Blues & Ballads: A Folksinger's Songbook, Vols. 1-2
Personnel: Luther Dickinson (vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano); Lillie Mae Rische (vocals, fiddle); Shardé Thomas (vocals, fife, drums); Amy LaVere (vocals, upright bass); Shontelle Norman, Sharisse Norman (vocals); Brad Hodge (guitar); Charles Hodges (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Jim Crosthwait (washboard, cardboard).Audio Mixer: Chris Bell .Recording information: Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL; Fleetwood Shack, Nashville, TN; Royal Studios, Mephis, TN; Sun Studio, Mephis, TN; Welcome To 1979, Nashville, TN; Zebra Ranch Electric Church and Fellowship Hall, Coldwa.Illustrator: Alan Nahigian.Blues & Ballads: A Folksinger's Songbook, Vols. 1-2 is the solo album Luther Dickinson has been hinting at for half a decade. In 2010, Home Sweet Home, a collection of old-time folk and blues standards, appeared by the South Memphis String Band (a collective of Dickinson, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Jimbo Mathus). Two years later, its follow-up, Old Times There..., was one of three Dickinson