My Dear Old Southern Home Explained

My Dear Old Southern Home
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Doc Watson
Cover:	MyDearOldSouthernHome.jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	The Sound Shop, Nashville, TN
Genre:	Folk
Length:	42:27
Label:	Sugar Hill
Producer:	T. Michael Coleman
Chronology:	Doc Watson
Prev Title:	Songs for Little Pickers
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Remembering Merle
Next Year:	1992

My Dear Old Southern Home is the title of a recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson, released in 1991.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Owens wrote of the album "For some fans, My Dear Old Southern Home will seem like it lacks Watson's signature guitar work, but it's a wonderful, warm listen"

Track listing

1. "My Dear Old Southern Home" (Ellsworth Cozzens, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:22
2. "The Ship That Never Returned" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:15
3. "Your Long Journey" (Watson, Watson) – 2:45
4. "My Friend Jim" (Traditional) – 3:29
5. "No Telephone in Heaven" (A. P. Carter) – 4:33
6. "Dream of the Miner's Child" (Andrew Jenkins) – 2:51
7. "Wreck of the Old Number Nine" (Carson Robison) – 2:51
8. "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:50
9. "Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me" (Jimmie Davis, Bonnie Dodd) – 3:44
10. "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:53
11. "Signal Light" (Davis, Neal, Watson) – 2:48
12. "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry, Jimmie Long) – 4:20
13. "Life Is Like a River" (Watson) – 2:46

Personnel

• Doc Watson – guitar, autoharp, harmonica, vocals
• Jack Lawrence – guitar
• Sam Bush – mandolin
• T. Michael Coleman – bass
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Roy M. "Junior" Huskey – bass
• Alan O'Bryant – harmony vocals
• Mark Schatz – bass
• Jerry Douglas - dobro

Production notes

• Produced by T. Michael Coleman
• Engineered by Bil VornDick

External links

• Doc Watson discography