New memoir from Jorma Kaukonen
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This just popped up on my FB page. Jorma has a memoir coming out on 8/28. This should be a great read. With a foreword by Grace Slick & afterword by Jack Casady. I’m looking forward to picking it up.
https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/been-so-long/?utm_source=fbad&ut...
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^^^^^Jorma with Bryan Sutton
^^^^^Jorma with Bryan Sutton Band at Fur Peace Station on 8/18/18.
Vanessa Kaukonen offered to hand deliver copies of the new book prior to the official release date.
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I'm guessing the early to mid
I'm guessing the early to mid 80's are a little spotty.
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This ought to be a good read.
This ought to be a good read.
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I just proudly bought from
I just proudly bought from the Fur Peace Ranch, after waiting for some cash to come in.
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The Jorma book just got
The Jorma book just got delivered. Very happy about that ~
Looks great!
Thanks to the folks at the Fur Peace Ranch who have been patent with me as well
It comes with a new 5 song CD called :
"Been so Long"
1- Been So Long, 11/2/1998, The Barrel House, Cinn., Ohio
2-Song for the High, 11/23/1979, The Palladium, NYC
3-Broken Highway, 6/26/1986, Brownies 23 East Cabaret, Adamore Pa
4-River of Time, 3/9/2008, Suffolk Theater, NY, 3/9/2008
5-In My Dreams, 3/5/2016, Infinity Music Hall, Hartford, CT
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I'm guessing the early to mid 80's are a little spotty<<
Probably for the best. Human self-defense mechanisms
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Pretty good read so far. I
Pretty good read so far. I just finished through the part where he's learning finger-picking at Antioch College. Pakistan, Egypt, The Phillipines, Finland...the guy got around.
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Cool Dave.
Cool Dave.
Did yours come with a CD too?
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Yes it did. Haven't checked
Yes it did. Haven't checked that out yet.
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Hot Tuna Electric with Steve
Sweet venue nestled in the hills, over looking San Jose. Fantastic show, Jorma & Jack are looking and sounding great!
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Great seats too, you couldn't
Great seats too, you couldn't get any closer. thx
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Well, actually one could get
lol, actually one could get a couple of rows closer. Just sayin..
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Great show last night. Some
Great show last night. Some songs I hadn't heard in a while. Was a little sad that the venue was only about half sold. Those guys deserve a full house.
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How was the sound? It was not
How was the sound? It was not great in Seattle, Portland and Eugene (see I don’t know Jack but I met Jorma thread).
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I bought the Been So Long
I bought the Been So Long book last night at the Hot Tuna (Electric Trio +1) concert at Mountain Winery, and got it signed by Jorma after the show. Fabulous music, and a moment to shake hands and chat with one of my heroes made it it worth the trek up and down the windy road to this odd venue.
Great show. Many highlights. Music that puts me in a happy place (with my meat in the seat), and also blows my mind because these musicians are so fucking talented it's awe inspiring! All 4 of them played great together. The drummer is very good, very steady. So steady, I forgot he was there sometimes, which is quite a compliment for a drummer, from what I understand. He can hang with Jorma & Jack!
Sound was decent but not perfect. I was fine with it, but it could have been crisper and more balanced. I was near the front all the way to the right facing stage, so maybe it was more balanced in the center. I can understand complaints of wanting more high end, because Jorma and Steve Kimock were both awesome on guitar. But I would not want less low end because Jack Casady, also one of my heroes, is Such a Driving Force!!!!!!!!!!!
Hot Fucking Tuna
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I finished reading "Been So
I finished reading "Been So Long" yesterday. Jorma is a decent writer who has been gifted with a long life to reflect on.
Reading it, I couldn't help but think about parallels to Jerry Garcia. Both emerged from the South Bay Folk Music scene to play lead guitar in bands at the forefront of the Bay Area Rock & Roll community. Both had ancestral roots in Scandinavia, both taught guitar at South Bay music shops. Both developed opiate addictions.
Somehow, Jorma trained year round for ice skating trips to Germany, Sweden and Norway to skate 400 Meter ovals throughout the 70s and into the early 80s with his first wife while they were both strung out. I think that's what kept him alive.
The scene where he drops in on Jerry backstage at The Stone in 1982 as Jorma is leaving the Bay Area after a 20 year residence is bittersweet. A tale of two different paths. We all know how it ended for Jerry. I'm glad Jorma lived through it to share his story and to continue to share his music. I like how Jack talks of another 25 years of music ahead in his afterword.
The Fur Peace Ranch is a wonderful embodiment of the healing power of music and family.
Long Live Brother Jorma!
