My Dear Old Southern Home

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{{Infobox album

| name = My Dear Old Southern Home

| type = studio album

| artist = Doc Watson

| cover = MyDearOldSouthernHome.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1991

| recorded = The Sound Shop, Nashville, TN

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk

| length = 42:27

| label = Sugar Hill

| producer = T. Michael Coleman

| chronology = Doc Watson

| prev_title = Songs for Little Pickers

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Remembering Merle

| next_year = 1992

}}

My Dear Old Southern Home is the title of a recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson, released in 1991.

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web |first= Thom |last=Owens |title= My Dear Old Southern Home > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r94540 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 2, 2011}}

}}

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Owens wrote of the album "For some fans, My Dear Old Southern Home will seem like it lacks Watson's signature guitar work, but it's a wonderful, warm listen"

Track listing

  1. "My Dear Old Southern Home" (Ellsworth Cozzens, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:22
  2. "The Ship That Never Returned" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:15
  3. "Your Long Journey" (Watson, Watson) – 2:45
  4. "My Friend Jim" (Traditional) – 3:29
  5. "No Telephone in Heaven" (A. P. Carter) – 4:33
  6. "Dream of the Miner's Child" (Andrew Jenkins) – 2:51
  7. "Wreck of the Old Number Nine" (Carson Robison) – 2:51
  8. "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:50
  9. "Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me" (Jimmie Davis, Bonnie Dodd) – 3:44
  10. "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:53
  11. "Signal Light" (Davis, Neal, Watson) – 2:48
  12. "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry, Jimmie Long) – 4:20
  13. "Life Is Like a River" (Watson) – 2:46

Personnel

Production notes

  • Produced by T. Michael Coleman
  • Engineered by Bil VornDick

References

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