Biography Doc Watson Coleman grew up in Mayodan, North Carolina, graduating fr ...

– bass, harmony vocals *

–

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* Béla Fleck – banjo * Mark O'Connor –

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*Alan O'Bryant – guitar, harmony vocals Production notes *Produced by Barry Poss *Engineered and remixed by Richard Adler *Photography by Will & Deni McIntyre *Remixing by Barry Poss, Richard Adler, T. Michael Coleman *Artwork by Raymond Simone

References

External links

Doc Watson discography
{{Authority control 1986 albums Doc Watson albums Sugar Hill Records albums