Old Futures Gone is the ninth studio album by folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 John Gorka

John Gorka

John Gorka is a contemporary American folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."-Biography:...

. It was released on September 23, 2003 by Red House Records

Red House Records

Red House Records is an American independent record label specializing in folk music and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.The label was originally created in 1981 by Greg Brown as a method to distribute his own music, and is named for a farmhouse in Iowa where he was living...

. The album debuted at number two on the Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart and reached number one in October 2003. Gorka shares writing credit with his wife, Laurie Allman, for the lyrics of "Trouble and Care".

Lucy Kaplansky

Lucy Kaplansky

Lucy Kaplansky is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky also has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University.-Biography:...

, Alice Peacock

Alice Peacock

Alice Peacock is an American folk singer and has recorded three independent albums. A native of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, she is based in Chicago, Illinois, where she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at U.S...

, Kathleen Johnson and Joel Sayles each add harmony vocals

Harmony

In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...

 to various tracks.

Track listing

1. "Dogs & Thunder" (Gorka) – 5:20
2. "Always" (Gorka) – 3:55
3. "Look the Other Way" (Gorka) – 3:11
4. "Outside" (Gorka) – 4:48
5. "Trouble & Care" (Allmann, Gorka) – 4:16
6. "Make Them Crazy" (Gorka) – 3:15
7. "Old Future" (Gorka) – 3:55
8. "Lay Me Down" (Gorka) – 4:18
9. "Shapes" (Gorka) – 3:49
10. "Soldier After All" (Gorka) – 4:27
11. "Poor Side" (Gorka) – 4:46
12. "War Makes War" (Gorka) – 4:06
13. "If Not Now" (Gorka) – 1:33
14. "Riverside" (Gorka) – 4:01

Credits

• Marc Anderson
  Marc Anderson
  Marc Anderson is an American percussionist who has toured and recorded with Steve Tibbetts since 1977. He hasalso toured and/or recorded with artists such as Lorie Line, Bradley Joseph, Butch Morris, Tony Moreno, Don Cherry, Peter Ostroushko, Claudia Schmidt, Dave Moore, Greg Brown, Max Roach, Taj...
  
   – Percussion, Drums
• Jim Anton
  James Anton
  James "Jim" Anton, is an American bass guitarist who has toured and/or recorded with such artists as Steve Tibbetts, Bradley Joseph, Jesse Johnson, Willie Wisely, Choying Drolma, Peter Ostroushko, Mandy Moore, John Gorka, Joey McIntyre, Delta Goodrem, Glen Phillips, and Jonny Lang. He has also...
  
   – Bass
• Rick Barnes
  Rick Barnes
  Richard Dale Barnes is the current head coach of the University of Texas Longhorns men's basketball team. He has coached Texas for the last twelve seasons, taking the team to the NCAA Tournament each year, including a Final Four appearance led by T. J. Ford in 2003...
  
   – Engineer
• J. T. Bates – Drums
• Zack Bates – Assistant Engineer
• Dirk Freymuth – Guitar (Electric)
• Rob Genadek – Percussion, Tambourine, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• John Gorka
  John Gorka
  John Gorka is a contemporary American folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."-Biography:...
  
   – Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Vocals
• Kathleen Johnson – Harmony Vocals
• Lucy Kaplansky
  Lucy Kaplansky
  Lucy Kaplansky is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky also has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University.-Biography:...
  
   – Harmony Vocals
• Carla Leighton – Art Direction, Design
• Noah Levy – Drums
• Dean Magraw
  Dean Magraw
  -Biography:Magraw was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in St. Paul. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. Magraw performed in a duo for many years with Peter Ostroushko and has also performed with Tim Sparks, John Gorka and many other artists....
  
   – Guitar (Electric)
• Ann Marsden – Photography
• John Munson
  John Munson
  John Munson is a Minneapolis musician who is best known as the bass player for Semisonic. He was also a member of Trip Shakespeare during the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Trip Shakespeare:...
  
   – Bass
• Gene Paul – Mastering
• Alice Peacock
  Alice Peacock
  Alice Peacock is an American folk singer and has recorded three independent albums. A native of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, she is based in Chicago, Illinois, where she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at U.S...
  
   – Harmony Vocals
• Rob & The Players – Arranger
• Joel Sayles – Harmony Vocals
• Enrique Toussaint – Bass
• Jeff Victor – Keyboards
• Ben Wittman – Engineer

External links

• John Gorka, official web site
• Old Futures Gone page from Red House Records
  Red House Records
  Red House Records is an American independent record label specializing in folk music and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.The label was originally created in 1981 by Greg Brown as a method to distribute his own music, and is named for a farmhouse in Iowa where he was living...
  
  
• [ Old Futures Gone] entry at the Allmusic
• "John Gorka Pleases in Piermont", by Vinny Cohan WDFH-FM 90.3 (Review of live performance, January 18, 2004)