Norman Blake

Norman Blake (born March 10, 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American folk instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer. When Norman was one year old, his family moved to Sulphur Springs, Georgia where he was raised.

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Norman Blake (born March 10, 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American folk instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer. When Norman was one year old, his family moved to Sulphur Springs, Georgia where he was raised.

Although competent on the mandolin, fiddle, and banjo, Blake is mainly known for his guitar flatpicking. He has played backup for June Carter, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Baez, and John Hartford. Blake played on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and contributed to the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers film, O Brother Where Art Thou?.