The The Land of Heroes [Record Store Day Exclusive Black & Gold Marbled Vinyl]

by Jorma Kaukonen

Overview

His third album release of 1995, The Land Of Heroes was Jorma Kaukonen's first new solo studio album in a decade. In the meantime, he had been part of reunions of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, but The Land Of Heroes was in the tradition of Quah, Jorma, and Too Hot To Handle, mostly acoustic collections that combined new originals (vocal tunes and instrumentals) with remakes of older originals and covers of songs from the standard folk-blues repertoire. Kaukonen has largely shied away from doing solo work in his career, and even here he worked closely with Michael Falzarano, who co-produced, played guitar and mandolin, and had writing credits on three songs. The one new Kaukonen song with lyrics, "From The Land Of Heroes," was a moving tribute to his Finnish ancestors, making you wish that he would spend more time writing, even though it was nice to hear Airplane remakes like "Trial By Fire" and blues songs by the Reverend Gary Davis. The Falzarano material was pedestrian, however. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	04/23/2022
Label:	Culture Factory / Fur Peace Ranch Records
UPC:	0819514012238
Rank:	37317

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jorma Kaukonen   Primary Artist,Dobro,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Fred Bogert   Bass,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Cathryn Craig   Vocals (Background)
Michael Falzarano   Guitar,Mandolin

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Fred Bogert   Engineer
Fred Karger   Composer
Jorma Kaukonen   Composer,Producer
Randy Kling   Mastering
Rev. Gary Davis   Composer
Michael Falzarano   Composer,Producer
James Jones   Composer
R. Wells   Composer
Luciano Viti   Photography