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."

Blue Country Heart
Studio album by Jorma Kaukonen
Released	June 11, 2002
Label	Columbia
Producer	Roger Moutenot Yves Beauvis
Jorma Kaukonen chronology
Jorma Kaukonen Trio Live (2001) Blue Country Heart (2002) Stars in My Crown (2007)

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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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