| Product Summary | | Label: Koch Entertainment Dist | | UPC: 00033651020226 | | Release Date: 3/13/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204110745 | | Item#: M3GQER | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2007 Red House
(C) 2007 Red House
| | 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?"
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Jorma Kaukonen (acoustic guitar); Todd Suttles, Byron House (bass voice); Ed Gerhard, Tim Stafford (acoustic guitar); Greg Leisz (electric guitar); Fats Kaplin (pedal steel guitar); Rob Ickes (resonator guitar); Barry Mitterhoff, Jason Burleson (banjo); Shawn Lane (mandolin); Conni Ellisor, Andrea Zonn, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Pamela Sixfin, David Angell (violin); James Grosjean, Chris Farrell, Kristin Wilkinson, Monisa Angell (viola); Kirsten Cassel, Kristin Cassel, John Catchings (cello); Jellyroll Johnson (harmonica); Jim Hoke (soprano saxophone); Reese Wynans (piano); Phil Madeira (Hammond b-3 organ); Chris Brown (drums); Fred Eltringham (cowbells); Henry House, Lily Mitterhoff, Maya Mitterhoff, Tessa Mitterhoff, Truman House, Shirley Settles, Ann McCrary, Sally Van Meter, Gale West, Calvin Settles, Odessa Settles (background vocals). |
Producer: Byron House |
Engineer: Stephan Sharp; Brandon Bell; Joey Crawford; Kyle Ford |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/13/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : RHRCD202 | | Label : Red House Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 52m : 32s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00033651020226 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Down Beat (p.73)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "The Hot Tuna mainstay sings charmingly, [and] plays acoustic guitars larded with hushed conviction...."Dirty Linen (p.49)
- "[T]he contentment that Kaukonen has found in his life shines through STARS IN MY CROWN, which is one of the high points of the guitarist's long and accomplished career." Living Blues (p.89)
- "Kaukonen can still turn a Lightnin' Hopkins or Rev. Gary Davis cover with great feeling, and he delivers a couple of lightly swinging originals with charm and flair." Living Blues (p.47)
- "Throughout this relaxed and honest set Kaukonen gives his band members plenty of room in which to express their own individual personalities." |
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