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Hot Tuna w Steve Kimock
Hot Tuna w Steve Kimock
At the Crest Theater
Sacramento, CA
September 4, 2018
Jorma Kaukonen - Guitar and Vocals
Jack Casady - Bass and Attitude
Justin Guip - Drums
Steve Kimock - Guitar
Vid Caps by Ted Silverman
via Sony RX 100ii
From dead Center Front Row
(Courtesy of Henry Wimmer)
I See the Light*
Ain't in No Hurry*
*No vids of the 1st 2 songs in the set sorry.... : - (
I Wish You Would
https://youtu.be/xx1uHwmvFC4
Ode to Billy Dean
https://youtu.be/gC2_63b981g
Second Chances
https://youtu.be/DQ0k4NwawiE
Trial By Fire
https://youtu.be/TZur1AQaA6g
Sea Child
https://youtu.be/nC675NDyDOs
Wolves & Lambs
https://youtu.be/EDxn8Gktf4Q
I Can't Be Satisfied
https://youtu.be/DYR78YDHE1k
Bowlegged Woman (And Knocked Kneed Man)
https://youtu.be/EoMPD5L282U
Set 2
Been So Long
https://youtu.be/9SuLpTdF4uc
That'll Never Happen No More
https://youtu.be/pMfkAaY_R50
Roads and Roads
https://youtu.be/bmMOmSbfsEY
Watch the North Wind Rise
https://youtu.be/eQXsHkGGsFQ
Sleep Song
https://youtu.be/mlcmobu22KE
In the Kingdom
https://youtu.be/b1ZC9vuHnJY
Hesitation Blues
(Note: due to temporary cam malfunction
the first half of this one is MIA)
https://youtu.be/okhLBTeGnxQ
Walkin' Blues
https://youtu.be/SwhizMxroWo
Flying in the Face of Mr. Blue
https://youtu.be/0b8zqIpbA2w
Funky #7 (pt 1)
https://youtu.be/DR2GSj2lmn0
Funky #7 (pt 2)
https://youtu.be/01PpY6Vp_jI
Encore:
Rock Me Baby
https://youtu.be/83dhXTg0qso
HT n Steve - Bowing in Appreciation!
https://youtu.be/n9ojp0EvenY
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We used to hear about the
We used to hear about the skating trips when I lived in SF back in the late 70's, it was hard to believe at the time. His honesty about his life and renewed spiritual quest is refreshing.
He won't even spell G-d.
He also admits to taking LSD fewer then ten times, not his cup of tea, but who would have thought?
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Nice to see "In The Kingdom"
Nice to see "In The Kingdom" on the set list!
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I see Hot Tuna Electric is
I see Hot Tuna Electric is playing New Years Eve at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley.
(also playing there the 29th and 30th).
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The New Year's show is billed
The New Year's show is billed as Acoustic and Electric. Should be a good one.
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He won't even spell G-d.<<<<
He won't even spell G-d.<<<<
Delia used to do that too.
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Was bummed they didn't play
Was bummed they didn't play in SF (I don't have a car), that place is real nice though. It seems like playing in San Francisco is ideal if you want to get people from North South and East Bay (and a few from the city). Woulda been great at the Fillmore
Band sounds great though, aces! Jack and Jorma two of the greatest still standing.
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Jorma , Margareta and PigPen
Jorma , Margareta and PigPen , 1963 (not in book but relevant to first chapters)
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I have 3 emails from one of
Hi Ya ~
One person in that photo-would get "The Willys" if he saw this & was not on the road today -that-Al posted this photograph of him
Epic~
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That's a cool photo, Alan. I
That's a cool photo, Alan. I've never seen it. Looks like Jack Casady and Janis Joplin in the picture too.
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Acoustic Hot Tuna Boulder
Acoustic Hot Tuna Boulder Theater Friday, 12.14. I'm there.
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Notice how the chicks always
Notice how the chicks always gravitate to the guitar player?
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Not sure why it appears sideways. Uploading acceptable images is tough.
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Yet another sideways. WTF?
Yet another sideways. WTF?
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more sideways
more sideways
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Embryonic Journey
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Jorma made his first book
Jorma made his first book reading and book signing + 3 songs in my friend Kyle's record store today. We were present for both events!
How lucky we are!
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>>>>im guessing the early to
>>>>im guessing the early to mid 80's are a little spotty
What was surprising about this book is how he spent so much time on that particular period of personal and career lows. Most rock books you read spend most of the time on the artists' glory years but not this one and he just breezed through his time with the Airplane. Its really a book about redemption and recovery so I guess laying out all the dark periods in such detail is an important part of that narrative.
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Agreed Ken. It was an honest
Agreed Ken. It was an honest, soul-searching read. A man for all seasons. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Jorma at Lost Weekend Records
Jorma at Lost Weekend Records 10/7/18
Set one:
Reading
Been So Long
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
BBQ King
Reading
Q&A
Embryonic Journey
Set two:
Reading
Sleep Song
Good Shepherd
Watch The North Wind Rise
Reading
Q&A
3rd Week In The Chelsea
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Finished the book this
Finished the book this weekend. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys his music. Plenty of interesting Jorma history to absorb.
Great South Bay Music Festival, July 2018