Shacktown Road

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2007 studio album by Norman Blake, Nancy Blake, Tut Taylor

Shacktown Road

Studio album by

Norman Blake, Nancy Blake, Tut Taylor

Released| January 23, 2007
Genre| Americana, folk
Label| Dualtone
Norman Blake chronology
| Back Home in Sulphur Springs
(2006)  | Shacktown Road
(2007)  | Rising Fawn Gathering
(2009)

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Shacktown Road is an album by Americana and folk musicians Norman Blake, Nancy Blake and Tut Taylor,[1] released in 2007. It was the first time Blake and Taylor recorded together since they were members of John Hartford's Aero-Plain band in the 1970s.

## Track listing

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1. "Shacktown Road" (Tut Taylor) – 4:34
2. "Kindred Spirit" (Taylor) – 2:34
3. "Guitar Rag" (Traditional) – 3:21
4. "Not a Word from Home" (Roy Acuff) – 2:58
5. "The Old Dobro Man" (Taylor) – 3:59
6. "Worried Blues" (Traditional) – 4:21
7. "Tom Scala's Waltz" (Norman Blake) – 3:02
8. "Lizzie Hubbard Blues" (Taylor) – 6:31
9. "Going to Georgia" (Traditional) – 2:44
10. "Ode to Bascom" (Taylor) – 2:30
11. "On the Banks of Lake Pontchatrain" (Bryan) – 2:55
12. "It Must Be Jelly" (Taylor) – 2:13
13. "The Tag Railroad Rag" (Blake) – 3:33
14. "Running Wild" (Taylor) – 1:37
15. "Times Ain't Like They Used to Be" (Traditional) – 3:44
16. "End of the World" (Fred Rose) – 3:10
17. "Steel Guitar Blues" (Traditional) – 1:46
18. "The Buffalo Left Yesterday" (Taylor) – 2:19

## Personnel

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* Norman Blake – guitar, mandolin, dobro
* Nancy Blake – guitar, mandolin, cello, mandola
* Tut Taylor – dobro, vocals, recitation
* Joel Landsberg – bass

## References

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1. ^ "Blake". Johnson City Press. March 23, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2025.

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Norman Blake

Studio albums|

* Home in Sulphur Springs
* The Fields of November
* Old and New
* Live at McCabe's
* Whiskey Before Breakfast
* Blackberry Blossom
* Directions
* Nashville Blues
* Lighthouse on the Shore
* The Norman & Nancy Blake Compact Disc
* Blind Dog
* Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To
* While Passing Along This Way
* The Hobo's Last Ride
* Chattanooga Sugar Babe
* Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm
* Flower from the Fields of Alabama
* The Morning Glory Ramblers
* Back Home in Sulphur Springs

with the Rising Fawn String Ensemble|

* Rising Fawn String Ensemble
* Full Moon on the Farm
* Original Underground Music from the Mysterious South

With Tony Rice|

* Blake & Rice
* Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2

Soundtracks|

* O Brother, Where Art Thou?
* Cold Mountain
* Walk the Line

Compilation albums|

* Natasha's Waltz
* Slow Train Through Georgia
* Old Ties

Collaborations or as sideman|

* Nashville Skyline
* Aereo-Plain
* Will the Circle Be Unbroken
* Friar Tut
* Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns
* Norman Blake and Red Rector
* Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene
* Meeting on Southern Soil
* Steam Powered Aereo-Takes
* Shacktown Road
* Raising Sand
* Rising Fawn Gathering

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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