Riding the Midnight Train
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Riding the Midnight Train
- Artist: Doc Watson
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- Release Date: 1986
- Total Time: 39:07
- Genre: Folk
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This bluegrass album has Nashville super-pickers Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, and Bela Fleck. These are the last recordings of Merle Watson. ~ Mark A. Humphrey, Rovi| Riding the Light Into the Birds Eye (2011 Album by Jason Ajemian & the Highlife) | |
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Riding the Midnight Train
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| Studio album by Doc Watson, Merle Watson | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Studio 19, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Folk, country blues | |||
| Length | 39:07 | |||
| Label | Sugar Hill | |||
| Producer | Barry Poss | |||
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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.
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Track listing
- "I'm Going Back to the Old Home" (Carter Stanley) – 2:11
- "Greenville Trestle High" (James Jett) – 3:25
- "Highway of Sorrow" (Bill Monroe, Pete Pyle) – 2:48
- "Fill My Way With Love" – 2:30
- "We'll Meet Again Sweetheart" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) – 2:48
- "Riding That Midnight Train" (Carter Stanley) – 2:04
- "Stone's Rag" (Traditional) – 3:20
- "Ramshackle Shack" (Wade Mainer) – 3:18
- "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:31
- "Baby Blue Eyes" (Jim Eanes) – 3:39
- "What Does the Deep Sea Say?" (Wade Mainer) – 3:31
- "Let the Church Roll On" (A. P. Carter) – 2:55
- "Sweet Heaven When I Die" (Claude Grant) – 2:07
Track 7 "Stone's Rag" omitted from Sugar Hill cassette tape SH-C-3752.
Personnel
- 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 Robert Brown
- Remixing by Barry Poss, Richard Adler, T. Michael Coleman
- Artwork by Raymond Simone
References
- ^ Humphrey, Mark A.. "Riding the Midnight Train > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r94538. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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