Chattanooga Sugar Babe

Chattanooga Sugar Babe
Cover art depicting three women standing on Main Street in 1895 Black River Falls, Wisconsin
Studio album by Norman Blake
Released	January 20, 1998
Genre	Americana, bluegrass, folk
Label	Shanachie
Producer	Norman Blake
Norman Blake chronology
The Hobo's Last Ride (1996) Chattanooga Sugar Babe (1998) Be Ready Boys: Appalachia to Abilene (1999)

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Chattanooga Sugar Babe is an album by the American musician Norman Blake, released in 1998.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Traditional Folk Album" category.

Critical reception

The Charleston Gazette called the album "dark, brooding, and brilliant," writing that Blake "plays and sings with a rough, reedy power closer in spirit to the dark holler laments of Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Dock Boggs than anyone currently living."

Track listing

All songs by Norman Blake unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Rescue from Moose River Goldmine" (Traditional) – 3:53
2. "The Weathered Old Caboose Behind the Train" – 4:13
3. "Ol' Bill Miner (The Gentleman Bandit)" – 5:56
4. "Poor Old Dad" (Traditional) – 3:01
5. "Chattanooga Sugar Babe" – 6:00
6. "Platonia, the Pride of the Plains" (Traditional) – 5:13
7. "Dr. Edmundo's Favorite Portuguese Waltz" – 4:37
8. "The Founding of the Famous C.P.R." (Traditional) – 6:51
9. "Paramount" – 6:25
10. "Keep Smiling Old Pal" (Traditional) – 4:10
11. "Balmullo House/Broke Down Gambler" (Traditional) – 3:22
12. "Ragtime Texas" – 3:23
13. "Chattanooga Rag" – 3:50
14. "Dixie Flyer Blues" (Traditional) – 4:06

Personnel

• Norman Blake – guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, vocals