Lighthouse on the Shore

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Lighthouse on the Shore
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Studio album by Norman Blake
Released 1985
Recorded October 1984 in Rising Fawn, Georgia
Genre Americana, bluegrass, folk
Label Rounder
Producer Norman Blake
Norman Blake chronology
Nashville Blues
(1984) Nashville Blues1984		Lighthouse on the Shore
(1985)		 The Norman & Nancy Blake Compact Disc
(1986) The Norman & Nancy Blake Compact Disc1986
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Lighthouse on the Shore is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake, released in 1985.

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Norman Blake is a traditional American stringed instrument artist and songwriter.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Hello Stranger" (Carter Family) – 3:07
  2. "New Bicycle Hornpipe" (Nancy Blake) – 2:32
  3. "Marquis of Huntley" (William Marshall, Traditional) – 2:30
  4. "Belize" (Blake) – 3:40
  5. "Elzic's Farewell" (Traditional) – 4:23
  6. "Lighthouse on the Shore" (Blake) – 5:08

Side two

  1. "President Garfield's Hornpipe" (Traditional) – 2:23
  2. "If I Lose, I Don't Care" (Traditional) – 3:01
  3. "Butterfly Weed" (Blake) – 2:54
  4. "Boston Boy/Last Night's Joy" (Traditional) – 2:21
  5. "Jordan Am a Hard Road to Travel" (Uncle Dave Macon) – 3:59
  6. "Peacock's Feather" (Traditional) – 1:42
  7. "Wildwood Flower" (Carter Family) – 3:17
  8. "Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase" (Traditional) – 2:50

Personnel

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