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}}
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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
- "My Dear Old Southern Home" (Ellsworth Cozzens, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:22
- "The Ship That Never Returned" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:15
- "Your Long Journey" (Watson, Watson) – 2:45
- "My Friend Jim" (Traditional) – 3:29
- "No Telephone in Heaven" (A. P. Carter) – 4:33
- "Dream of the Miner's Child" (Andrew Jenkins) – 2:51
- "Wreck of the Old Number Nine" (Carson Robison) – 2:51
- "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:50
- "Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me" (Jimmie Davis, Bonnie Dodd) – 3:44
- "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:53
- "Signal Light" (Davis, Neal, Watson) – 2:48
- "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry, Jimmie Long) – 4:20
- "Life Is Like a River" (Watson) – 2:46
Personnel
- Doc Watson – guitar, autoharp, harmonica, vocals
- Jack Lawrence – guitar
- Sam Bush – mandolin
- T. Michael Coleman – bass
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Roy M. "Junior" Huskey – bass
- Alan O'Bryant – harmony vocals
- Mark Schatz – bass
- Jerry Douglas - dobro
Production notes
- Produced by T. Michael Coleman
- Engineered by Bil VornDick
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19991012050130/http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3448/docmerle.html Doc Watson discography]
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