| Live at McCabe's | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Americana, bluegrass, folk | |||
| Length | 33:26 | |||
| Label | Takoma | |||
| Producer | Doug Decker | |||
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Live at McCabe's is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake and Nancy Blake, released in 1975. It was recorded at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California.
Live at McCabe's was reissued on CD in 1987 along with Directions by Takoma.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
In his Allmusic review, critic Jim Smith wrote "Long cherished by Norman Blake's fans as one of the greatest flatpicking albums of all time, Live at McCabe's isn't as essential as some of the guitarist's studio records of the time (see Whiskey Before Breakfast), but there's a warm, ramshackle beauty about this concert that is every bit as charming." [1]
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