My Dear Old Southern Home

My Dear Old Southern Home
Studio album by
Released1991
RecordedThe Sound Shop, Nashville, TN
GenreFolk
Length42:27
LabelSugar Hill
ProducerT. Michael Coleman
Doc Watson chronology
Songs for Little Pickers
(1990)
My Dear Old Southern Home
(1991)
Remembering Merle
(1992)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

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"[1]

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

  1. ^ a b Owens, Thom. "My Dear Old Southern Home > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.