Blue Country Heart

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Blue Country Heart
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 11, 2002
Label Columbia
Producer Roger Moutenot
Yves Beauvis
Jorma Kaukonen chronology
Jorma Kaukonen Trio Live
(2001)
Blue Country Heart
(2002)
Stars in My Crown
(2007)
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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 did not write any new compositions for the album, and instead played mostly country-blues cover songs. The album features performances by Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Byron House and Bela Fleck, and was nominated for a Grammy award in 2003 for "Best Traditional Folk Album."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Blue Railroad Train" (Lionel Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:44
  2. "Just Because" (Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin, Bob Shelton) – 4:16
  3. "Blues Stay Away from Me" (Lionel Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Henry Glover, Wayne Raney) – 3:28
  4. "Red River Blues" (Jimmie Davis) – 3:25
  5. "Bread Line Blues" (Bernard Slim Smith) – 4:38
  6. "Waiting for a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:26
  7. "Those Gambler's Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:07
  8. "Tom Cat Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:05
  9. "Big River Blues" (Lionel Alton Delmore) – 3:01
  10. "Prohibition Blues" (Clayton McMichen) – 4:13
  11. "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" (Lou Herscher, Saul Klein) – 3:28
  12. "You and My Old Guitar" (Jimmie Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams) – 2:45
  13. "What are They Doing in Heaven Today?" (Traditional) – 3:20

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Billboard Top Internet Albums9
Billboard Heatseekers45

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References

  1. Johnson, Zac. Blue Country Heart at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2011.