Hot Tuna - Water Song

[MrFlashfly]

This little ditty grounded my mind while I was in Vietnam.

[snizz6913]

5 dislikes ? I can't even compherhend that (I hope I spelled that correctly). Any way, Happy New Year!!!!

[mackalexd307]

See a dislike bar? ...Ya me neither

[tealeaf56]

I admit to only skimming the comments, but I'll say this: Sammy Piazza makes every song on this album move forward. He keeps a great tempo and beat (with Jack Casady) that is truly toe-tapping. And with Papa John on some cuts, a remarkable album that wears the test of time quite well, thankyouverymuch.

[jakethesnake576]

The problem with music today is its all self centered. "all I care about is money and the city that im from" is just one example of exactly what this musical movement lacked. Tuna, like the Dead, could have played for days on end purley for the love of music. Its that love that made songs like this absolutely perfect. all instruments working togther flowing in a natural river of pure awsome. As a 17 year old in an age of crap music, this inspired me to pick up guitar to keep the dream alive.

[MrFlashfly]

I listen to this little ditty almost everyday. Peace Love Happiness ~

[brucetraeger]

This tune is an amazing piece of work. I have loved it from the minute I first heard it on FM Radio back in the 70s. There is such depth and joy in the instrumentation of this wonderful composition.

[halcyonsgs]

Hearing this again just floors me. A huge cascade of memories just flooded through my thoughts, how wonderful that you posted this - Thank you.

[BVODDBALL]

Oh Yea My 67 Olds Cutlass Canary yellow convertiblie with 8 track quadirphonic,

Tuna on, top down & smoken a J .... How times have changed! But I have that in my heart still ! Jorma is in Ohio now, He and Jack do shows at his place check it out!!!

[rpmhart]

How in hell OR the rest of creation can five people dislike this song? What kind of sad and repugnant lives must they lead to push that button? Can we track them down and question them? And perhaps burn them as witches?

[Akindone53]

@rpmhart Don't let it bother you, they are just trolls.

[qtpet2t]

My baby, Jorma...always had a crush ;-)

[CKinfidel]

Love this song. Back when I lived in Santa Cruz i used to babysit( just occasionally) and use their hot tub. man it was fun, and well i won't say which musician had a real cool abalone inlaid guitar,"for show," but he used to let me play that guitar. I'm terrible BTW and one night he picked up his old faithful acoustic and played this water song but kept improvising for about 15 minutes and we( four of us plus kids) were just in awe of the beauty. Oh what a great memory! Enough,,love this song

[quahog900]

wish i had better head phones saw jorma in northampton mass iron horse he cooked

[joeymonza3]

Best Song on a " Flawless Album ." Indescribable is the Feeling this Song brings from Days spent in the past. Sammy Piazza's drum rolls are Flawless.

[bluesborn]

Some songs never die or fade from memory.

The Water Song will bring me joy till the end of my days.

[wobrien007]

@bluesborn What a nice thing to say. You captured my feelings exactly. This song always, always puts me in a better mood. Thanks!

[Akindone53]

@bluesborn Great Music never dies. Bubble music is just that and the bubble always pops. That's one reason why they call it pop.

[tiger1vkulmala]

kaukonen one of the most underrated song writing geniuses!

[TBird5790]

@tiger1vkulmala Yeah, it sure does seem so, doesn't it. Just exquisite. Now I gotta start reaching out and finding his other stuff. Kind of embarrassed to say I haven't realized how talented Jorma was until just recently.

Glad I did though!

[bbooz]

hot tuna is coming to the sellersville theater ! this place sits  305 people and i'm sure they will put on one hell of a show. i am hoping for some electric tuna ......peace

[stumptown123]

Great song from a classic LP.

[waynemoores]

hmmm...from a boy on the east coast of caada...its all soo cool..god bless you...and i'm not even holy

[djDiagOnfly]

what a good instrumental song! Is pleasent and put me good mood.

[realdeeal]

ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER !

