Hot Tuna appreciation thread

[Old and In the Way]

OK, I'll start-

"Keep Your Lamplights Trimmed and Burning"

A gritty, rockous, bluesy electric rock tune......and I kinda liked old Papa John playing that soaring electric fiddle.....

[billyoc]

1. Tell me, how long,

do I have to wait...

[Old and In the Way]

8. Hesitation Blues

Can I get you now or do I have to hesitate....

Jorma really covered the old Blues standards well, no?



<not you of course>

[billyoc]

13. lol, I know not me. I saw them in '79

wow, that's a long time ago. :)

[candy]

2. I'm so old I thought this was about food----LOL n/t

[TheFarseer]

3. I accidentally downloaded "Keep your lamps...."

and I kept it around for a long time cause I liked it.

[Old and In the Way]

6. I heard the tune of the Bangledesh album ..................

Ended up buying the album just t get that tune.

Of course, accoustic Tuna is mighty fine, too. "Down and Out" is a pretty damn good tune for these times....

[gnofg]

4. electric

I saw the first electric hot tuna at the village vanguard in NY in 1970 with 300 people and probably seen Hot Tuna or the Airplane 23 times. Jorma and Jack yeah!!

[Old and In the Way]

5. I was always partial to the Hot Tuna side of the Airplane......

The Starship thing kinda sucked.

:-)

Saw Jorma and Jack at a brewary/bar in Bethel, Maine a few years back....outdoors....excellent....

[gnofg]

7. early starship

Early starship was good. I saw a terrific show at Saratoga in 1975. However nothing like the Airplane. I saw them at an outside show at Stonybrook 6 days after Kent State.

[Old and In the Way]

9. Those were the days...............

Maybe it's just me, but damn, the music was flat out great in the 70s.

[DenverDem]

10. Not just you, music was revolutionary and inspired in the 70's

The Airplane was my band.

Volunteers for America.

We Can Be Together.

Wooden Ships. That was some powerful shit.

Jorma and Jack are still awesome. But, man, I miss the days when music actually changed your life.

[gnofg]

12. listening

Listening to The other side of this life on vinyl. Wooden ships was just great. If you can get a copy of woodstock 2 there are 3 great airplane songs on it.

[Old and In the Way]

19. Yes, it was exciting times for music.

Airplane put tension in their music and their message....remember 30 Seconds Over Winterland/"Have You Seen the Saucers"?

I saw more than that with a dose of windowpane charging through through the nueral networks.......

[gnofg]

11. agree

It's not you, music ws truly inspirational. They were teaching a course at Univ of Rochester that covered rock from 64-71. It was the only time that the artists and not the producers had control of the music. Also that rock came out of folk and folk was an intellectual movement. The were the times of the great social movements. The musician were actually smart. Compare them to Motley crue(Dumb)

[Old and In the Way]

14. Seems the scene started to change in the mid-70s......

I loved the whole electric R&R/R&B sound, but the music began to change in the mid-late 70s. I had friends that were into Stix, Foreigner, Kansas stuff.....I couldn't go there.

[gnofg]

16. producers

producers and top 40 hits took over. The rock of the late 60's and early 70's just can't be touched.

[gnofg]

17. Fighting

We're fighting the same fucks all over again

[punpirate]

15. "Water Song"

One of my favorites....

[Old and In the Way]

18. Hi punpirate

Listened to Ellen McIllwaine album....good stuff!

[peacefreak]

20. Ohmigod

Hot Tuna & Ellen Mcillwaine in the same thread??? There is a God.
I thought everyone had forgotten her. She's amazing.
Back to the Tuna question, Jorma is a genius. From the beauty of Embryonic Journey to Blue Country Heart, he puts his soul out for all to see. I've seen them in tiny bars to major revues, never been disappointed.

[tibbiit]

21. Commander Cody

Another great band from the sameish spawn:)
tib

[Old and In the Way]

24. The Commander!

I was stumbling around Boston (somewhere close to Kenmore Square) with some friends in the early 70's....heard this outrageous music and boogy-woogy piano spilling out on the street. Had to check it out. There were maybe 100 people in the club.....whatta night....

[Bluzmann57]

22. Hot Tuna?!

Wow haven't heard about those guys in a long time. Two faves of mine are "Day to Day out the Window Blues" from the "The Phosphorescent Rat" lp and "Hot Jellyroll Blues" from "Yellow Fever". What is Jorma Kaukonen doing these days anyway?

[peacefreak]

23. He's still playing

and running something called "Fur Peace Ranch" a guitar camp in Ohio.
Still playin' with Jack. Check out "Blue Country Heart". Possibly the best work of his career.

[peacefreak]

25. Hey, Old & in the Way--FYI

Hot Tuna--Boothbay Opera House--Nov. 30. $30.00 Barry Mittenhoff playing, also.