River of Time is a Jorma Kaukonen

Jorma Kaukonen

Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...

 studio album released in 2009 and his 2nd on Red House Records. The album reached #21 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 "Top Heatseekers" chart, and has received generally favorable reviews. All new recordings make up the album with a combination of songs that had been previously recorded by Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna is an American blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane. It plays acoustic and electric versions of original and traditional blues songs.- Jefferson Airplane side project :...

, covers, and new compositions. The album was recorded at Levon Helm

Levon Helm

Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....

's studio, and Helm plays drums on some of the tracks.

Track listing

1. "Been So Long" (Jorma Kaukonen
   Jorma Kaukonen
   Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 3:58
2. "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 3:01
3. "Cracks in the Finish" (Kaukonen) – 3:30
4. "Another Man Done a Full Go Round" (Roy Book Binder
   Roy Book Binder
   Roy Book Binder is an American blues guitarist. A student and friend of the Rev. Gary Davis, he is equally at home with blues and ragtime, he is known to shift from open tunings to slide arrangements to original compositions, with both traditional and self-styled licks...
   
   ) – 3:39
5. "Trouble In Mind" (Traditional) – 3:25
6. "Izze's Lullaby" (Kaukonen) – 3:32
7. "More Than My Old Guitar" (Merle Haggard
   Merle Haggard
   Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
   
   ) – 3:45
8. "Nashville Blues" (Alton Delmore
   The Delmore Brothers
   Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore , billed as The Delmore Brothers, were country music pioneers and stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s...
   
   , Raybon Delmore
   The Delmore Brothers
   Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore , billed as The Delmore Brothers, were country music pioneers and stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s...
   
   ) – 3:23
9. "A Walk with Friends" (Kaukonen, Barry Mitterhoff, Larry Campbell) – 4:33
10. "Operator" (Ron McKernan) – 3:48
11. "Preachin on the Old Camp Ground" (Mississippi John Hurt
    Mississippi John Hurt
    John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt was an American country blues singer and guitarist.Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine...
    
    ) – 3:48
12. "River of Time" (Kaukonen) – 2:56
13. "Simpler Than I Thought" (Kaukonen) – 6:10

Personnel

• Jorma Kaukonen
  Jorma Kaukonen
  Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...
  
   – guitars, vocals
• Larry Campbell – guitar, baritone guitar, tenor guitar, resophonic guitar, fiddle, dobro, mandolin, cittern, percussion
• Barry Mitterhoff – banjo, mandolin, tenor guitar
• Lincoln Schleifer – bass
• Levon Helm
  Levon Helm
  Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....
  
  – drums on "Cracks in the Finish" and "Trouble in Mind"
• Teresa Williams – vocals on "More Than My Old Guitar", "Nashville Blues" and "Preachin' on the Old Camp Ground"
• Myron Hart – bass on "More Than My Old Guitar" and "Nashville Blues", vocals on "Preachin' on the Old Camp Ground"
• Justin Guip – drums on "More Than My Old Guitar", "Nashville Blues", and "Operator"

Production

• Larry Campbell – producer
• Justin Guip – engineer
• David Glasser – mastering
• Recorded and mixed at Levon Helm Studio, Woodstock, NY
• Scott Hall – cover photography
• James Russick Smith – studio photography
• Kevin Morgan Studio – art, design

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2009	Billboard Top Heatseekers	21
2009	Billboard Top Heatseekers (Middle Atlantic)	5
2009	Billboard Top Heatseekers (Northeast)	6