Blue Country Heart

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