Blake & Rice

Blake & Rice
Studio album by Norman Blake, Tony Rice
Released	1987
Genres	Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length	43:52
Label	Rounder
Producers	Norman Blake, Tony Rice
Norman Blake chronology
Slow Train through Georgia (1987) Blake & Rice (1987) Blind Dog (1988)
Tony Rice chronology
Me & My Guitar (1986) Blake & Rice (1987) Devlin (1990)

Blake & Rice is an album by American guitarists Norman Blake and Tony Rice, released in 1987. They later teamed up again for Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2.

Reception

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
Allmusic

In his AllMusic review, critic Jim Smith wrote of the album "There is some exceptional flatpicking here, but even the more manic passages are tempered by a softness that is striking, and perhaps even a little disappointing, in its modesty. Once the listener gets past the desire to hear hardcore chops, though, the album reveals its full beauty..."

Track listing

1. "New Chance Blues" (Norman Blake) – 2:15
2. "Greenlight on the Southern" (Blake) – 3:43
3. "I'm Not Sayin'" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:16
4. "Texas Gales" (Traditional) – 3:38
5. "Ridge Road Gravel" (Blake) – 2:25
6. "Monroe's Hornpipe" (Bill Monroe) – 2:14
7. "Last Train From Poor Valley" (Blake) – 3:32
8. "New River Train" (Monroe) – 3:25
9. "Stoney Point" (Traditional) – 2:11
10. "Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:32
11. "Little Beggarman/Gilderoy" (Traditional) – 3:05
12. "The Shipyard Apprentice" (Norman Buchan, R. Campbell, Archie Fisher) – 4:13
13. "Medley: Fiddler's Dream/Whiskey Before Breakfast" (Traditional) – 4:40
14. "I'm Coming Back (But I Don't Know When)" (Traditional) – 2:43

Personnel

• Norman Blake – guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Tony Rice – guitar, vocals

Production notes

• George Horn – mastering
• Bill Wolf – engineer, photography

References