The Hobo's Last Ride

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The Hobo's Last Ride
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Studio album by
Norman Blake, Nancy Blake
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996
Genre Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length65:46
Label Shanachie
Producer Norman Blake, Nancy Blake
Norman Blake chronology
While Passing Along This Way
(1994)
The Hobo's Last Ride
(1996)
Chattanooga Sugar Babe
(1998)
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The Hobo's Last Ride is an album of American musicians Norman Blake and Nancy Blake, released in 1996.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Democratic Donkey (Is in His Stall Again)" – 3:30
  2. "Tell Mother I'll Meet Her" – 3:32
  3. "Forked Deer" – 3:21
  4. "The Hobo's Last Ride" – 4:23
  5. "Thebes" – 6:27
  6. "Leaving Home" – 4:14
  7. "Home of the Soul" – 3:04
  8. "Midnight, the Unconquered Outlaw" – 4:32
  9. "The Old Grey Mare Came Tearin' Out of the Wilderness" – 3:09
  10. "I Know My Name Is There" – 3:56
  11. "Starving to Death on the Government Claim" – 4:47
  12. "Old Shady Bothreen" – 3:15
  13. "Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail" – 4:17
  14. "Angel Gabriel" – 4:42
  15. "The Two Little Orphans" – 4:11
  16. "Memories That Never Die" – 4:26

Personnel

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