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	Dan Crary
		Norman Blake quit school at age 16 to play mandolin in a band, and music has been the focus of his life ever since.
		At that time, Norman was drafted and stationed in the Panama Canal as a radio operator.
		All Norman Blake fans know that when he chooses to Norman can certainly play very fast, he can play all over the neck, and he can play fiddle tunes and bluegrass with the best of them.
	www.flatpick.com /Pages/Featured_Artist/norman.html (4233 words)

	The Smoky Mountain News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But however Blake is categorized (don’t dare call him “bluegrass”), he has remained at the forefront of traditional American music for three decades and has earned a reputation as a flatpicking guitarist without peer.
		Blake’s onstage demeanor is one of quiet concentration, and his long hair, beard, moustache and spectacles give him the appearance of one you would consult for wisdom.
		Blake confirms that he was very concerned about Earle, whom he deeply respects as a brilliant songwriter.
	www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/08_00/08_23_00/arts_norman_blake.shtml (1891 words)

	CMT.com : Norman Blake : Biography
		Blake came into view in the late '60s, when he began performing as a sideman with artists as diverse as June Carter and Bob Dylan.
		Blake began playing music professionally when he was 16 years old, joining the Dixieland Drifters as a mandolinist in 1954; the group debuted on Tennessee Barn Dance, a radio show based in Knoxville.
		Most of Blake's output in the '90s was released on the equally venerable Shanachie label, including 1999's Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/blake_norman/bio.jhtml (557 words)

	Vintage Guitar® magazine : Artist Pages
		The first time many guitarists hear Norman Blake they think to themselves, “I could do that.” But if they actually sit down to try, they soon discover that what sounds simple is actually devilishly hard.
		Blake’s melodic lines are direct and elegant, with little of the pyrotechnics often associated with the guitar style known as “flatpicking.” Instead, his music has an air of authenticity and basic honesty few can achieve.
		Norman was invited to play on the seminal album Will the Circle Be Unbroken in the early ’70s, and during the mid ’70s and ’80s recorded a series of highly influential albums that helped define what has come to be the flatpicking guitar style.
	www.vguitar.com /artists/details.asp?ID=140 (3642 words)

	Warnock: Norman Blake, In Concert Video Review
		Blake was already well established and respected in traditional music by this time and this is vintage Norman Blake.
		He plays off Blake so well that one has to work hard to remember they hadn't been playing together all that long when this concert was recorded.
		Fans of Norman Blake and the Rising Fawn String Ensemble will certainly appreciate this look into the past, and I'd recommend it to anyone who appreciates clean, tasteful guitar work.
	www.awcubed.com /Reviews/blake.html (732 words)

	Roots66: Music: Reviews: Norman & Nancy Blake - The Morning Glory Ramblers
		Chattanooga-born Norman Blake grew up listening to country music on the radio and records and gospel music in church.
		Norman met Nancy when her group, "Natchez Trace" opened for him at a show in Nashville.
		The Blakes start off with the optimistic classic, "The Sunny Side of Life." Nancy delightfully weaves her voice in counterpoint in the choruses.
	www.roots66.com /roots66/music/reviews/blake.shtml (816 words)

	WOUB Online - Audiosyncrasies - Interview with Norman Blake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Since the early 70's, Norman Blake has built his career as a solo artist and has recorded over two dozen albums, many with his wife, Nancy.
		As a guitarist, Norman Blake is a revered and highly respected talent.
		Everything Norman Blake does, whether it's songwriting, picking, or singing, is simple and straightforward, deeply steeped in tradition, and firmly rooted in rural Americana.
	woub.org /sync/feature-blake.html (370 words)

	Metro Pulse/Music/Archive/Norman and Nancy Blake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The music of Norman and Nancy Blake, then, is something like those futuristic elevators you hear about in Tokyo skyscrapers, that move both vertically and horizontally.
		For examples of the kinds of songs that strikes Norman as poetically and artistically good, pick up one of the dozens of recordings that he's made both with and without the company of Mrs.
		The settings, characters and situations in the songs the Blakes sing would be right at home in many of the genres that Blake says he doesn't understand.
	www.metropulse.com /dir_suncity/dir_music/dir_bands/blake_nn.html (712 words)

