 Hot Tuna at Merlefest, 2006. Left to right, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen and Barry Mitterhof. Hot Tuna is an American band, formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as an acoustic (and occasionally electric blues) spin-off of Jefferson Airplane. According to the liner notes on the 1977 Jefferson Airplane compilation album, Flight Log, Kaukonen and Casady originally wanted to call their band "Hot Shit," but RCA executives intervened and convinced the duo to give their band the less offensive name. Ironically, the band's fans often refer to them loudly as "Hot Fucking Tuna." Even Airplane lead vocalist Grace Slick, who joined the two on stage for their performance of "Third Week in the Chelsea" during the Airplane's 1989 reunion tour, introduced the pair with the middle expletive. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1957x1389, 549 KB) Other versions Originally from en. ...
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MerleFest is an annual Americana music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina by Wilkes Community College at the end of April. ...
Jack Casady playing with Hot Tuna in 2005. ...
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Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the LSD-influenced psychedelic rock (or acid rock) movement. ...
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Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing, October 30, 1939 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship, and also as a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the...
At first Hot Tuna used to open Airplane concerts and afforded Kaukonen and Casady the opportunity to further explore and develop their love of traditional blues music. As Jefferson Airplane slowly wound down in the early 1970s, the splinter group, to whom live performance was always of prime importance, became a new musical entity in its own right.
Their early repertoire was derived mainly from American country blues artists such as Rev. Gary Davis, Jelly Roll Morton, Bo Carter and Arthur Blake (Blind Blake). Originally a duo, Casady and Kaukonen added Will Scarlett on harmonica and released a live album in 1970, Hot Tuna. This album was recorded in the fall of 1969 at the New Orleans House in Berkeley and is affectionately known by Tunaphiles as the "breaking glass album", because of the sound of breaking beer glasses during the recording of "Uncle Sam Blues". This LP was followed by a long series of well received albums that played mostly to a small but devoted cult following. Aside from the eight year breakup after 1978, Hot Tuna have continued to perform to the present day. Reverend Gary Davis (Blind Gary Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972) was an African American blues and gospel singer and guitarist. ...
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Hot Tuna is the eponymous first album by the rock group Hot Tuna. ...
Following the release of the eponymous debut album, the band went electric and added violinist Papa John Creach and Texan drummer Sammy Piazza and issued the album First Pull Up, Then Pull Down recorded live at the Chateau Liberte, Santa Cruz, CA, in April 1971. The studio albums Burgers (1972) and Phosphorescent Rat (1973) followed. These two albums featured compositions mainly of Kaukonen original material and included some of the guitarist's most delicate and poetic works. David Crosby sang supporting vocals on the Burgers track "Highway Song," and keyboards player Nick Buck made his first appearance on what would become a semi permanent tenure during the 1970s. The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ...
Papa John Creach (born May 8, 1917 in Bever Falls, MA died February 22, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA) was the fiddler for Jefferson Airplane, The Dinosaurs, and Steve Taylor. ...
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The year 1974 marked a departure from their primarily bluesy, acoustic style when TUNA morphed into a heavy rock band. The albums America's Choice (1975), Yellow Fever (1975), and Hoppkorv (1976), showcase a power trio with the addition of new drummer Bob Steeler.This trilogy is referred to by the group as their "Rampage years." Kaukonen's electric guitar playing was exceptionally multi-layered as evidenced by the solos on "Funky #7" and "Serpent of Dreams" on America's Choice. This style continued on Yellow Fever, on tracks such as "Song for the Fire Maiden," "Sunrise Dance with the Devil," and the closing number "Surphase Tension." Hot Tuna live performances during this period were typified by freeflow improvisational jams and very long sets (up to six hours uninterrupted) with extended versions of their studio material. They are often considered a forerunner of modern jam bands, such as Phish. Americas Choice was the fifth album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, recorded in 1974 and released the following year. ...
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The term jam band is commonly used to describe psychedelic rock-influenced bands whose concerts largely consist of bands reinterpreting their songs as springboards into extended improvisational pieces of music. ...
