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album, ''

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'', containing performances of

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s recorded during his solo tour in 1984. After

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had released two new live albums in the early 1990s on

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ed and produced new versions of the previous

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releases Kaukonen had made for Relix in the 1980s. ''Magic Two'' was the first remastered release.

Track listing

#"Walkin' Blues" (

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) – 4:02 #"Winin' Boy Blues" (

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) – 5:48 #"I'll Be Alright" (Traditional) – 3:34 #" Embryonic Journey" (

) – 2:12 #"Broken Highway" (Kaukonen) – 4:13 #"Candy Man" (

Rev. Gary Davis Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis (born Gary D. Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina and blind since infancy, ...

) – 3:11 #"Follow the Drinking Gourd" (Traditional) – 3:26 #"Rock Me Baby" (Traditional) – 4:29 #"Another Man Done Gone" (Ruby Pickens Tart,

Vera Hall Adell Hall Ward, better known as Vera Hall (April 6, 1902 – January 29, 1964) was an American folk singer, born in Livingston, Alabama. Best known for her 1937 song "Trouble So Hard", she was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame ...

John Lomax John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr. and Bess Lo ...

Alan Lomax Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a musician himself, as well as a folklorist, archivist, writer, sch ...

) – 4:43 #"Roads and Roads &" (Kaukonen) – 5:08 #"

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" (Traditional) – 4:23 #"Police Dog Blues" (

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) – 4:03 #"Come Back Baby" (

Lightning Hopkins Samuel John "Lightnin" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list o ...

) – 5:23 #"Mann's Fate" (Kaukonen) – 6:12

Personnel

- acoustic guitar, vocals

Production

*Leslie D. Kippel – producer, photography *

– associate producer, remastering *Ebet Roberts – photography

References

{{Authority control Jorma Kaukonen albums 1995 live albums Relix Records live albums