Album · Jorma Kaukonen
Quah by Jorma Kaukonen
Quah is an album by Jorma Kaukonen, released in 1974. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Genesis”, on 1 list with a best position of #193.
Quah, Jorma Kaukonen's first solo album, came out on Grunt in 1974, with his Hot Tuna partner Jack Casady producing. The plan was a split record with Tom Hobson, Kaukonen on one side and Hobson on the other, but RCA didn't think the public would take to Hobson's tracks. So the mid-1973 release slipped, and in May 1974 Kaukonen went back in to record a new second side.
Hobson still sings lead on "Blue Prelude" and "Sweet Hawaiian Sunshine" and plays guitar on "I'll Let You Know Before I Leave", but this is Kaukonen's show: quiet, intricate folk rock picked by the Jefferson Airplane guitarist far from the Airplane's roar. It kept coming back, reissued by Grunt in 1980 and by Relix in 1987, one of the first CDs from an American independent label. Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums later voted it number one among its long-forgotten gems.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Quah on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis | 1 | #193 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.