Jorma Kaukonen - Stars In My Crown
ARTIST.....: Jorma Kaukonen
TITLE......: Stars In My Crown
LABEL......: Red House Records Inc.
URL........: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7369670
RIP DATE...: Mar-10-2007
STORE DATE.: Mar-13-2007
GENRE......: Folk
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 72,10 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Heart Temporary 05:13
02 - Fur Peace Rag 03:01
03 - By The Rivers Of Babylon 04:54
04 - Living In The Moment 03:57
05 - Late Breaking News 03:03
06 - Come Back Baby 05:47
07 - Mighty Hard Pleasure 03:32
08 - No Demon 03:07
09 - There's A Table Sitting In Heaven 03:54
10 - When The Man Comes Around 04:04
11 - A Life Well Lived 04:00
12 - Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown 03:56
13 - Preacher Picked The Guitar 03:09
14 - Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown 01:03
(Instrumental)
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52:40 min
Release Notes:
Five years after Blue Country Heart, Stars in My Crown finds Jorma
Kaukonen continuing and expanding on that Grammy-nominated work.
It's again a relaxed setting, but the stylistic range has taken on
a compelling diversity. Not generally a prolific writer, Kaukonen
has written a welcome five of the disc's fourteen numbers this
time out. They range from the perfect and prayerful opener
"Overture: Heart Temporary," with its 12-piece string section
holding his acoustic guitar and vocal aloft, to the lilting
instrumental "A Life Well Lived." Kaukonen's choice of covers has
left him room to make them his own, while also adding to the
portrait of who he is as an artist, and how he got there. It would
be right to expect a Rev. Gary Davis song on this album, and there
are two of them, but it's his take on Johnny Cash's "The Man Comes
Around" that amazes. It's an audacious choice for reinterpretation
in which he both honors the original and finds a natural ease for
his own voice. Throughout the entire set, the small and subtly
varying ensemble plays with elegant style, peppered with
occasional playful hijinks.
Product Description
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-enshrined guitarist and founder of
Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna returns with a stunning acoustic
masterpiece, his first new recording since 2002's Grammy-nominated
Blue Country Heart.
Continuing the journey through American roots music he started in
the early 1960's, Jorma cooks up a tasty collection of down-home
blues, bluegrass, folk, country gospel and reggae. Stars In My
Crown was recorded in Nashville and is rooted in classic
Americana, flavored with a laid-back bluesy feel.
With fresh takes on soul-searching spirituals and many original
compositions, the new record is vastly more personal than previous
recordings, as evidenced by the self-penned "Heart Temporary," "A
Life Well Lived," and "Living In The Moment." The album reveals
Kaukonen's increasingly reflective outlook as the success of his
Fur Peace Guitar Ranch and his full and varied life of music and
family leads him to ask on the liner notes "Who would have thought
that life would be this good?"
Jorma's love for Lightnin' Hopkins manifests in "Come Back Baby,"
and his continued channeling of Reverend Gary Davis is heard in
"There's A Table Sitting In Heaven." A satisfying jewel is Jorma's
cover of the classic reggae song "The Rivers Of Babylon." After
Jerry Garcia gave him his first reggae album - the soundtrack to
the movie The Harder They Come - Kaukonen always wanted to record
the tune. "This is crucial reggae for sure," says Jorma.
Backing Kaukonen are the outstanding talents of Barry Mitterhoff
(Hot Tuna), Rob Ickes (Blue Highway), Reese Wynans (Stevie Ray
Vaughan's Double Trouble), Tim Stafford (Blue Highway, Alison
Krauss), Greg Leisz (Dave Alvin) and Sally Van Meter (Tony Furtado
Band). Produced by Byron House (Sam Bush Band), Stars in My Crown
is the album that fans and critics have been anxiously awaiting.