	Norman Blake, Old Ties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Blake came into his own as a flat-picker early on, as may be heard in 1976's "Sleepy Eyed Joe/Indian Creek," a technical marvel.
		It's a Blake original, fun and quirky, with unpredictable chord changes and a tempo that increases until Blake is blazing (albeit in relaxed manner) by the end.
		Blake has recorded at length with his wife Nancy, and she makes several welcome appearances here.
	www.rambles.net /blake_oldties02.html (493 words)

	Cover Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Blake’s recorded work with his wife Nancy, the Rising Fawn String Ensemble, Tony Rice and Doc Watson, and as a solo artist constitutes one of the most varied and fascinating collections of traditional American music extant.
		Blake maintains a stolidly original approach to traditional music and is well-recognized by the mainstream music world for the integrity of his vision; Chattanooga Sugar Babe was the fifth consecutive Blake album to be nominated for a Grammy.
		Blake returned to the hills of Rising Fawn in the ’70s and lives there in a three-story cabin that he and Nancy built.
	www.acousticguitar.com /issues/ag82/CoverStory.shtml (1763 words)

	Charlie-Poole.com - The Eden Preservation Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During this time, Norman was drafted and stationed in the Panama Canal as a radio operator.
		Norman and Nancy married, and in 1974 began a 20 plus year recording and touring legacy.
		Whatever Norman Blake does, he does with his own brand of perfection, and his popularity and success are now legendary.
	www.charlie-poole.com /cp2005/blakes.html (1301 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Whiskey Before Breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Acoustic guitar whiz Norman Blake started off as a bluegrass prodigy in the late 1950s, and flatpicked his way across numerous albums in the 1960s and '70s, particularly as a session guitarist on albums by Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Baez, and as frequent collaborator in John Hartford's various bands.
		Blake breathes life back into these old standards, taking each song at his leisure while crooning in his thin, smooth old-mannish voice.
		norman blake has to be one of the most underrated guitarists in all of music.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000002D4 (863 words)

	Norman Blake Old Ties and The Singer Songwriter Collection Review By Steven Stone
		Norman Blake's renditions of songs tend to be introspective miniatures rather than big-scale productions.
		Even thirty years ago Norman Blake’s style was mature and fully developed.
		If you have never experienced the mastery of Norman Blake, Old Ties is a fine introduction to an artist whose work is both unique and timeless.
	www.enjoythemusic.com /magazine/music/0504/blake.htm (512 words)

	CMT.com: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nancy Blake was playing cello in an experimental band in Nashville when she met her future husband in 1972.
		While Norman's early solo albums were guitar-oriented, their work as a duo found him also playing fiddle and mandolin.
		Norman laughed, "That was the attitude of all toward our music at that period of time.
	www.cmt.com /news/articles/1488641/20040623/blake_norman.jhtml?headlines=true (1440 words)

	Homespun Tapes - The Mandolin of Norman Blake
		Norman and Nancy Blake teach beautiful, little-known old-time and original instrumentals in the Celtic and Southern mountain tradition.
		Norman and Nancy Blake have chosen hauntingly beautiful mandolin instrumentals in the Celtic and Southern mountain traditions.
		Norman teaches lovely traditional tunes, playing each one up to speed and then slowed down as our split-screen close-ups capture both the picking and the fingering in detail.
	www.homespuntapes.com /prodpg/prodpg.asp?prodID=403 (521 words)

