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@@stevefrench4759 Ah bummer! It is an amazing concert. Sadly I don’t, only the few tracks that I’ve posted from it

@@Backup6Box Ah, would you like for me to take the photo down? No, I like a lot of musicians in his and related genres of music, but I feel that his talent and breadth are somewhat under-recognized and there’s tons of publicly available material of his that isn’t on RUclips. Places like archive and sugarmegs are a gold mine for his stuff

@@RisingFawnArchives No don't take it down it is a nice shot. I use a lot of Sylvia's photographs on my own YT channel when putting up audio tracks. I know that Getty Images has some of her shots. Could you tell me if you had to pay Getty for using the shot? Rest assured I am not going to cause any problems. Sylvia's library contains thousands of shots of musicians, Mainly blues but also old time, some bluegrass, old time, jazz etc. The photograph you used was taken in 1997 at Wayne Henderson' annual guitar festival

Larry Sledge I believe

In interviews with Norman Blake he's stated that James is a kind of tune library, he just knows all the tunes lol

@@BURGRKNG In the 80's Dad stated that he estimated the three of them could play 24/7 for over a week and never play the same tune twice.

@@leeblake3989 oh hey man didn't notice the username 😂

@@BURGRKNG Lee is the greatest Norman Blake archivist/historian there is….

@@RisingFawnArchives I've spoken to him before via yt comments. I am mildly embarrassed at not noticing the username this time to say the least 😂😂 really enjoying your uploads btw idk where you got em but they sound really great

Thanks! Way more listenable than on Wolfgang’s or in a 2 hour mp3 file on archive.org imo. Norman has so much great live material even apart from the VHS specials that people have already shared here

Interesting, didn’t actually know he had written President Garfield’s Hornpipe himself. By the way, I have an idea for a website/database honoring your dad and would like your input on it if possible. Any interest in discussing over email?

@@RisingFawnArchives Made a mistake. Called Dad. He didn't write Garfileds Hornpipe. But, that is where he got the idea to name his hornpipes after Presidents.

@@leeblake3989 hmmm I was skeptical! By the way, did you get a chance to ask him about that recording with Jerry Garcia?

@@RisingFawnArchives I forgot! I will ask him when I talk to him in the next week.

Yeah after listening to Norman play for awhile, other flatpicking sounds quite thin. Even his most recent releases show this

He still is great

He is still very much alive

Yell tell him that davy crokett and Jesus love him and nance and merry Christmas

Thanks! No, I was almost 2 decades from being born when this recording was made. I found this concert on sugarmegs and decided to break it up into snippets and post to RUclips so as to be accessible to a broader audience

Fabulous.

This is folk music, Bud. Not country.

​@@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid Norman himself describes his music as Old Time Country.

@@oldtimetinfoilhatwearerNorman transcends genres!

Tell Norman and Nancy they have a big fan overseas in Vienna, Austria!

Love it! He’s still around, isn’t he?

Also, Lee, do you know the story of “Tinfoil and Stone”? It’s a very unusual song. Oddly mystical for something by your dad. It almost sounds like something from a romantic poet or a transcendentalist

@@RisingFawnArchives In the 70's Dad visited the falling down home of an artist (I will ask Dad who it was) and was very impressed. The song came from the visit.

@@leeblake3989 it’s a cool song. I like this version from what I guess was his first “solo” concert. I’m amazed at how many of his original songs he had written by 1972.

Oh and, 1 more great player-- Brian Sutton who came from Ricky Skaggs band--😉

@@richardbarrick1492 Look in to Clarence White, a great player and contemporary of Doc. Tragically killed at a young age

Absolutely….although Norman is a bit more of a generalist than the other people you list! He’s proficient on violin, mandolin, dobro, and banjo (in addition to being a great songwriter)!

​​@@RisingFawnArchivesthis kinda falls into the violin family but he is also apparently a proficient violist

Check out Brooks Forsyth. I recommend his first album, and his most recent. His albums are more fingerstyle focused, but he's an incredible flatpicker as well

No. I don't play any more. I wasn't good enough to run with the big dogs. That is the guitar Nancy plays all the time especially when she is playing rhythm.

Cool! I tried to include an image of him from around the time of the recording. I’m from Georgia, so I’ve driven past Rising Fawn on I-59 a few times (also visited Cloudland Canyon SP)

It’s hard to choose, but my favorite is either this one or The Railroad Days. I can’t find too many live recordings of either unfortunately. How is your dad doing these days?

@@RisingFawnArchives He is doing very well. His doctor said about 3 weeks ago that he is in better health now than when he was 60. His mind is very, very sharp. He plays probably 6-8 hours a day. He will be 87 in March.

@@RisingFawnArchives I live in Pelham, AL now. I am nearly blind and can't drive so my wife and I live near our youngest son. It is only 2 hours from Dad so I get to see him.

@@leeblake3989 That’s great to hear! It was wonderful to hear his playing on the new album with the Cashes and Jamie Hartford

I’m amazed that you can recognize it just by sound! Thanks for commenting. I hope your dad is well, he’s left a treasure trove of recordings behind for fans like me to sift through

@@RisingFawnArchives I was there. I remember what he was playing. It is the guitar on the cover of Whiskey Before Breakfast.

@@leeblake3989 it must have been a big deal for him to play at the GAMH. Did you accompany him on tour a lot?

@@RisingFawnArchives I did until about 1980. I was a good technical musician, but not good enough. Honestly, I was good enough to play back up fiddle, mandolin in many bands. But not good enough for Dad's level. I did not like being on the road, nor the amount of drugs in that environment. Dad did not drink and only smoked marijuana, but many people at the festivals used other drugs and drank heavily. I just didn't like the constant travel nor was I good enough talent.

@@leeblake3989 understandable. And kind of impressive that he didn’t drink, sounds hard to be a teetotaler in that scene. Does your dad know about all of the many obscure RUclips clips of his performances?