Stars in My Crown is a Jorma Kaukonen studio album released in 2007 on Red House Records. Kaukonen returned to songwriting with this album, and again incorporated the work of several contributing musicians including Barry Mitterhoff, who had been playing mandolin with Hot Tuna since 2002. The album made it to the Billboard chart for "Top Heatseekers" peaking at No. 37.
Contents
Track listing
"Overture: Heart Temporary" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 5:12
"Fur Peace Rag" (Kaukonen) – 3:00
"By the Rivers of Babylon" (Brent Dowe, Trevor McNaughton) – 4:54
"Living in the Moment" (Kaukonen) – 3:56
"Late Breaking News" (Kaukonen) – 3:03
"Come Back Baby" (Walter Davis) – 5:47
"Mighty Hard Pleasure" (Joe Croker) – 3:31
"No Demon" (Byron House) – 3:06
"There's a Table Sitting in Heaven" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 3:54
"The Man Comes Around" (Johnny Cash) – 4:03
"A Life Well Lived" (Kaukonen) – 4:00
"Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?" (John R. Sweney, Eliza E. Hewitt) – 3:55
"Preacher Picked the Guitar" (Roy Book Binder) – 3:08
"Instrumental Reprise: Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?" (Sweney, Hewitt, arranged by Davis, Ernie Hawkins) – 1:03
Personnel
Heart Temporary
Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, acoustic guitar
Barry Mitterhoff – bouzouki
Byron House – upright bass
Andrea Zonn, Conni Ellisor, David Angell, Mary Kathryn VanOsdale, Pamela Sixfin – violins
Chris Farrell, James Grosjean, Kristin Wilkinson, Monisa Angell – violas
John Catchings, Kirsten Cassel – cellos
Fur Peace Rag
Jorma Kaukonen – acoustic guitar
Barry Mitterhoff – mandolin
Byron House – upright bass
Jim Hoke – clarinet
By the Rivers of Babylon
Jorma Kaukonen – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Barry Mitterhoff – mandolin
Byron House – upright bass
Chris Brown – drums, percussion
Ed Gerhard – weissenborn
Fred Eltringham – cowbell, guiro, shaker
Phil Madeira – organ
Ann McCray, Gale West – support vocals
Henry House, Lily Mitterhoff, Maya Mitterhoff, Tessa Mitterhoff, Truman House – children's support vocals
Production
Byron House – producer
Gary Paczosa – recordist, engineer
Recorded in Nashville at 17 Grand, Sound Emporium and Minutia
Mixed in Nashville at Minutia
Additional recording by Ed Cash at Ed's in Franklin, TN; Phil Madeira at Planet of the Tapes in Brentwood, TN; Kyle Ford at Sound Emporium in Nashville; Byron House at Embassy Suits Room 708 in Austin; Brandon Bell at Minutia in Nashville; Sheriff Bob at Sheriff Studios in New York City
Brandon Bell, Joey Crawford, Kyle Ford, Stephen Sharp – assistant engineers
Danny Weiss, Mary Olive Smith, Stephanie Mitterhoff – NYC special assistants
Mastered by Jim DeMain at Yes Master in Nashville
Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangement and contractor for "Heart Temporary"
Stephen Lamb – music preparation for "Heart Temporary"
Photography – Christopher M. Kehoe