Green Light on the Southern

“I’ve seen the rural music I’ve loved since childhood grow fainter and farther away in a commercial and urbanized society that seems to care little for the charms of old-fashioned southern string music and its long-gone practitioners…. Here are some of the old songs I play and sing around home…one can live by the sentiment and poetry found in many of them.”
-Norman Blake

Named in honor of the Alabama Great Southern Railway, Green Light on the Southern is a collection of seventeen recordings from acclaimed American roots musician Norman Blake. Mostly traditional selections, they represent several songs Blake has known since his boyhood. Authentic string band music caringly performed, Green Light... features Blake (and at times, his wife Nancy) playing the music with which he is most at home.

Track Listing

101	Roll on Buddy Norman Blake	03:50
102	Goodbye to the Plains Norman Blake	03:07
103	Little Bunch of Roses Norman Blake	03:00
104	The Tramp Norman Blake	02:54
105	Hawaiian Mother O'Mine Norman Blake	03:23
106	The Old Wooden Rocker Norman Blake	03:52
107	Railroading on the Great Divide Norman Blake	02:54
108	Steel Guitar Chimes Norman Blake	03:54
109	Have No Desire to Roam Norman Blake	03:08
110	Green Light on the Southern Norman Blake	02:50
111	Fifteen Miles From Birmingham Norman Blake	03:32
112	The Wreck on the C&O Norman Blake	03:59
113	He Rambled Norman Blake	04:01
114	Whistling Rufus Norman Blake	01:50
115	Goobye Dear Old Stepstone Norman Blake	04:59
116	Bandit Cole Younger Norman Blake	04:19
117	The New Spanish Two Step Norman Blake	03:23