Hot Tuna

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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. Their early repertoire was derived mainly from the American country blues artists such as Rev. Gary Davis and Arthur Blake (Blind Blake). Casady and Kaukonen added Will Scarlett on harmonica and recorded 1969's Hot Tuna, which was followed by a long series of well received albums that played mostly to a small but devoted cult following. The band added violinist Papa John Creech and released albums First Pull Up, Then Pull Down (1971) and Burgers (1972). With such later albums as America's Choice (1975), Yellow Fever (1975), and Hoppkorv (1976), the band became a power trio with drummer Bob Steeler and turned to heavy rock. They are often considered a forerunner of modern jam bands, such as Phish.

Casady and Kaukonen went their separate ways in the late 1970's, but re-formed Hot Tuna in the mid-1980's with guitarist and producer Michael Falzarano. Falzarano stayed with the band until 2002 when he left to release and promote his solo album The King James Sessions, which features Pete Sears, another long-time member of Hot Tuna. Other musicians have come and gone over the group's several incarnations; the name Hot Tuna has essentially become shorthand for "Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen". Most recently (2004-2005), they have toured with multi-instrumentalist Barry Mitterhoff and drummer Erik Diaz.

As former members of the Jefferson Airplane, Kaukonen and Cassady are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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)
• In a Can (1996 compilation of Hot Tuna, First Pull Up Then Pull Down, Burgers, America's Choice and Hopkorv)
• Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic (1996)
• Classic Hot Tuna Electric (1996)
• Splashdown Two (1997)
• Live at Stokes (1997), later expanded and re-released as Live in Japan
• And Furthurmore... (1999)
• Trimmed & Burning (1995)

See also

• Hot Tuna discography from Music City
• Interview with Jorma - KyndMusic September 2005de:Hot Tuna

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