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Hooray, I lost my Jorma Kaukonen "QUAH" CD ...

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because I missed the CD so much, I bougth the 2003 BMG re-issue!!!
What an IMPROVEMENT over the original cd sonically!
Plus, there are 4 previously unreleased bonus tracks, two of which feature "forgotten" QUAH collaborator, the late Tom Hobson.
If you already have the QUAH cd, I would recommend that you "upgrade" to this re-issue.
If you have never heard of this record, it's well worth looking into. The material is top-notch, from beginning to end -- including some of Kaukonen's own compositions, as well as traditinal spritual and blues classics.
Kaukonen was lead guitarist of the Jefferson Airplane, founding member of Hot Tuna, and an absolutely first-rate practitioner of pop-oriented acoustic blues and gospel.
Kaukonen's more recent "Blue Country Heart" on SACD is also splendid, and a demo-quality recording soncically.

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Jorma - McGruder 21:00:12 02/23/07 (7)
Quah is my favorite of Jorma's solo efforts. It was jormas music and the material with Hot Tuna that I made me aware of Blind (Reverend) Gary Davis back in the 70's. The previously unreleased tracks are nice bonuses on the remasteres Quah.
Blue Country Heart is a nicely recorded SACD. Coincidentally I was listening to this exact disc before I set out to see California Guitar Trio in Frederick, MD tonight.
I'm really looking forward to hearing the impending release of "Stars in My Crown".

Ken
- Re: Jorma - halfnote 21:52:08 02/23/07 (6)
  I guess STARS IN MY CROWN is a release of the California Guitar Trio?? Tell me more, if you can. What do the have to do with Jorma?
  - Re: Jorma - McGruder 04:04:48 02/24/07 (5)
    Sorry - Last night I saw CGT, and I was just bragging about it :) It was late and the British ales I enjoyed last night impaired my writing skills.
    "Stars in My Crown" is a new Jorma CD due to release sometime in March.
    
    Ken
    - Who is on it with him? - LWR 06:20:42 02/24/07 (4)
      please remind us when you find that it is out.....
      - All kinds of good stuff coming out.... - McGruder 07:46:05 02/24/07 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Who is on it with him? posted by LWR on February 24, 2007 at 06:20:42:
        
        Here's the line-up:
        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.
        I have to say that last year when I saw Hot Tuna live with David Bromberg, I was a bit underwhelmed by Jorma's peformance (and Bromberg made the show). I consider it an off night for Jorma, as he has been a modern day blues master on other occasions.
        Bromberg has a new CD called "Try Me One More Time" which is soon to be released. This is his first release since 1990-something.
        There's also a new Ry Cooder CD about to be released called "My Name is Buddy".
        I've got all of these on pre-order.
        
        Ken
        Jorma - Stars in My Crown (Open in New Window)
        
        I have Ry on pre-order myself - LWR 07:52:42 02/24/07 (2)
        
        In Reply to: All kinds of good stuff coming out.... posted by McGruder on February 24, 2007 at 07:46:05:
        
        is the Jorma being released as SACD? I may wait for awhile to see.....terrific line up, thanks for the tip.
        
        Re: I have Ry on pre-order myself - McGruder 08:12:55 02/24/07 (1)
        
        In Reply to: I have Ry on pre-order myself posted by LWR on February 24, 2007 at 07:52:42:
        
        No announcement on the Jorma release at sa-cd.net so I'm guessing it will not be released on that format.
        Blue Country Heart is a lot of what is good about SACD. Very dynamic, extended, and the details sound very smooth. The redbook version also sounds very good, but the SACD is better.
        I'd like to order used remastered versions of the 2 Hot Tuna Live at Sweetwater CD's someday.
        
        Ken
        
        BCH - LWR 08:20:02 02/24/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: I have Ry on pre-order myself posted by McGruder on February 24, 2007 at 08:12:55:
        
        is an outstanding disc. The sound is textbook perfect and the cast of pickers is top shelf as well. I stun my guests with it often....
didn't he say that CD was "nasty brutish, and short"? - Duilawyer 07:17:31 02/23/07 (4)
Somebody. Anybody?
- Re: didn't he say that CD was "nasty brutish, and short"? - halfnote 18:23:08 02/23/07 (1)
  Wasn't it Neil Young who made those disparaging comments about CD, which always seemed kind of hyprocritical to me, since the sonics of many of his recordings is undistinguised, and a few, downright poor.
  - Re: didn't he say that CD was "nasty brutish, and short"? - McGruder 04:14:43 02/24/07 (0)
    Several of NY's his remastered releases are encoded with HDCD and sound very good to me. On the other hand, my digital player decodes HDCD information so I'm realizing some additional potential in the recording. I sure wish that "After the Gold Rush" would get remastered, because both my LP and CD sound like total shit.
    
    Ken
- Quah????????????? - dave c 11:55:27 02/23/07 (1)
  Its alright, he's from the Bay Area.
  - Re: Quah????????????? - McGruder 20:46:08 02/23/07 (0)
    Actually Jorma and Jack Cassidy were from Washington DC.
    
    Ken
Cool! - kerr 05:12:45 02/23/07 (0)
I've got in on vinyl but it might be worth rebuying for the extra tracks.
Police Dog Blues is a killer track!
Re: Hooray, I lost my Jorma Kaukonen "QUAH" CD ... - simon wagstaff 04:22:15 02/23/07 (0)
Let's not forget the great work he did with Phil Lesh and his band!

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