[lateforthesky61]

An absolutely perfect song in composition and execution. Jorma's finger picking technique is impossible yet true and Jack Cassidy on bass drives the whole thing forward. Oh man, memories of this song and friends of my youth...it's exactly like water flowing downstream...And the time ...it all slips by just as quickly as this song, not to be too corny about it!!

[Fukonservaties]

@lateforthesky61 I would not trade for anything the love of life and music I gained from being born in 1954 and being a teen as these once-in-a-lifetime musical experiences happened one after another for years on end. The world will never see the musical equivalent of the 1960s and 1970s again. From Motown to World Beat to ROCK 'N" EFFING ROLL, baby, there was no better time to be a music fan. Even better if you knew Mr. Owsley , and your friends always dropped by around 4:20.

[radiootoo]

Still touring after all these years... SMILE!

[dneebishmunro]

so good....1971 all over again

[Starscream83inc]

grandissimi!!!.. senza di loro i jefferson non avrebbero potuto mai avere quel toco in piu.. Bravissimi!!

[yikescat56]

ooooo  Im gettin that tingell ...you know the one!!!! No really i am.....

[Eedgit]

I just have to pass this song along to my son.

It made me think of warm sunny days, and feeling like I didn't have a care in the world.

Quite remarkable!!!

[SIMKINETICS]

@Eedgit Let the water fall across you, trickling into a pool of cool, cleansing you of your most overrated worries.

[Eedgit]

@SIMKINETICS You make it sound wonderful darling, and truth be told, were it raining here, i'd be dancing in the puddles buff naked for all to see :)

[SIMKINETICS]

@Eedgit Damn! It's difficult to watch from across the Pacific!

[SIMKINETICS]

Water Song & Embrionic Journey, Jorma's poetic masterpieces.

[utahwaterlog]

This is the song that I'm blessed with having stuck in my head for the last several days. Not the first time that's happened either. Thanks a million to Jorma and all of his contribution to music and guitar.

(Special thanks for his how-to vid on this song.)

[hippiejohn33]

man I loved this ,seen in California , seen em in Jersey during this time. Grateful days,

[sheilacanty415]

This is the best acoustic guitar licking song of all time!!! Brings back amazing memories of a time long ago. "Water Song" stirs emotions of horseback riding on the beach with the wind in my hair, sunset kissing my face and feeling totally free.

[BoldRuler63]

One of Pooh-Bears favorites - The white Dodge Dart and Hot Tuna. 30 years ago

[irchristo]

@BoldRuler63 haha! you must be as old as me! ... and it's been 40 years ago! Time sure flies!

[ladrie389727]

louie loved this song. miss you pal r.i.p.

[cohiba16]

one of the most recognizable songs 'tuna ever played...and jack's bass line!

[stratobuc]

Jorma - he's the BOMB!!!!!

[TheBacmaster]

This song brings back many memories. It always seem to be on the radio at the perfect time, while driving Upstate Kingston, NY to see my girlfriend in the AM hours.

The trip was 3 hrs.

[bossrjc]

Every time I hear this it takes me back............and I just want to light up, sit back and enjoy!

[pjl1015]

It really doesn't get much better than this! Enjoy!

[oclero]

This album is just a forgotten masterpiece!

[happywarmgun13]

My favorite hot tuna song

[jackwagon1]

perfection......

[DMPFace]

those higher octaves are great

[ninau1]

i agree lateforthesky61 i love that JB song

[lateforthesky61]

@ninau1 Yes, the best song ever written, after this one!

OK - tied!

[09prizefighter09]

im 25 this music along with jefferson airplane makes me smile its jamming on life

[soulhealer20]

This song is a great inspiration to me. Oh for the days when this actually got played on the radio.

[ladylovesthesea]

@soulhealer20 oh my.... I used to rush to the phone to call the radio station to play this!!!! sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[pjl1015]

Thanks Jorma!

[chouans35]

awesome album and guitar players thanks

[Andrarch]

music like this is what makes the world so damn beautiful

[keo774]

great tune

[olddavid4]

This is the distillation of Jorma and Jack post Jeff. Too bad they didn't take Gracie and Paul.

[westpalmscott]

Such a great piece of music. Just ;isten to Jaxk Casady's bass lines and it's obvious that he's as good as John Entwhistle or Jack Bruce

[borntrippin]

Greatness of greatness!!

