Blind Dog is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake, released in 1988.

Blind Dog
Studio album by
Released1988
GenreAmericana, bluegrass, folk
Length40:17
LabelRounder
ProducerNorman Blake
Norman Blake chronology
Blake & Rice
(1987)
Blind Dog
(1988)
Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2
(1990)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic      [1]

In his Allmusic review, critic Jason Ankeny called the album "a fine summation of bluegrass guitarist's Norman Blake's career and aesthetics, a largely instrumental collection of favorites from his own catalog as well as from his influences."[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Little Stream of Whiskey" (Traditional) – 3:29
  2. "Grand Coulee Dam" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:43
  3. "Prettiest Little Girl in the Country" (Traditional) – 2:19
  4. "Billy Gray" (Blake) – 4:08
  5. "Otto Wood the Bandit" (Traditional) – 2:43
  6. "Blind Dog" (Blake) – 2:54
  7. "Everybody Works But Father" (Traditional) – 3:28
  8. "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room" (A. P. Carter) – 3:49
  9. "Shallegra" (Blake) – 2:56
  10. "Old Time Farmer" (Blake) – 4:37
  11. "Wreck of the Old '97" (Norman Blake, Johnny Cash, Bob Johnson) – 3:46
  12. "Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional) – 2:25

Personnel edit

Production notes

  • Bill Wolf – engineer
  • Edd Miller – assistant engineer
  • Susan Marsh – design
  • Senor McGuire – photography

References edit

  1. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Blind Dog > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 2, 2011.