Blake & Rice

Blake & Rice is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake and bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1987. It is their first album together. They would team up again for Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 in 1990.

Reception

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..."^[1]

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