''Shacktown Road'' is an album by
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musicians
Norman Blake,
Nancy Blake and
Tut Taylor
Robert Arthur "Tut" Taylor Sr. (November 20, 1923 – April 9, 2015) was an American bluegrass musician.
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, released in 2007. It was the first time Blake and Taylor recorded together since they were members of
John Hartford
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'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 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 Rose) – 3:10
#"Steel Guitar Blues" (Traditional) – 1:46
#"The Buffalo Left Yesterday" (Taylor) – 2:19
Personnel
*Norman Blake –
guitar
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,
mandolin,
dobro
*Nancy Blake – guitar, mandolin,
cello
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,
mandola
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*Tut Taylor – dobro, vocals, recitation
*Joel Landsberg –
bass
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2007 albums
Norman Blake (American musician) albums
Tut Taylor albums