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

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

• 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

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