Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm

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Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm
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Studio album by
Released1999
Genre Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length69:53
Label Shanachie
Producer Norman Blake
Norman Blake chronology
Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene
(1999)
Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm
(1999)
Flower From the Fields of Alabama
(2001)
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Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm is an album of American musician Norman Blake, released in 1999.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "New Century Hornpipe" (Traditional) – 2:19
  2. "Whiskey Deaf and Whiskey Blind" (Norman Blake) – 3:47
  3. "Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm" (Blake) – 4:41
  4. "Goin' Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Alton Delmore) – 4:22
  5. "Savannah Rag" (Blake) – 5:57
  6. "Pasquale Taraffo's First Night in Leadville" (Traditional) – 2:44
  7. "The Winds of Time Won't Change" (Blake) – 4:42
  8. "Rag Baby Jig" (Traditional) – 3:49
  9. "Thelma Hatfield" (Blake) – 4:17
  10. "Constitution March" (Traditional) – 3:15
  11. "Faded Flowers in Old Love Letters" (Blake) – 5:08
  12. "And the Cat Came Back the Very Next Day" (Traditional) – 3:09
  13. "Just Another Faded Love Song" (Blake) – 4:35
  14. "Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents" (Traditional) – 4:11
  15. "Snowbird on the Ashbank" (Traditional) – 2:16
  16. "The Wandering Drummer" (Traditional) – 2:56
  17. "The Maple on the Hill" (Gussie Davis) – 4:58
  18. "Headlight Reel" (Traditional) – 2:47

Personnel

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