My Dear Old Southern Home

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

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)

Reception

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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

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  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

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Production notes

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

References

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