While USA was in the throes of rock&roll's dawn, his ears were elsewhere as a devotee of acoustic blues-men of the past. After relocation to San Francisco, he was one of the first to back another recent arrival (from Texas) named Janis Joplin. As founding member of Jefferson Airplane, he became pioneering architect of the guitar sound that became the genre Psychedelic Rock. His music became soundtrack of the Counterculture and the Woodstock Generation, it's accompanying lifestyle and philosophy influenced millions. At the height of Airplane's fame as the most successful American rock band of the 1960s, he walked away to play roots music in Hot Tuna. The following decades he forged his own solo career and continued with Hot Tuna, was elected to the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame and founded the Fur Peace Guitar Ranch.
RIVER OF TIME is the perfect distillation of the journey, some 50 years after he bought his first guitar.
This album is produced by Larry Campbell (Dylan Band) at Levon Helm's Woodstock studio, RIVER features Levon on drums and a cast of stellar musicians including mandolin virtuoso Barry Mitterhoff. Campbell also plays and his wife Teresa Williams lends her outstanding vocal prowess.
Six songs in this album are Jorma originals, a prolific showcase with themes of family, friends and inspired memory throughout.
The album also revisits the blues and country music that Jorma first fell in love with in his youth, featuring bright new interpretations of Mississippi John Hurt, Merle Haggard and Rev. Gary Davis...and pays tribute to old friend "Pigpen" Ron McKernan on the Grateful Dead's "Operator." Whether reinterpreting classics or crafting new originals and shimmering instrumentals, RIVER OF TIME finds Jorma at the top of his game with inventive arrangements and his strongest songwriting to date.
Song Listings ;
1. Been So Long
2. There's A Bright Side Somewhere
3. Cracks In The Finish
4. Another Man Done A Full Go Round
5. Trouble In Mind
6. Izze's Lullaby
7. More Than My Old Guitar
8. Nashville Blues
9. A Walk With Friends
10. Operator
11. Preachin' On The Old Campground
12. River Of Time
13. Simpler Than I Thought
This album will be released on February 10, 2009
Listen to the samples of all songs and/or buy this album from amazon.com
Song Listings ;
1. Been So Long
2. There's A Bright Side Somewhere
3. Cracks In The Finish
4. Another Man Done A Full Go Round
5. Trouble In Mind
6. Izze's Lullaby
7. More Than My Old Guitar
8. Nashville Blues
9. A Walk With Friends
10. Operator
11. Preachin' On The Old Campground
12. River Of Time
13. Simpler Than I Thought
This album will be released on February 10, 2009
Listen to the samples of all songs and/or buy this album from amazon.com
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