Whiskey Before Breakfast is an album of American

United States

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 guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 Norman Blake

Norman Blake (American musician)

Norman Blake is an instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years Blake has played in a number of folk and Country groups...

, released in 1976.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Jim Smith gave the release five of five stars, writing "All told, there have been many albums in the folk idiom featuring many a guitar virtuoso, but very few achieve such a mix of relaxed subtlety and eye-popping virtuosity, and Whiskey Before Breakfast will perhaps stand as the greatest achievement by this master picker."

Track listing

1. "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" – 3:28
2. "Under the Double Eagle" (Josef Wagner
   Josef Wagner (composer)
   Josef Franz Wagner was an Austrian military bandmaster and composer. He is sometimes known by the sobriquet 'The Austrian March King'....
   
   ) – 2:44
3. "Six White Horses" (Traditional) – 5:00
4. "Salt River" – 1:39
5. "Old Grey Mare" (Traditional) – 3:31
6. "Down at Milow's House" (Blake) – 1:20
7. "Sleepy Eyed Joe/Indian Creek " (Traditional) – 3:38
8. "Arkansas Traveler
   The Arkansas Traveler (song)
   "The Arkansas Traveler" was the state song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963; it has been the state historical song since 1987. The music was composed in the 19th century by Colonel Sanford C...
   
   " (Traditional) – 3:04
9. "The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee" (Traditional) – 2:54
10. "The Minstrel Boy to the War Has Gone/The Ash Grove" – 3:02
11. "Church Street Blues" (Blake) – 2:55
12. "Macon Rag" (Blake) – 2:44
13. "Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast" (Traditional) – 3:34
14. "Slow Train Through Georgia" (Blake) – 4:07

Personnel

• Norman Blake – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Charlie Collins – guitar

Production notes

• Douglas Parker – cover design
• J.D. Sloan – photography
• Sundance – engineer