Chattanooga Sugar Babe Explained

Chattanooga Sugar Babe
Type:studio album
Artist:Norman Blake
Cover:Chattanoogasugarbabe.jpg
Caption:Cover art depicting three women standing on Main Street in 1895 Black River Falls, Wisconsin[1]
Released:January 20, 1998
Genre:Americana, bluegrass, folk
Label:Shanachie[2]
Producer:Norman Blake
Chronology:Norman Blake
Prev Title:The Hobo's Last Ride
Prev Year:1996
Next Year:1999

Chattanooga Sugar Babe is an album by the American musician Norman Blake, released in 1998.[3]

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Traditional Folk Album" category.[4]

Critical reception

The Charleston Gazette called the album "dark, brooding, and brilliant," writing that Blake "plays and sings with a rough, reedy power closer in spirit to the dark holler laments of Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Dock Boggs than anyone currently living."[5]

Track listing

All songs by Norman Blake unless otherwise noted.

  1. "The Rescue from Moose River Goldmine" (Traditional) – 3:53
  2. "The Weathered Old Caboose Behind the Train" – 4:13
  3. "Ol' Bill Miner (The Gentleman Bandit)" – 5:56
  4. "Poor Old Dad" (Traditional) – 3:01
  5. "Chattanooga Sugar Babe" – 6:00
  6. "Platonia, the Pride of the Plains" (Traditional) – 5:13
  7. "Dr. Edmundo's Favorite Portuguese Waltz" – 4:37
  8. "The Founding of the Famous C.P.R." (Traditional) – 6:51
  9. "Paramount" – 6:25
  10. "Keep Smiling Old Pal" (Traditional) – 4:10
  11. "Balmullo House/Broke Down Gambler" (Traditional) – 3:22
  12. "Ragtime Texas" – 3:23
  13. "Chattanooga Rag" – 3:50
  14. "Dixie Flyer Blues" (Traditional) – 4:06

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: van Schaick . Charles . Three Woman on Main Street . Wisconsin Historical Society . 8 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Norman Blake. Roy. Kasten. Riverfront Times.
  3. News: Jones . Ryan . LITTLE SONGS ON THE PRAIRIE . The Record . October 2, 1998 . LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS . 29.
  4. Web site: Norman Blake. May 19, 2020. GRAMMY.com.
  5. News: Friedman . Michael . Acoustic gems from the last decade . The Charleston Gazette . January 6, 2000 . P5D.

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