Quah (album)

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Quah
Studio album by Jorma Kaukonen
Released	1974
Recorded	October, 1972; February - May, 1973; May, 1974 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre	Folk Rock
Length	38:29
Label	Grunt
Producer	Jack Casady
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Jorma Kaukonen chronology
Quah (1974) Jorma (1979)

Quah is the first solo album by Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane. The album was recorded with Tom Hobson. The initial plan was to have side-A be Kaukonen and side-B be Hobson. However, RCA felt that Hobson's recordings would not be accepted by the public.^[1] Initially the record was planned to be released in mid-1973, but because of the issues with Hobson, Kaukonen returned to the studio to record new tracks for side B in May of 1974. Only "Blue Prelude" and "Sweet Hawaiian Sunshine" of the original 1974 release feature Hobson's lead vocal, although he also plays guitar on "I'll Let You Know Before I Leave." On the CD reissue, Hobson is featured on all bonus tracks except for "Lord Have Mercy."

RCA discontinued this project, but in 1987, Relix Records released it under license from RCA/ It was release a s vinyl and was one of the first CDs released by an independent record label in the USA. The first CD was 'pressed' in Switzerland, then Japan and finally, manufactured in the USA.

Relix also released a 'remastered' and graphically 'revised' version in the late 1990's with computer 'improved' tracks from the original masters.

A vast improvement over the previous releases, the remastered versions are hard to find and worth looking for.

In addition, Jorma said that he put Jack as producer to be nice to his co - musician. Some of the Relix releases, has the Jack referrence removed, but was put back in after the initial run of vinyl.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side One 1.2 Side Two 1.3 2003 CD Reissue Bonus Tracks 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side One

1. "Genesis" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 4:19
2. "I'll Be All Right" (Traditional / Rev. Gary Davis) – 3:08
3. "Song for the North Star" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 2:52
4. "I'll Let You Know Before I Leave" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 2:17
5. "Flying Clouds" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 4:07
6. "Another Man Done Gone" (Ruby Pickens Tart / Vera Hall / John Lomax / Alan Lomax) – 2:54

[edit] Side Two

1. "I Am The Light Of This World" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 3:46
2. "Police Dog Blues" (Blind Arthur Blake) – 3:45
3. "Blue Prelude" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:05
4. "Sweet Hawaiian Sunshine " (Tom Hobson) – 2:42
5. "Hamar Promenade" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 4:34

[edit] 2003 CD Reissue Bonus Tracks

1. Lord Have Mercy (Jorma Kaukonen) – 3:19
2. No Mail Today (Blind Johnny Davis) – 4:47
3. Midnight In Milpitas (Jorma Kaukonen) – 2:14
4. Barrier (unknown) – 4:42

[edit] Personnel

Genesis

• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
• Celli by Teressa Adams, Melinda Ross
• Violas by Nancy Ellis, Miriam Dye, Don Ehrlich, Mary Jo Ahlborn
• Violins by Nathan Rubin, Thomas Halpin, Daniel Kobialka, Carl Pederson, Eva Karasik, Anne Kish

I'll Be Alright

• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
• Arranged by Jorma Kaukonen

Song for the North Star

• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
• Celli by Teressa Adams, Melinda Ross
• Violas by Nancy Ellis, Miriam Dye, Don Ehrlich, Mary Jo Ahlborn
• Violins by Nathan Rubin, Thomas Halpin, Daniel Kobialka, Carl Pederson, Eva Karasik, Anne Kish

I'll Let You Know Before I Leave

• Jorma Kaukonen - Acoustic Guitar
• Tom Hobson - Acoustic Guitar

Flying Clouds

• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Lead Guitar
• Fiddle by Edward Neff
• Celli by Teressa Adams, Melinda Ross
• Violas by Nancy Ellis, Miriam Dye, Don Ehrlich, Mary Jo Ahlborn, Thomas Heimberg
• Violins by Nathan Rubin, Thomas Halpin, Daniel Kobialka, Carl Pederson, Eva Karasik, Anne Kish, Mischa Myers
• French Horn by Arthur Krehbiel

Another Man Done Gone

• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar / 12-String Slide Guitar

I Am the Light of This World

• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar

Police Dog Blues

• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
• Arranged by Jorma Kaukonen

Blue Prelude

• Tom Hobson - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
• Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Acoustic Guitar

Sweet Hawaiian Sunshine

• Tom Hobson - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
• Gene Tortora - Dobro

Hamar Promenade

• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
• Fingerstyle, rhythm and lead guitar parts by Jorma Kaukonen

Lord Have Mercy

• Jorma Kaukonen - Acoustic Guitar

No Mail Today

• Tom Hobson - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
• Jorma Kaukonen - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar

Midnight in Milpitas

• Tom Hobson - Acoustic Guitar Leads
• Jorma Kaukonen - Acoustic Guitar

Barrier

• Tom Hobson - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar

[edit] Production

• Produced by Jack Casady
• Production Coordinator: Pat Ieraci (Maurice)
• Recording and Mixing Engineer: Mallory Earl
• Strings arranged and conducted by Tom Salisbury
• Recorded at Wally Heider's, San Francisco
• Cover by Margareta
• Photographs by Jim Marshall
• Thanks to Gene Tortora

[edit] Notes

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