Blue Country Heart

2002 studio album by Jorma Kaukonen

Blue Country Heart

Studio album by

Jorma Kaukonen

Released| June 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."

## Track listing

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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

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

### Production

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* 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

## Charts

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Chart (2002)  | Peak
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Billboard Top Internet Albums  | 9
Billboard Heatseekers  | 45

## References

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

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Jorma Kaukonen

Studio albums|

* Quah
* Jorma
* Barbeque King
* Too Hot to Handle
* Embryonic Journey
* The Land of Heroes
* Christmas
* Too Many Years
* Blue Country Heart
* Stars in My Crown
* River of Time
* Ain't In No Hurry
* The River Flows

Live albums|

* Magic
* Magic Two
* Jorma Kaukonen Trio Live

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