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 "Blue Railroad Train" (Lionel Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:44 "Just Because" (Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin, Bob Shelton) – 4:16 "Blues Stay Away from Me" (Lionel Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Henry Glover, Wayne Raney) – 3:28 "Red River Blues" (Jimmie Davis) – 3:25 "Bread Line Blues" (Bernard Slim Smith) – 4:38 "Waiting for a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:26 "Those Gambler's Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:07 "Tom Cat Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:05 "Big River Blues" (Lionel Alton Delmore) – 3:01 "Prohibition Blues" (Clayton McMichen) – 4:13 "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" (Lou Herscher, Saul Klein) – 3:28 "You and My Old Guitar" (Jimmie Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams) – 2:45 "What are They Doing in Heaven Today?" (Traditional) – 3:20
Personnel 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 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 Chart (2002) PeakpositionBillboard Top Internet Albums9Billboard Heatseekers45
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