Blues Traveler (album)
# Blues Traveler (album)

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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |

Blues Traveler, the eponymous debut album from Blues Traveler, was released on A&M Records in 1990. The album features "jam structures on basic blues riffs" focused around the harmonica playing of band leader John Popper, which writer William Ruhlmann said gave the band a more focused sound than that of the Grateful Dead.

## Track listing

* "But Anyway" (Chan Kinchla, John Popper) – 4:10
* "Gina" (Kinchla, Popper) – 4:03
* "Mulling It Over" (Kinchla, Popper) – 3:43
* "100 Years" (Popper) – 3:43
* "Dropping Some NYC" (Kinchla, Popper, Bobby Sheehan) – 3:19
* "Crystal Flame" (Kinchla, Popper) – 9:39
* "Slow Change" (Kinchla, Popper) – 4:54
* "Warmer Days" (Popper) – 4:55
* "Gotta Get Mean" (Brendan Hill, Kinchla, Popper) – 3:49
* "Alone" (Popper) – 7:33
* "Sweet Talking Hippie" (Hill, Kinchla, Popper, Sheehan) – 6:22

## Personnel

### Blues Traveler

* John Popper – lead vocals, harmonica, 12-string acoustic guitar
* Chan Kinchla – guitar
* Bobby Sheehan – bass
* Brendan Hill – drums, percussion

### Additional personnel

* Chris Barron, Justin Niebank, Kevin Traynor – backing vocals on "Dropping Some NYC"
* Joan Osborne – backing vocals on "100 Years" and "Warmer Days"
* Howie Wyeth – piano on "Warmer Days"
* Arnie Lawrence – soprano saxophone on "100 Years"

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) | Gold | $500,000^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
