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recorded in 1980 with his then-current band Vital Parts. It was the last album Kaukonen recorded for RCA, as the company dropped him from the label due to poor sales.

Track listing

Side A

#"Runnin' with the Fast Crowd" (Wilcey, Denny DeGorio) – 2:52 #"Man for All Seasons" (Jorma Kaukonen, DeGorio) – 3:34 #"Starting Over Again" (Kaukonen, DeGorio, David Kahne, John Stench) – 3:16 #"Milkcow Blues Boogie" (

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) – 3:02 #"Road and Roads &" (Kaukonen) – 4:23

Side B

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" (Ethel Smith, Mickey Baker) – 3:32 #"To Hate Is to Stay Young" (Kaukonen) – 3:02 #"Rockabilly Shuffle" (Kaukonen) – 2:42 #"Snout Psalm" (Kaukonen, DeGorio) – 3:12 #"Barbeque King" (Kaukonen, John Stench) – 3:57 The original acoustic version of "Roads and Roads &" appeared on Jorma Kaukonen's second solo album ''

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Personnel

– guitars, vocals *Denny DeGorio – bass *John Stench – drums

Additional Personnel

*Hilary Stench – bass on "Starting Over Again" *Mike Butera – saxophone on "Love Is Strange" *Larry Whitman, Steve Huff – backing vocals on "Runnin' with the Fast Crowd" and "Starting Over Again"

Production

David Kahne David Kahne is an American record producer, musician, composer, and former record company executive. Professional career Kahne started his musical career as a working musician and soon became Director of A&R for America's first punk and ne ...

– producer, engineer *Wayne Lewis, La'ertes Lee Muldrow – second engineers *Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco *Mastered by John Golden at Kendun Recorders *Bill Thompson – manager *Jacky Kaukonen – secretary *Lora Lovrien – publicity

References

* {{Authority control Jorma Kaukonen albums 1980 albums Albums produced by David Kahne RCA Records albums