Old Futures Gone is the ninth studio album by folk singer-songwriter John Gorka. It was released on September 23, 2003, by Red House Records. The album debuted at number two on the Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart and reached number one in October 2003.Top Albums of September 2003 and October 2003 compiled by Richard Gillmann from FolkDJ-L radio playlists. Gorka shares writing credit with his wife, Laurie Allman, for the lyrics of "Trouble and Care".
Lucy Kaplansky, Alice Peacock, Kathleen Johnson and Joel Sayles each add harmony vocals to various tracks.
Track listing "Dogs & Thunder" (Gorka) – 5:20 "Always" (Gorka) – 3:55 "Look the Other Way" (Gorka) – 3:11 "Outside" (Gorka) – 4:48 "Trouble & Care" (Allmann, Gorka) – 4:16 "Make Them Crazy" (Gorka) – 3:15 "Old Future" (Gorka) – 3:55 "Lay Me Down" (Gorka) – 4:18 "Shapes" (Gorka) – 3:49 "Soldier After All" (Gorka) – 4:27 "Poor Side" (Gorka) – 4:46 "War Makes War" (Gorka) – 4:06 "If Not Now" (Gorka) – 1:33 "Riverside" (Gorka) – 4:01
Personnel
Marc Anderson – Percussion, Drums Jim Anton – Bass Rick Barnes – Engineer J. T. Bates – Drums Zack Bates – Assistant Engineer Dirk Freymuth – Guitar (Electric) Rob Genadek – Percussion, Tambourine, producer, engineer, Mixing John Gorka – Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Vocals Kathleen Johnson – Harmony Vocals Lucy Kaplansky – Harmony Vocals Carla Leighton – Art Direction, Design Noah Levy – Drums Dean Magraw – Guitar (Electric) Ann Marsden – Photography John Munson – Bass Gene Paul – Mastering Alice Peacock – Harmony Vocals Rob & The Players – Arranger Joel Sayles – Harmony Vocals Enrique Toussaint – Bass Jeff Victor – Keyboards Ben Wittman – Engineer
References
External links John Gorka, official web site Old Futures Gone page from Red House Records "John Gorka Pleases in Piermont", by Vinny Cohan WDFH-FM 90.3 (Review of live performance, January 18, 2004)