Nashville Airplane

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Nashville Airplane
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Studio album by
Released1968
Genre Bluegrass
Label Columbia (Limited Edition)
Producer Bob Johnston
Flatt & Scruggs chronology
The Story of Bonnie & Clyde
(1968)
Nashville Airplane
(1968)
Final Fling
(1970)
Professional ratings
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Rolling Stone (favorable) [1]

Nashville Airplane is the 27th album by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs released in 1968 on the Columbia Limited Edition label. It was recorded shortly before their breakup in 1969. Lester Flatt resisted the change in direction (although Earl Scruggs embraced it) to a point that led to the breakup.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Like a Rolling Stone" (Bob Dylan)
  2. "Folsom Prison Blues" (Johnny Cash)
  3. "Gentle on My Mind" (John Hartford)
  4. "If I Were a Carpenter" (Tim Hardin)
  5. "Freida Florentine" (Gary Scruggs)
  6. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Bob Dylan)
  7. "Rainy Day Women#12 & 35" (Bob Dylan)
  8. "Catch The Wind" (Donovan)
  9. "Long Road to Houston" (Norman Stevens)
  10. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (Bob Dylan)
  11. "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie)

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Diemer, Tom (5 April 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone . San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.