[popiel52]

Hot Fuckin'Fur Burgers

[zetafac]

Truly a lost diamond.....

[holdertwins]

Then call it pussy tuna.What ever floats your stinky boat.Still don't sound right.

[holdertwins]

Maybe if they was a girl band.But hot pussy?Putting the word pussy in stead of tuna does not sound hot but like a bad yeast infection.

[EamonJgod]

@holdertwins Well I hear the name of the band came from a conversation starting with "what you don't have a name? Call it hot fucking pussy." and then they boiled it down to using tuna as a kind of slang word for pussy and dropped the 'fucking' part.

[holdertwins]

@EamonJgod Makes sense.I seen a show in Jersey w/Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna reunited.Big place(Garden State Art Center).After Airplane grace asked the audiance who do you want to here next?Sitting on lawn seats ,my friend yelled next to me "Hot fucken Tuna"(in a moment of silence).Grace heard it.She said yea Hot fuckin Tuna.I could'nt believe my buddies voice made it from lawn to stage,Then stage to audience.He was paying more attention then me or anybody else in the whole place.

[EamonJgod]

They so should have called this band Hot Fucking Pussy. How bad ass would that be?

[stumptown123]

So classic....

[socalmax]

Great way to start a new day....

[lukewah1]

@socalmax  classic!!!!

[LyfSfty]

@socalmax Early 70's over at the neighbors in the summer evening, this 8 track streaming from the Panasonic, hookaville

[Josarah9]

@socalmax Back in the 70's I lived in a town with an AM station that broadcast from dawn to dusk and this was their sign on song every morning, so for years I literally started my day with this.

[mullah06]

This song made the 70s worth living through!

[crenlossbeary]

give me the burgers.

[JuliaB1955]

Hot Fuc*in' Tuna! Sounds as good as the first time I heard it, over 30 years ago. Ahhh...

[Jack1685]

timelessness. beautiful

[jl0324]

When music was music. Nothing more need said. Hot Tuna - Yaeh!

[Geraldolini]

Where where we? What were we doing?What a great cut. It was great being on the swing shift.....Nightriders

[bumblebee53211]

sent to me from my dad <3!!!!

like father like daughter i guess :)

[bkev93]

It's like a more upbeat Rain Song. I lvoe it.

[LAsamthechef]

closed my eyes and it was 1971!

[Jimmie777]

A Classic- Takes you to the place you need to be

[999Atwood]

I've played this record so many times in the last 30 years, you can probably see through it. One of my favorites...

[powerease]

What America is really about.

No bushman or cheney war hawks.

[fozzdick]

heard this for the first time while doing a hit of windowpane acid in early seventies.Girls mother had one of those huge RCA stereos that looked like a piece of furniture and took up a whole wall.loaded with speakers and state of the art then.can you imagine?I went out and bought this albumn next day and played it till I wore the needle out.Still sounds great.

[JuliaB1955]

Yes, I can imagine. I was probably that girl (so to speak).

[fozzdick]

@ JuliaB1955 did you trip in Ohio, Cincinnati-Mason Kings Island.We Actually Used to drop acid and go to see the Eifel tower? It is such a mess now.Bumper to bumper corn fields.We traffic.Used to Be Used to camp Where the tower is October now and get drunk and trip.Talk about change.

[d1sailer]

@lateforthesky61 absolutly the finest song ever...where are my headphones?

[blockyboy2]

my friends dads guitar teacher was jorma

[ewLiamCasey]

saw westury 2009 kicked ass

[kisssable]

so ihot tuna is considered to be hippie music right?

does anyone know the real hippie psychodelic songs, please ? ;-))

[btbrotherton]

well a beautiful song that's also played by jorma kaukonen while he was in jefferson airplane is Embryonic Journey. but look up some jefferson airplane, pink floyd, jimi hendrix, big brother and the holding company, grateful dead. all good bands inspired by psychedelics :)

[rafaescate]

white rabbit - jefferson airplane i'm searching psychedelic songs to, but this hot tuna isn't what i'm lookin for

[TheBrowndawg]

check out dan auerbachs solo album. theres some brain melting moments on there whether youre off your head or not. also check out any thing by the wooden shjips (yeah thats how its spelt) if you want somethink more overtly psychedelic

[rafaescate]

oh ,thanks a lot, its just what i was looking for...get high man!

