Track Listing

1. Green Leaf Fancy
2. Last Train from Poor Valley
3. White Oak Swamp
4. Graycoat Soldiers
5. Southern Railroad Blues
6. Lord, Won't You Help Me
7. Krazy Kurtis
8. Coming Down from Rising Fawn
9. Uncle
10. Old Brown Case
11. Fields of November
12. Widow's Creek
13. Bristol in the Bottle
14. Billy Gray
15. Forked Deer
16. Cuckoo's Nest
17. Witch of the Wave
18. My Old Home on the Green Mountain Side
19. Miller's Reel
20. Dry Grass on the High Fields
21. Harvey's Reel
22. Railroad Days
23. Valley Head
24. Sweet Heaven
25. Ajimina
26. Flat Rock

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61153 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Best of
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Chamber music from mysterious South
This recording, actually a compilation of two records released by Flying Fish Records in the 70's, provides the bridge between Norman's early solo work and his later efforts with the Rising Fawn String Ensemble. A marvelous mix of original songs (Graycoat Soldiers, Old Brown Case, Billy Gray, Last Train from Poor Valley) and traditional tunes (most interesting - a three-part Cuckoo's Nest) presented with understated elegance, mostly by Norman with Nancy Short (later Nancy Blake), Charlie Collins, Tut Taylor, and Sand Mountain fiddler James Bryan.

This one, by the way, drives guitar players crazy due to the fact that Norman doesn't always play in standard (A=440) tuning, preferring to tweak the strings up or down just a bit as it fits the song. Norman once said at a workshop "Sometimes I guess I just hear a song a little different than standard..."

great album for civil war reenactors
this is a great album theres a song on it graycoat soldiers that any civil war reenactor can connect with

Fields of November - Norman Blake
I found Fields Of November in a used record store in Orlando, Fla. in 1992 after buying Home In Sulphur Springs (Norman Blake & Tut Taylor) the year before. Definitely a priceless part of my collection. It was the first time I'd heard Norman and Nancy together and was hooked on their blend of harmony. Nancy's cello is a perfect match for Norman's pickin'. There's a special feeling of comfort listening to their music. Fields Of November is a must for anyone interested in traditional American music. If you don't have it yet, check out Home In Sulphur Springs, and you'll see where his roots come from.