Music CD - Jorma Kaukonen: Blue Country Heart

	Music CD: Blue Country Heart Artist: Jorma Kaukonen List Price: $6.99 Our Price: $4.62 Your Save: $ 2.37 ( 34% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sbme Special Mkts.
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Tracks: 1. Blue Railroad Train 2. Just Because 3. Blues Stay Away from Me 4. Red River Blues 5. Bread Line Blues 6. Waiting for a Train 7. Those Gambler's Blues 8. Tom Cat Blues 9. Big River Blues 10. Prohibition Blues 11. I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now 12. You and My Old Guitar 13. What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0886972366326 Label: Sbme Special Mkts. Manufacturer: Sbme Special Mkts. Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sbme Special Mkts. Release Date: 2008-02-01 Studio: Sbme Special Mkts.
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Blue Country Heart Comment: This is one of the best, if not the best country blues album in existence. I highly recommend both the singing and playing of all the artists involved. By this one!! Customer Rating: Summary: hall of fame stuff Comment: i found this jewel by accident thanks universe he's been with hot tuna i found out from a friend he was originally with jefferson airplane what more do we need? he has some real silky riffs great stuff buy 12 Customer Rating: Summary: Jorma's best and most unaffected work Comment: Jorma Kaukonen has said in interviews that this was the kind of music that got him started on guitar--that in fact, his father made a deal with him that if he learned to play 2 songs, the elder Kaukonen would buy his son a guitar. Both the songs Jorma learned were old-timey country songs (I recall one of them as being "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy"), so it would appear he has come full-circle. And how beautifully so--this album so moved me that, by the time I got to "Free From the Chain Gang Now," I had tears in my eyes. Nothing flashy, nothing showy--just Jorma and a few of his best professional friends (including Sam Bush and Bela Fleck) having a Sunday-afternoon jam on the porch. It could be rural Tennessee, a house in the Catskills of upstate New York (where I'm now writing this from), the Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio, even a suburban bungalow in Topanga Canyon, California; whatever the setting, you fully expect to look out on your porch and see Jorma and the boys out there, jamming away and inviting you to come listen and maybe even sing a few songs with them...real easy-like, friendly smiles all round. I, for one, would happily accept that invitation. So will you. Customer Rating: Summary: Flying A Different Kind of Airplane Comment: Though the title of this CD gives a hint of what is to come, I had no idea what to expect when I bought it. When I first popped it into my CD player the music sounded so okie that I laughed aloud. This is Jorma Kaukonen? And unless you have followed all of the ins and outs of his career, you might have the same reaction. I won't go into his musical past because if you are reading this, you are likely already familiar with him and his music. What you may not know of is his obvious fondness for bluegrass style music. If you are expecting guitar heroics, you won't find them here. If you are expecting a hard-driving rock recording, you won't find it here. But if you have any fondness in your heart for traditional American musical styles, this is a record for you! With Blue Country Heart, Jorma Kaukonen brings the listener forty-five minutes of fine toe-tappin', corn huskin', hoedown music. My favorites here are Blue Railroad Train, Just Because (which features some magnificent banjo picking by Bela Fleck), Red River Blues, Bread Line Blues, Tom Cat Blues, Big River Blues, and Prohibition Blues. The listener will find that Kaukonen's voice is perfectly suited to this type of music and his musicians are first-rate. I read a number of the reviews of this CD. A couple musical chauvinists complained of lack of authenticity. Do they really think that only people of a certain race can bring authenticity to the blues, that only hillbillies have bluegrass in their hearts? If they love the music of the original artist that much, they should be proud that Kaukonen is bringing that music to a new generation. If no one covered old songs, then memories of the great old songwriters would die with them and their contemporaries. I care less about authenticity than I do skill of interpretation, and on Blue Country Heart Kaukonen and company show great skill and feeling. Yeah, I could listen to Jimmie Rodgers, with whom I am familiar, if I just had to be strictly authentic in my musical tastes. But until I heard this record, I never heard of the Delmore Brothers or some of the other writers. Now that I have, I am more likely to seek out the originals. I think the record company missed an opportunity here to introduce Jorma Kaukonen to a new audience. With the current popularity of musicians like Allison Krause, and the attention to bluegrass generated by the popularity of the film "Wherefore Art Thou Brother?" this CD could have become a major seller. Kaukonen himself could promote the album by touring with Krause. Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Hot Tuna fans might be surprised to find Jorma Kaukonen flying a different kind of airplane, but country music fans might find themselves wondering why they had never heard of someone as good as Kaukonen is before. They certainly would be surprised to know where he came from after hearing this. I hope he does another like this soon. Four stars only because forty-five minutes is just not long enough. Customer Rating: Summary: Finger-pickin' Good! Comment: After hearing Hot Tuna live recently I had to check this CD out. Like Jerry Garcia, Jorma began to study and play American roots music long ago. Those who enjoy late 60's Grateful Dead (Cumberland Blues) or Jerry's work with mandolin-bluegrass master David Grisman may find similar pleasures await them here. Some will complain about Jack Cassidy's absence, but Jorma compensates by assembling the likes of Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, and Bela Fleck, modern bluegrass elites and Grisman associates. Whether this music may be blues or bluegrass, Jorma's partners have chops and authority second to none, and they break out with blazing spontaneity between verses. Jorma's warm grainy voice is in fine form and his distinctive tone seems just right for his amusing survey of depression-era songs about railroads, rivers, critters, and the tough life in general. If you like music that sounds like a bunch of hillbilly hippies pickin' n grinnin' on the back porch, this CD is worth your money. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Singer and guitarist extraordinaire Jorma Kaukonen was a devoted aficionado of early-20th-century rural music long before he cofounded Jefferson Airplane in 1965 and Hot Tuna some years later. On his new solo album, Kaukonen has found an imaginative setting to remind listeners how a fusion of styles and influences from both black and white musicians defined American country music in its formative decades. Included here are gems, both familiar and obscure, by the likes of Jimmie Rodgers, the Delmore Brothers, Jimmie Davis, Cliff Carlisle, and other country musicians who were clearly inspired by their blues cousins. Backed by the Nashville All-Stars, a supersonic string band comprising bluegrass masters Sam Bush (mandolin), Jerry Douglas (Dobro), Béla Fleck (banjo), and Byron House (stand-up bass), all playing on vintage 1920s and '30s acoustic instruments, Kaukonen revives and vividly reinterprets these blues-drenched country classics for a new generation of listeners. --Bob Allen