BLAKE, NORMAN
(*1938)
BLAKE, NORMAN (b. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 10, 1938) Blake is a pleasant-voiced SINGER/SONGWRITER who was most popular in the mid-1970s for his countryesque songs and superb instrumental skills. Blake was born in Tennessee but raised in Georgia, and could play a number of instruments by his teen years. In the mid-to-late 1950s he played MANDOLIN with a number of BLUEGRASS-flavored bands, including the Lonesome Travelers , who made two albums for RCA. After serving with the Army in the Panama…