The Land of Heroes

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The Land of Heroes
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ReleasedSeptember 15th, 1995
Label Relix Records
Producer Michael Falzarano
Jorma Kaukonen chronology
Magic Two
(1995)
The Land of Heroes
(1995)
Christmas
(1996)
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The Land of Heroes is a Jorma Kaukonen studio album recorded and released in 1995. It was his first new solo album since the mid-1980s. The album incorporated the work of several other musicians, including Michael Falzarano, who had joined Hot Tuna and produced remastered versions of Kaukonen's older Relix Records vinyl releases. Falzarano also produced the new album, and co-wrote some tracks.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Re-Enlisment Blues" (James Jones, Robert Wells, Fred Karger) – 4:09
  2. "Trial by Fire" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 4:02
  3. "Do Not Go Gentle" (Kaukonen) – 3:31
  4. "From the Land of Heroes" (Kaukonen) – 2:52
  5. "It's a God Almighty World" (Michael Falzarano) – 3:36
  6. "Follow the Drinking Gourd" (Traditional) – 4:52
  7. "Banks of the River" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 3:33
  8. "Judge, I'm Not Sorry" (Falzarano) – 4:03
  9. "Dark Train" (Kaukonen, Falzarano) – 5:06
  10. "Have More Faith in Jesus" (Davis) – 2:47

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. The Land of Heroes at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2011.