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After the release of the double live album Double Dose in 1977 and the compilation Final Vinyl in 1978, Casady and Kaukonen went their separate ways and pursued short-lived careers in the new wave bands SVT and Vital Parts, respectively. They re-formed Hot Tuna in the mid-1980s with guitarist and producer Michael Falzarano. Their first album of all new material in almost 14 years was 1990s Pair of Dice Found with New Yorker Harvey Sorgen playing drums. Kaukonen and Falzarano both contributed original songs. A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ...
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Guitarist, singer, songwriter Michael Falzarano has been a working musician for the past 35 years, most notably in Hot Tuna, the famed offspring of Jefferson Airplane, and in The Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock ‘n’ roll/blues band that he founded in 1986. ...
Throughout the 1990s, Tuna again alternated between acoustic and electric styles. The two Sweetwater albums were predominantly acoustic sets with guests Bob Weir from the Grateful Dead, singer Maria Muldaur and ex-Jefferson Starship keyboards player Pete Sears; the latter was to join the group on a permanent basis during the decade. The 1997 release Live in Japan was in many ways reminiscent of the very first Hot Tuna album, having a minimalistic sound and being recorded live at a tiny venue (Stove's in Yokohama). Falzarano stayed with the band until 2002 when he left to release and promote his solo album The King James Sessions, which also featured Pete Sears. Robert Hall Weir (October 16, 1947–) is an American guitar player, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. ...
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Maria Muldaur (Born Maria DAmato on September 12, 1943 in New York) is a roots-folk singer best known for her song Midnight at the Oasis. ...
Pete Sears has played Keyboards or Bass Guitar with a large variety of artists, including the classic Rod Stewart albums, Gasoline Ally, Every Picture Tells a Story, Never a Dull Moment and Smiler. Pete was with the Jefferson Starship from 1974 to 1987 and currently plays in the Jorma Kaukonen...
Other musicians have come and gone over the group's several incarnations, as Hot Tuna has always been a fluid aggregation, but the name "Hot Tuna" has essentially become shorthand for "Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen." Most recently (2004-2006), they have toured with multi-instrumentalist Barry Mitterhoff and drummer Erik Diaz. In April 2006, Hot Tuna appeared at Merlefest, America's largest folk music festival. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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MerleFest is an annual Americana music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina by Wilkes Community College at the end of April. ...
Throughout the band's history they garnered much fan support based on their pro-taping policy, allowing fans to record their live shows. Recently (July 2006) the band has changed their stance, no longer permitting taping.
As former members of Jefferson Airplane, Kaukonen and Casady are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the LSD-influenced psychedelic rock (or acid rock) movement. ...
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Discography
Albums - Hot Tuna (1970)
- First Pull Up, Then Pull Down (1971)
- Burgers (1972)
- The Phosphorescent Rat (1973)
- Quah (1974) (by Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson, produced by Jack Casady)
- America's Choice (1975)
- Yellow Fever (1975)
- Hoppkorv (1976)
- Double Dose (1977)
- The Last Interview? (1978)
- Final Vinyl (1979 compilation)
- Splashdown (1984)
- Historic Hot Tuna (1985)
- Pair a Dice Found (1990)
- Live at Sweetwater (1992)
- Live at Sweetwater 2 (1993)
- Trimmed & Burning (1995)
- Land of Heroes (1995)
- In a Can (1996 compilation of Hot Tuna, First Pull Up Then Pull Down, Burgers, America's Choice and Hoppkorv)
- Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic (1996)
- Classic Hot Tuna Electric (1996)
- Splashdown Two (1997)
- Live at Stove's (1997), later expanded and re-released as Live in Japan
- The Best of Hot Tuna (1998)
- And Furthurmore... (1999)
Hot Tuna is the eponymous first album by the rock group Hot Tuna. ...
Burgers is the third album by Hot Tuna, the Folk Rock off-shoot of Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and Papa John Creach. ...
Americas Choice was the fifth album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, recorded in 1974 and released the following year. ...
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