	Norman and Nancy Blake: The Morning Glory Ramblers - PopMatters Music Review
		The music of Norman Blake got widespread exposure through the success of that movie and its soundtrack in 2000, though he and wife Nancy have been making invaluable contributions to the legacy of American music for decades.
		Norman Blake is a legendary flat-picking guitar player who has aided and abetted albums by Johnny and June Carter Cash, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Sam Bush, John Hartford, and Doc Watson.
		The sad and strident quality of the song is followed immediately by the fun and springy "Rise When the Rooster Crows", noted by Blake as "the first country hit to come out of Nashville." Nancy's harmonies strengthen both songs not just for their complimentary pitches, but because the personalized quality she gives them.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/b/blakenorman-morning.shtml (840 words)

	Scott O'Malley & Associates - Artist Representation
		When Norman was drafted and stationed as a radio operator in the Panama Canal, he formed a bluegrass band there.
		Norman and Nancy began touring together in 1974 and were married a year later.
		But in Norman and Nancy’s hands, the rawest ingredients of voices, stringed instruments and sturdy songs demonstrate that purity is still possible and truth is still the brightest, strongest metal of all.
	www.normanblake.com /NormanBlake (1597 words)

	CSIndy: O Norman, Where Aren't Thou? (August 2 - August 8, 2001)
		If there's been a revival of old-time music, Blake has been riding high on the wave's crest, lending his sensitive ear, his intuitive fingers and his seasoned sense for the heart of American roots music to projects ranging from the fringe to the monumental.
		Blake played four songs, including one with Nancy Blake, his wife and collaborator of over 25 years, and a couple songs with Ralph Stanley.
		Norman and Nancy appeared in the studio together after a lengthy hiatus in the process of recording Blake's album with Ostrushko.
	www.csindy.com /csindy/2001-08-02/bangstrum.html (1267 words)

	Bluegrass: We ARE Bluegrass Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rather, Norman placed his emphasis toward the beauty in the melody itself and forsakes the hot licks and the instrumental pyrotechnics that were in vogue at the time.
		Blake presents the tune as a solo guitar excursion and still captures the mystical qualities of the composition.
		Again, Norman chose to present this one as a solo, much as he would if he were explaining his dream to a small circle of friends.
	www.ibluegrass.com /bg_posting3.cfm?p__i=951&p__r=B00004Z3RQ&p__a=cdrev (854 words)

	The Acoustic Cafe -- Norman Blake's Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He quit school at age 16 to play mandolin in a band, and music has been the focus of his life ever since.
		Norman Blake, born March 10, 1938 in Chattanooga, TN, grew up in Sulphur Springs and Rising Fawn, GA (both towns have found t
		In 1989, the Blake's received Grammy nominations for "Best Traditional Folk Recording of the Year" on their duet record, Blind Dog, and again in 1992 in the same category for their Shanachie debut Just Gimme Something I'm Used To.
	www.theoveralls.com /norman.html (537 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Old Ties [Best of] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With a spot on the O Brother soundtrack and Down from the Mountain tour, singer and multi-instrumentalist Norman Blake was introduced to a host of roots music fans for the first time.
		Norman Blake should be regarded as one of our great national treasures.
		Blake plays guitar on most of these tracks, but also plays slide guitar and fiddle to wonderful effect.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000067ASE (717 words)

	CITIZEN-TIMES.com: Celebrated acoustic star Norman Blake lets his music do the talking
		Blake's self-effacing rural charm is so convincing, you might almost forget that he's a six-time Grammy nominee and one of the nation's most celebrated acoustic musicians.
		Blake's instrumental ability was in hot demand and he appeared with Bob Dylan on the "Nashville Skyline" album, played in both Kris Kristofferson's first road group and Joan Baez's band and recorded with both.
		Blake declined an invitation to be on the second "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" album, choosing to spend time at home with his wife.
	cgi.citizen-times.com /cgi-bin/story/37357 (646 words)

	Amazon.com: The Morning Glory Ramblers: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Here, Blake and his wife and longtime collaborator Nancy (vocals and cello) serve up 17 songs that come from the repertoires of the Carter Family, the Blue Sky Boys, Uncle Dave Macon, and more obscure country artists of the prewar era.
		The Blake's strum and pick their dual acoustics as they sing solo and in harmony from the catalogs of the Blue Sky Boys, Carter Family, and Luke the Drifter, as well as more recent tunes from Laurie Lewis and Jerry Faires.
		Being a fan of Norman Blake I was very disappointed as I listened to this record.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001LVZD4?v=glance (1077 words)

