Speaking of the Blues . . . .
In addition to Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, the other band I totally immersed myself in for years was Hot Fucking Tuna - in both their electric and acoustic variety. Jorma Kaukonen - while as liberal a hippy flake as your gonna find - is right up there as one of the pre-eminent blues guitarists around.
Fewer finer finger pickers.
Simply incredibly, and thankfully he had the sense to leave his band original band (Jefferson Airplane) to continue playing the blues, as opposed to the drug induced purgatory which Peter Green chose.
here they are in their electric glory
an as they should be, acoustic
and here they are, same song, in the wilds of Northern Jersey. this is from the summer of 1990. You can actually see me and my buds right at the front of the stage in this one. Cool! Jorma is just cruising up the neck in this one. He was at the top of his game then.
I love this clip from Simple Men. Hot Fucking Tuna.
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I just got a couple cool sets — Electric Hot Tuna and Acoustic Tuna from the Furthur Festival in ‘96. (Will post someday.) I’ll have to keep it in mind to maybe pick up a nice Soundboard of something cool from them.
Comment by Zoooma — March 27, 2008 @ 4:34 am
I love HFT! Sammy Piaza’s ex-wife is a friend of ours. She’s a real doll and has some great stories.
Comment by Abbadon — March 27, 2008 @ 10:22 pm