Jorma Kaukonen - 2018-08-01 New Hope Winery, New Hope, PA (Live) '2018

Tracks list

Tracklist
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01. Dime for Beer (Set 1) (Live)
02. Hesitation Blues (Set 1) (Live)
03. Been so Long (Set 1) (Live)
04. River of Time (Set 1) (Live)
05. Barbeque King (Set 1) (Live)
06. Another Man Done a Full Go Round (Set 1) (Live)
07. Sea Child (Set 1) (Live)
08. Trial by Fire (Set 1) (Live)
09. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here (Set 1) (Live)
10. Big River Blues (Set 1) (Live)
11. How Long Blues (Set 1) (Live)
12. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning (Set 1) (Live)
13. Nobody Knows You When Youre Down and out (Set 2) (Live)
14. Second Chances (Set 2) (Live)
15. Aint in No Hurry (Set 2) (Live)
16. Serpent of Dreams (Set 2) (Live)
17. San Francisco Bay Blues (Set 2) (Live)
18. Come Back Baby (Set 2) (Live)
19. I Am the Light of This World (Set 2) (Live)
20. Sleep Song (Set 2) (Live)
21. Good Shepherd (Set 2) (Live)
22. Watch the North Wind Rise (Set 2) (Live)
23. Winin Boy Blues (Set 2) (Live)
24. I Know You Rider (Set 2) (Live)
25. Water Song (Encore) (Live)

In a career that has already spanned a half-century, Jorma Kaukonen has been the
leading practitioner and teacher of fingerstyle guitar, one of the most highly
respected interpreters of American roots music, blues, and Americana, and at the
forefront of popular rock-and-roll. He was a founding member of two legendary
bands, The Jefferson Airplane and the still-touring Hot Tuna, a Grammy nominee,
a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the most in-demand instructor in
the galaxy of stars who teach at the Fur Peace Ranch Guitar Camp that he and his
wife operate in picturesque Southeastern Ohio. 

The son of a State Department official, Jorma Kaukonen, Jr. was born and raised
in the Washington D.C. area, with occasional extended trips outside the United
States. He was a devotee of rock-and-roll in the Buddy Holly era but soon
developed a love for the blues and bluegrass that were profuse in the clubs and
concerts in the nation’s capitol. He wanted to take up guitar and make
that kind of music himself. Soon he met Jack Casady, the younger brother of a
friend and a guitar player in his own right. Though they could not have known
it, they were beginning a musical partnership that has continues for over 50
years. 

Jorma graduated from high school and headed off for Antioch College in Ohio,
where he met Ian Buchanan, who introduced him to the elaborate fingerstyle
fretwork of the Rev. Gary Davis. A work-study program in New York introduced the
increasingly skilled guitarist to that city’s burgeoning
folk-blues-bluegrass scene and many of its players. After a break from college
and travel overseas, Jorma moved to California, where he returned to classes and
earned money by teaching guitar. It was at this time, that a banjo-playing
friend invited him to join a rock band, and although Jorma’s true passion
was roots music, he decided to join. In fact, the new band The Jefferson
Airplane got its name from Jorma, who was given the joke nickname Blind Thomas
Jefferson Airplane, parodying the names of blues legends. 

Jorma invited his old musical partner Jack Casady to come out to San Francisco
and play electric bass for The Jefferson Airplane, and together they created
much of The Jefferson Airplane’s signature sound. Jorma and Jack would
jam whenever they could and would sometimes perform sets within sets at Airplane
concerts. The two would often play clubs following Airplane performances. Making
a name for themselves as a duo, they struck a record deal, and Hot Tuna was
born. Jorma left The Jefferson Airplane after the band’s most productive
five years, pursuing his full-time job with Hot Tuna. 

Over the next three and a half decades Hot Tuna would perform thousands of
concerts and release more than two-dozen records. The musicians who performed
with them were many and widely varied, as were their styles—from acoustic
to long and loud electric jams but never straying far from their musical roots.
What is remarkable is that they have never coasted. Hot Tuna today sounds better
than ever, playing with the energy of their youth and the skill that they have
developed over the year...

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