	Norman Blake
		In 1972, Norman met Nancy Short when her group 'Natchez Trace' opened for him at an Exit/In show.
		Norman and Nancy married and recorded and toured together from 1974 through 1996.
		In 1998, Chattanooga Suear Babe, Norman's first solo recording m many years was released and was also nominated for a Grammy.
	users.townsqr.com /arts/norman1.htm (718 words)

	American Folk Music - Tony Bird -> Bob Brozman
		Norman is one of the finest guitarists, fiddlers and singers of American folk.
		Great stuff - Norman and Nancy are among our foremost interpreters of traditional music from the American south.
		The music he has composed for this special labor of love is similar in ton and complexity with his past work, so it is not quite the radical departure in style that it might appear to be.
	www.rootsandrhythm.com /roots/AMERICANFOLK/americanfolk_b2.htm (1348 words)

	Meeting on Southern Soil - Norman Blake, Peter Ostroushko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Norman Blake, of course, is legendary for his beautiful old-time country guitar work, not only on his own wonderful albums but also as the guitar player for such artists as Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
		As with Blake's other releases, it's the understated mastery and pervasive love of the music that come through, and these two guys have as much command of the material as anyone on the face of the planet...
		Nancy Blake's cello was a welcomed edition to many of the tracks to completely immerse your soul.
	www.cdswap.ws /Content/findonamazonus-Asin-B00005V93E.html (342 words)

	Norman Blake @ eFolkMusic
		Norman Blake, born March 10, 1938 in Chattanooga, grew up in Sulphur Springs and Rising Fawn, Georgia.
		In 1959, Norman left those groups to perform with Hylo Brown and the Timberliners, although he continued as a duet with Bob Johnson in making several guest appearances on WSM's Grand Ole Opry.
		After that group dissolved, Norman toured with John Hartford as his accompanist for a year and a half, during which time he recorded his first solo album, Home in Sulphur Springs.
	www.efolkmusic.org /ArtMusic/ViewArtist.asp?AID=511 (669 words)

	Norman Blake MP3 Downloads - Norman Blake Music Downloads - Norman Blake Music Videos
		Norman Blake had barely begun his solo career in 1977 when he recorded Blackberry Blossom.
		All of the songs on Blackberry Blossom are delivered in Blake's straightforward manner, both down-to-earth and emotive.
		It is perhaps easy to take an artist as uncomplicated as Blake for granted: he never seems to be going out of his way to impress the listener with fancy guitar licks or vocal hysterics.
	mp3.cnet.com /albums/72913/reviews.html (339 words)

	Norman Blake, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Although he is proficient with a variety of stringed instruments, Norman Blake is famous for his acoustic guitar skills -- he was one of the major bluegrass guitarists of the '70s.
		While he was in the service, he was a radio operator on the Panama Canal and he formed a band called the Kobbe Mountaineers.
		Blake also played on several of Joan Baez's records, including her hit version of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." Following his folk and country-rock experiments, Blake returned to his bluegrass roots in 1971 when he joined John Hartford's band, Aeroplane, which also featured fiddler Vassar Clements.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10565/10565373.html (616 words)

	Norman Blake - Old Ties: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Norman Blake [+] will never be known as a revolutionary.
		Often performing solo, occasionally accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and any of a number of bluegrass and neo-traditional folk musicians (Tut Taylor [+], Charlie Collins [+], Doc Watson [+]), Blake's summery, porch-swing ballads and blues are perfectly performed and humbly executed.
		Working with the traditional themes of old-timey folk music, Blake re-creates the earthy feel of a timeworn classic the first time a song emerges from his guitar, and his unpretentious, reverent style delivers the music in an intimate environment.
	www.music.com /release/old_ties/1 (294 words)

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