Blue Country Heart

Infobox Album |
Name = Blue Country Heart
Type = album
Artist = Jorma Kaukonen


Released = June 11th, 2002
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Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Roger Moutenot
Yves Beauvis
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Last album = "Jorma Kaukonen Trio Live" (2001)
This album = "Blue Country Heart"
(2002)
Next album = "Stars in My Crown" (2007)

"Blue Country Heart" is a Jorma Kaukonen studio album released in June, 2002. It was his first album on a major label since 1980's Barbeque King. Kaukonen didn't write any new compositions for the album, and instead played mostly country-blues cover songs. Kaukonen again relied on the talents of other musicians for this solo effort, but turned to musicians he had not previously worked with on any project. Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Byron House and Bela Fleck helped add more of the country flavor not present in previous Kaukonen solo efforts. The album was nominated for a Grammy award in 2003 for "Best Traditional Folk Album."

Track listing

#"Blue Railroad Train" (Lionel Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:44
#"Just Because" (Hubert A. Nelson, James D. Touchstone) – 4:16
#"Blues Stay Away from Me" (L. Delmore, R. Delmore, Henry Glover, Wayne Raney) – 3:28
#"Red River Blues" (Jimmie Davis) – 3:25
#"Breadline Blues" (Bernard Slim Smith) – 4:38
#"Waiting for a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:26
#"Those Gambler's Blues" (Rodgers) – 3:07
#"Tom Cat Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:05
#"Big River Blues" (L. Delmore) – 3:01
#"Prohibition Blues" (Clayton McMichen) – 4:13
#"I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" (Lou Herscher, Saul Klein) – 3:28
#"You and My Old Guitar" (Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams) – 2:45
#"What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" (Traditional) – 3:20

Personnel

*Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
*Sam Bush – mandolin, fiddle, background vocals
*Jerry Douglas – dobro, weissenborn
*Byron House – bass, background vocals
*Bela Fleck – banjo on "Just Because" and "Breadline Blues"

Production

*Roger Moutenot – producer, engineer, mixing
*Yves Beauvis – producer, A&R
*Tracy Martinson – engineer, digital recording
*John Hurlbut, K. C. Groves, Rob Clark – assistant engineers
*Ted Jensen – mastering
*Jorma Kaukonen – liner notes
*David Bett – art direction
*Danny Clinch, Glen Rose, Gil Gilbert – photography