Norman Blake

187,897 plays (44,746 listeners)
In your library (0 plays)

8 shouts

Add to my Library Share

Get Ringtones

Chattanooga TN, United States (March 10, 1938 – present)

Norman Blake (born March 10, 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a Grammy-nominated instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter who has played in a number of folk and bluegrass groups.

When Norman was one year old, his family moved to Sulphur Springs, Georgia where he was raised. Although known as one of the most prominent acoustic guitar flatpickers of his day, Norman Blake is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Other instruments he plays include the mandolin, 6-string banjo, fiddle, and banjo.

Blake is best known for his work with John Hartford, Tony Rice, and his wife, Nancy Blake. He has played backup for June Carter, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, and Joan Baez. Blake also played on The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album, Will The Circle Be Unbroken.
Blake is listed in the credits of the Bob Dylan album Nashville Skyline and the Johnny Cash album Orange Blossom Special. He was featured on the multi-platinum O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, which ignited new interest in bluegrass music. Blake participated in the “Down from the Mountain” tour which resulted.
Blake has written songs that have become bluegrass standards, such as “

Ginseng Sullivan” from Back Home in Sulphur Springs. He has produced 32 albums, sometimes teaming with Tony Rice, and at other times with his wife, Nancy Blake. He has recorded on the Rounder, Flying Fish Records, COUNTRY, Takoma, Shanachie, Western Jubilee, Red House Records, and Plectrafone labels.

Tagged as:

bluegrass, country, folk, americana, singer-songwriter
See more…

1	You Are My Sunshine	261
2	I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (instrumental)	109
3	Man of Constant Sorrow [Instrumental]	38
4	Salt River full track	28
5	I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow	26
6	You Are My Sunshine (Soundtrack Version (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?)) full track	25
7	Hand Me Down My Walking Cane full track	16
7	Dry Grass On The High Fields full track	16
9	Under The Double Eagle full track	15
10	Arkansas Traveler full track	14
11	Macon Rag full track	13
12	Church ST. Blues full track	12
13	Slow Train Through Georgia full track	10
14	Six White Horses full track	9
14	Harvey's Reel full track	9

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).

tropicalrobot wrote:
May 2009

lookout for norman blake's (teenage fanclub norman that is) "baby lee". there's a bbc live recording floating around. and it is awesome!

View Profile | Leave tropicalrobot a shout
yusukexyz2425 wrote:
January 2009

my dear old song in my highschool days about 50 years ago.

View Profile | Leave yusukexyz2425 a shout
Zodiac_Killer wrote:
January 2009

His rendition of You Are My Sunshine is so damn amazing.

View Profile | Leave Zodiac_Killer a shout
ODIUMMUIDO wrote:
October 2007

i'm a metal fan, but i can't ignore this great stufffffffffffffffffffffffff.

View Profile | Leave ODIUMMUIDO a shout
Lord-Peter wrote:
August 2007

Great music!

View Profile | Leave Lord-Peter a shout
Phillyzero wrote:
July 2007

Great stuff.

View Profile | Leave Phillyzero a shout
Don_Diego wrote:
May 2006

Not to be confused with his Glaswegian namesake of Teenage Fanclub fame, of course!

View Profile | Leave Don_Diego a shout