[peterpterodactyl]

This has such a positive vibration. a total gas

[kevin9559]

I bought a 1967 Volvo 122 with an 8-track player but I never owned any 8 tracks. As a poor college student, a friend lent me 10 8-tracks and this was one of them. I never got tired of driving in that old Volvo listening to this tape and this very song. Gosh this brings back great memories!!

[redocketspaceship17]

Sweet "water song". It hasn't faded at all.

[AntonioChiesa]

From when I bought 'Burgers' all those many years ago until now, this has to be one of the greatest 'modern' guitar pieces ever!

[Elcerritogooze]

Bea U tiful! excuse me while I get lost in a cloud of my own making. without the help of anything inducing. I create a daydream of my own choosing. Just riding the water the water of life.

[y54tub]

water is ...life...beer is made with water...mix Hot Tuna ...life is awesome!!!!

[panheadgreg]

Everyone, please look to Aug 3 Minnesota public radio for an interview with jorma and Jack

with Kerri Miller, interviewer.

[YouDummy]

This song was used as the opening/closing theme for the Night Call show on radio station WRIF in Detroit for a number of years. Probably early to mid 80s.

[beachcum]

They went everywhere...aren't we still listening, that pays them tribute...

[Slappybag46]

too bad they never went anywhere....Meh.

[uxbridge1962]

This track was used as backing for an TV advert in the 80's or 90's in the UK for a visit Malta or was it Cyprus campaign (I can't remember which) anyway it's still great

[dselgy]

My favorite instrumental ever. I would put this in the CD player every time I gave my babies a bath. Now they're all grown up, and this song always takes me back.

[geschae]

one of the best music ever made , absolut fantastic , great historie , because ,in 100 years

still timeless

[Larsbolander]

It'st only the best. Thunder from Jack and just beauty from Jorma.

[sethnori]

Mahalos!!! One of the all time bests!!!

[MoNoMoreMomO]

I heard Jack & Jormma in 1976 - stil love them - in my heart 4-ever

[mergatroidal]

Flooding creek, ... I'm watching the different turbulent, frothing water currents flowing by. Yes, indeed.

[Howcanigoonanymore]

are you impressed that i can walk by? I am! I am still being slow and cunning -- and headed towards being with "THE one" for me.

[mergatroidal]

Yup, yup, yup ... .

[Geraldolini]

Still have this LP. I think the Water Song track is worn through to the other side......yes sususky529..it was the 70's indeed...........

[geno6868]

jorma owns and runs a guitar camp 45 minutes away from me in meiggs county ohio, its bad ass

[sususky529]

Heard and saw them play in 1972 around Santa Cruz, California. True, I was high, as it was the 70's, but the fact that it was great did not escape me. To this day I still can hear it in my head.

[cheesebowls]

i love this comment lol :P

[laurensadriaanse]

saw them in the 70s at princeton u and yes we were all so high. getting old stinks

[frederickus]

Fuzz Bass!!! Yeah!!!

[eljako123]

I turned the computer up full volumem, I turned off my msn and i also locked my bedroom door. I did that so nobody or anything can interupt me whilist listerning to this song. Its too beautiful to be interputed. It makes me wonder how much i missed back in the 60s and 70s, Wish i was born back then =(

[t59788y497ty89tyer98]

well i was and i can tell you it was even better than you could ever imagine my friend peace and love everyone!!!!!!!!!!

[trickshottim]

I just saw Jorma play this song live in Va Beach and loved it.

[SaintHarp1]

Saw Hot Tuna at their height in 1972 at The Shaboo Inn, was located in Willimantic, CT

Fantastic Show! Packed house of 800-1000 in a 150 + year old brick former textile mill. Has since burned down.

