Meeting on Southern Soil

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Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, the music critic Chris Nickson wrote of the album, "Albums like this renew the roots of American music, bringing new blood (tunes and songs) into what is really a flowing river of history. To hear these two together is a sheer joy and a triumph of musical skill and love."[1]

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "Blackberry Blossom" – 3:37
2. "Rise When the Rooster Crows " – 3:14
3. "President Richard Milhous Nixon's Hornpipe" (Ostroushko) – 3:17
4. "Blake's Railroad Blues" (Blake) – 8:45
5. "Muddy Creek" – 2:59
6. "Little Bessie" – 6:03
7. "Chickamauga" (Ostroushko) – 4:03
8. "Only a Bunch of Violets" – 4:33
9. "Oklahoma Redbird" – 2:44
10. "I Cannot Call Her Mother" – 3:46
11. "Marjorie's Waltz #3" (Ostroushko) – 6:52
12. "The Old Hickory Cane" – 3:19
13. "Oh Death" – 4:53
14. "Mandolin Medley: Caperton Ferry/Ruins of Richmond/Valley Head" (Blake) – 4:58
15. "The Little Log Hut in the Lane" – 2:40
16. "Christmas Eve Is Coming, Anna" (Ostroushko) – 3:04

• Peter Ostroushko – guitar, mandolin, fiddle, mandola, vocals
• Norman Blake – guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Nancy Blake – cello

• Norman Blake – mixing
• Peter Ostroushko – mixing
• Jim Emrich – engineer
• David Glasser – mastering
• Carla Leighton – art direction, design
• Billy Pierce – assistant engineer
• Lane Brown Taylor – photography