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2008-07-15

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ARTIST:       Norman & Nancy Blake
TITLE:        The Morning Glory Ramblers
LABEL:        Plectraphone Records
GENRE:        Folk
SOURCE:       CD
BITRATE:      153 kbps avg
PLAYTIME:     63:10
RELEASE DATE: 2004-00-00
RIP DATE:     2008-07-14

Track List
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1.  Sunny Side of Life               3:20
2.  Dark and Stormy Weather          3:42
3.  Precious Memories                3:47
4.  The Little Log Hut in the Lane   2:34
5.  All the Good Times Are Past and  4:34
    Gone
6.  We Are Climbing                  4:00
7.  Going Down the Valley            3:42
8.  I Loved You Better Than You      3:14
    Knew
9.  When the Roses Bloom in          4:26
    Dixieland
10. I Ain't Got Time                 3:08
11. The Way Worn Traveler            4:23
12. Rise When the Rooster Crows      3:07
13. Short Life of Trouble            5:12
14. Elijah's God Still Lives Today   2:50
15. Fame Apart From God's Approval   4:14
16. Dry Bones                        3:35
17. Men With Broken Hearts           3:22


Release Notes:

THE MORNING GLORY RAMBLERS is a jewel in the crown of the formidable
discographies of Norman and Nancy Blake. Though the two have enjoyed an ongoing
personal and professional relationship since the 1970s, their duo records are
few and far between, which makes this outing all the more enjoyable. Norman
participated in the O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? soundtrack, and both Norman and
Nancy performed in the attendant DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN tours. Not surprisingly,
the revitalized interest in early-20th-century rural-American forms sparked by
these activities informs this 2004 release.

From the daguerreotype-like photo of the couple on the cover to the choice
versions of old-time classics within, THE MORNING GLORY RAMBLERS draws a line
straight back to the beginning of the Americana tradition. Treatments of songs
by Johnny Matthias (1836's "The Way Worn Traveler"), the Carter Family ("Sunny
Side of Life"), and Hank Williams (the little-known ...

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