MANY of the top bands played there including The Police, New Riders of the Purple Sage with Jerry Garcia, James Cotton Blues Band, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen & many more!

MY, the pot was rolled openly on 6' diameter spools acting as tables with wooden boxes & smaller spools for chairs.

[dragontigerbull]

hot tuna is in the most underated band catagory...why do all pop music people win the awards...their music dies in three months..hot tuna and the dead had some of the best music ever...but WE know the truth..rock on!

[eljako123]

I totally agree. my generation of music sucks. but none of the kids know hot tuna, some dont even know jefferson airplane. why cant they just wake up?!?!? man im only 13 and i know it.

Jack's has always been my idol and always will be.

[hdfatboy2k]

One of the things I find most humorous on You Tube is that the finest music has some of the lowest hit numbers.

But the great thing about this music is that these guys are still rolling and making great music.

You can see them in a small venue for a fraction of the cost and hassle of going to see a Milie Cyrus. And the singers and musicians at these shows actually are singing and playing instruments.

Reality......What a concept !

[greyandgreeen]

@hdfatboy2k

I suppose we could look at that statistic and frown that most people would rather listen to 'pop' like Miley Cyrus, but then again, I'm just glad that I know that this soulful music still fills my ears

[Blues353]

The playing is better than the Beatles,but this song could fit on Revolver.

[ZEWYR]

go jack!

youve always been THE bass sound (ive tried to emulate/ play since tripping on mescaline and hearing bless its pointed little head1969 15years old)and the look of cool-think i will put on my shades and plug my 59

p bass into the 8x10 ampeg

[morgoth03]

gawd I love this song

[SupernalOne]

My sister used to date Jack Casady's kid brother Mike - I never saw HT though - still I like their sound, from acid rock they went back into folk-blues -- and Casady's bass, he got that nice growly tone out of it

[madampeel]

Dude or Dudette

Thank you so much for posting this song. It's so lovely and it's always been a favorite...HT is so underrated : (

Cheers!

[yitsmoses]

absolutely divine

[waterdog456]

....my, my .......freakin' my.how this song and the BURGERS album sure stirs up some ghosts for me....I remember way back when this song flowing out of the 8-track in my car on a saturday afternoon while we waxed those babies up in the cool, cool shade 'till they couldn't shine any more.....that album woke me up to some of finer things that were out there musically and it still holds a special place in my heart and ears.....my, my, my...how time just seems to flow by like water...my.

[ladyjukebox]

Saw Hot Tuna perform this, (my favorite) LIVE at "My Father's PLace" in Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y. Amazing concert and they played almost everything from this album. It was probably 1978 or 1979? Thanks you for posting , it brought back fantastic memories.

[drumkat67]

One of the most AWESOME tunes EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

susperia1969

[johnwnbc]

Awesome tune. Makes me smile evrytime!

[painter1208]

Brings back the day, I was young she was too, time stood still.

[rockvegasnv]

awsome song....timeless...it makes you feel good everytime you hear it...and what a great memory:)

[RUuser]

Can't hear much, if any, fiddle on this cut, but Papa John Creach is prominently featured on several of the tracks on the Burgers LP.

Great recording.

[Nacho66]

What a wonderful, Sunday - Morning - I Have

The Whole Day To Myself - piece of music.

Peace.

[BirdsEatCats]

Nice story. Too bad it's not true.

NO 17 year old guy was a draft dodger, since you didn't have to register for the draft until AFTER your 18th birthday; and with procedural delays, NO ONE was drafted before the end of their 18th year.

So, he may have had long hair and given you an LP, but he was NOT a draft dodger.

[kathrynmarylee]

there is no video on this web page but the music conjures up a whole timewarp video in my head!!! wow and wow ... my long haired american vietnam draft dodging first boyfriend from boston gave me the lp way way before it could have arrived in the uk in 1972 ... i was 15 and he was 17. This music flew me away to a place where Darryl Hopkins and I could ride off into the sunset on a Harley and be happy forEVER!!! Water song ... thank you.

[Ryondarkfire]

dankkkk the john butler trio is better P-:

but this still rocks

[zzzoe05]

:]

<3

[BATCH420]

cool song