Blind Dog Explained

Blind Dog
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Norman Blake
Border:	yes
Released:	1988
Genre:	Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length:	40:17
Label:	Rounder
Producer:	Norman Blake
Prev Title:	Blake & Rice
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2
Next Year:	1990

Blind Dog is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake, released in 1988.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, critic Jason Ankeny called the album "a fine summation of bluegrass guitarist's Norman Blake's career and aesthetics, a largely instrumental collection of favorites from his own catalog as well as from his influences."

Track listing

1. "Little Stream of Whiskey" (Traditional) – 3:29
2. "Grand Coulee Dam" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:43
3. "Prettiest Little Girl in the Country" (Traditional) – 2:19
4. "Billy Gray" (Blake) – 4:08
5. "Otto Wood the Bandit" (Traditional) – 2:43
6. "Blind Dog" (Blake) – 2:54
7. "Everybody Works But Father" (Traditional) – 3:28
8. "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room" (A. P. Carter) – 3:49
9. "Shallegra" (Blake) – 2:56
10. "Old Time Farmer" (Blake) – 4:37
11. "Wreck of the Old '97" (Norman Blake, Johnny Cash, Bob Johnson) – 3:46
12. "Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional) – 2:25

Personnel

• Norman Blake – guitar, fiddle, vocals
• Nancy Blake – guitar, cello, vocals

Production notes

• Bill Wolf – engineer
• Edd Miller – assistant engineer
• Susan Marsh – design
• Senor McGuire – photography