Riding the Midnight Train

1986 studio album by Doc Watson, Merle Watson

Riding the Midnight Train

Studio album by

Doc Watson, Merle Watson

Released| 1986
Recorded| Studio 19, Nashville, TN
Genre| Folk, country blues, bluegrass
Length| 39:07
Label| Sugar Hill
Producer| Barry Poss
Doc Watson chronology
| Pickin' the Blues
(1985)  | Riding the Midnight Train
(1986)  | Portrait
(1987)

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Riding the Midnight Train is the title of a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1986. It is the last album Merle Watson recorded before he was killed in a tractor accident.

At the Grammy Awards of 1987, Riding the Midnight Train won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.

Guests include Béla Fleck, Sam Bush and Mark O'Connor.

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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## Track listing

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1. "I'm Going Back to the Old Home" (Carter Stanley) – 2:11
2. "Greenville Trestle High" (James Jett) – 3:25
3. "Highway of Sorrow" (Bill Monroe, Pete Pyle) – 2:48
4. "Fill My Way With Love" – 2:30
5. "We'll Meet Again Sweetheart" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) – 2:48
6. "Riding That Midnight Train" (Carter Stanley) – 2:04
7. "Stone's Rag" (Traditional) – 3:20
8. "Ramshackle Shack" (Wade Mainer) – 3:18
9. "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:31
10. "Baby Blue Eyes" (Jim Eanes) – 3:39
11. "What Does the Deep Sea Say?" (Wade Mainer) – 3:31
12. "Let the Church Roll On" (A. P. Carter) – 2:55
13. "Sweet Heaven When I Die" (Claude Grant) – 2:07

Track 7 "Stone's Rag" omitted from Sugar Hill cassette tape SH-C-3752.

## Personnel

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* Doc Watson – guitar, vocals
* Merle Watson – guitar, banjo
* T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
* Sam Bush – mandolin
* Béla Fleck – banjo
* Mark O'Connor – fiddle
* Alan O'Bryant – guitar, harmony vocals

Production notes

* Produced by Barry Poss
* Engineered and remixed by Richard Adler
* Photography by Will & Deni McIntyre
* Remixing by Barry Poss, Richard Adler, T. Michael Coleman
* Artwork by Raymond Simone

## References

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1. ^ Humphrey, Mark A. "Riding the Midnight Train > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.

## External links

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* Doc Watson discography

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Doc Watson

Studio albums|

* Doc Watson
* Doc Watson and Son
* Southbound
* Home Again!
* Ballads From Deep Gap
* Doc Watson in Nashville: Good Deal!
* The Elementary Doctor Watson!
* Then and Now
* Two Days in November
* Memories
* Doc and the Boys
* Lonesome Road
* Look Away!
* Red Rocking Chair
* Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album
* Down South
* Pickin' the Blues
* Riding the Midnight Train
* Portrait
* On Praying Ground
* My Dear Old Southern Home
* Docabilly
* Third Generation Blues

Collaborations|

* Strictly Instrumental
* Old-Timey Concert
* Reflections
* Doc & Dawg
* Del Doc & Mac

Live albums|

* Old-Timey Concert
* Doc Watson on Stage
* Live and Pickin'
* Songs for Little Pickers
* Remembering Merle
* Round the Table Again

Doc Watson Family|

* The Watson Family
* Treasures Untold
* Tradition
* Songs from the Southern Mountains

Compilations|

* The Essential Doc Watson
* Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962
* The Vanguard Years
* Watson Country
* The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968
* Foundation
* Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City
* Songs from Home
* Legacy
* Tennessee Stud
* Trouble in Mind: Doc Watson Country Blues Collection
* Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
* Black Mountain Rag
* Vanguard Visionaries
* Americana Master Series

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