Riding the Midnight Train | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | Studio 19, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Folk, country blues, bluegrass | |||
Length | 39:07 | |||
Label | Sugar Hill | |||
Producer | Barry Poss | |||
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Riding the Midnight Train is the title of a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1986. It is the last album Merle Watson recorded before he was killed in a tractor accident.
At the Grammy Awards of 1987, Riding the Midnight Train won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.
Guests include Béla Fleck, Sam Bush and Mark O'Connor.
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Track 7 "Stone's Rag" omitted from Sugar Hill cassette tape SH-C-3752.
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