Chattanooga Sugar Babe
# Chattanooga Sugar Babe

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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.

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

## Personnel

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