''The Company You Keep'' is the eighth studio album by

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John Gorka John Gorka (born July 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. In 1991, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement." Personal life Gorka was raised in the Colon ...

. It was released on March 13, 2001, by

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. The album debuted at number two on the ''Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart'' for March 2001 and was ranked sixth on the year-end chart for 2001.Top Albums of March 2001
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compiled by Richard Gillmann from FolkDJ-L radio playlists. The tracks receiving the most airplay were "What Was That", "Oh Abraham", "Let Them In", and "People My Age". Consistent with previous albums, many of Gorka's musician friends join him on various tracks. His guests include such talents as

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, and

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Track listing

All songs written by John Gorka. # "What Was That" – 5:17 # "A Saint's Complaint" – 4:08 # "Oh Abraham" – 4:21 # "When You Walk In" – 3:21 # "Shape of the World" – 3:03 # "Morningside" – 3:46 # "When I Lost My Faith" – 4:48 # "Joint of No Return" – 2:58 # "Let Them In" – 4:53 # "Over There" – 2:35 # "Hank Senior Moment" – 2:06 # "Around the House" – 3:20 # "Wisheries" – 5:53 # "People My Age" – 2:16

Personnel

– Harmony *

– Guitar, Harmony *

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– Organ, Piano, Production Assistant * Dirk Freymuth – Guitar * Rob Genadek – Engineer, Mastering, Mixing * Heidi Gerber – Remote Recording *

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– Remote Recording *

– Guitar, Tambourine, Vocals, engineer *

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– Engineer * Gordon Johnson – Bass * Kathleen Johnson – Harmony *

– Harmony * Shane T. Keller – Engineer *

– Guitar (Electric), Remote Recording *

– Guitar *

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– Bass, Remote Recording * Ann Marsden – Photography *

– Fiddle *

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– Percussion, Drums * Tommy Tucker – Engineer, Mixing

References

External links

''The Company You Keep''
lyrics and samples from official John Gorka web site

from

* ''The Company You Keep''entry at the ''

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