Hot Tuna - Hit Single #1

[palaba2666]

WOAAAAAWXWWWWWWWW...

[thisworldsucks1]

hot tuna was officially created in the middle of wood stock 69> Jorma had enough of the psychedelic voice of the ex female singer of airplane lol

[Johncroce1]

The foundation for Hot Tuna was laid in 1969 @ Woodstock when Jack & Jorma did "Uncle Sam Blues" without the other members of Airplane..

[DECEMBERSCHILD12172]

and the coolest thing was back in the70's you could get all your Tuna albums in the cut corner rack...I think I paid 99 cents for America's Choice!

[LowBid86]

FYI, their "best show" was in 1975 at 27th and Vincente, SF - a free concert, the same day that Led Zeppelin canceled their SF show. The out of tonwers were mightily impressed with HT!

[tduffy2]

Warning... Must Be Played At Maximum Volume.... Hot Fuckin' Tuna....

[729pjp]

where can i get a hot tuna t-shirt

[lcolby11]

Hot tuna was formed while Jack and Jorma were still in the Airplane

[odie812b4u]

@lcolby11 Correct....Grace was having throat problems/surgery.

[richbonnie220]

unbelievable artwork on the promotional posters,must be worth some serious bux!

[mjsattinger1]

Deepest, richest lowest; sweetest, soaring highs; that's Hot "Fuckin"' Tuna! Oh, so good!

[mismistreated11]

Stvarcinaaaa! 

[thawthepast]

Very good...

[emefwall]

I saw these guys at the Bath Festival back in 1970 and have never forgotten them. A great performance. But they are virtually unknown here in England.

Airplane were also brilliant at Bath.

[stillustronic]

The Airplane, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, and the Papa John Creech band existed for a few years during the same time frame, staring around 1970.

One interview I remember Marty Balin told was when forming the Jefferson Airplane that he asked Paul Kantner who that guy was, Paul said that is Jorma Kaukonen a friend of mine but he is just too good of a guitarist for your band, Marty said that's exactly what I want!

[aussiemarie17]

another group that "played like this" wa cream: bass, lead and drums, a power trio, jst like h.t.. zz top , rush. but hot tuna retained the sanfrancisco sound, which i discovered in 1967, and never let go. those were the days.

[JustinSepheren]

WHEW! Just banged my head back to the seventitties!

[doompudding1]

their best show hands down, 1976 Saturday night 12:00 am.(late show) Thanksgiving weekend in NYC at the Pallidium 6.5 hrs. Everyone from SUNY at New Paltz all colleges were present!!! You know who you all are!

[Carrrrr1217]

I just wanted all Hot Tuna fans to know that Hot Tuna will soon be visiting Long Island, on the waterfront at Shorefront Park in Patchogue.

They are performing July 15th 2011 along with over 35 other performers that weekend. There will be plenty of other rock, jam, folk, blues & “Americana” genres as well. Definitely check it out, there’s more information on the Great South Bay Music Festival website!!!

[RogueLeader1337abxy]

I'm 16, and I fucking love this band and this song. it pisses me of that almost nobody my age knows Hot Tuna and these good old American bands. I asked all my friends if they'd ever heard of the grateful dead, and only like 3 of them did. Spread the word!

[maxwell7792]

@RogueLeader1337abxy

16 and into some GREAT music, good for you!

[mowambo1]

mowambo says; let us not forget that BOB STEELER was a perfect fit for jorma and jack.

[lcolby11]

Hot tuna got little or no airplay,,once in a while they were on the FM stations here in NYC

[dullsvillain]

Jorma and Jack weren't riding the Jefferson Wheelchair into a cheesy realm of starshit. Led Zeppelin behold the true lords of 70's rock.

[LowBid86]

Yes, I was there for it all...they got a lot of airplay in the mid-70's...they were one of my faves at the time...most memorable was a free concert in SF in '75 ('76?) at the park at 27th and Vicente. They did rock...

[jdlewis60]

Tell me this sound hasn't been borrowed years later by the Black Crows and others.

[jmtappenden]

REALLY ''WHERE IT'S AT.''THANKS.

[borntrippin]

Anybody say grunge before grunge was?

[keo774]

veeeeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyy ggooooooooooodddddd jjjjjjjjooooooorrrrrrrrrmmmmmm­maa

[wassily64]

the sound of vietnam and wolfmother together before they were even born !!!!

[bugeyedfool1]

We used to see them at the long island arena in the 70s they would play from 9 pm to 3 am non stop best band in the world. Long live Jorma they still got it too just as tight and sound great.

[maxx5121]

@bugeyedfool1 So true bro, Seen the there many times and if memory serves me right (big if!) it was like 1974 thru 1977 when I seen them there. Like you said shows were hours long and only about $5.00 !! You got your money's worth of some great sound outta a trio.

[stubbypeeps]

can someone please guide me? Is this Hot Tuna and if so, when, where and... como se llama? Jack and Jorma were part of the Airplane back then....right?

[Libertine62]

@stubbypeeps - This was Jack and Jorma after the Airplane. I think Hot Tuna was formed when the Airplane was still a band. But the bulk of their work as a band came after the Airplane broke up...

[MrAndersoncouncil]

@Libertine62

Correcto!

[juancastanolopez]

Hot Tuna empezó como una forma de dar descanso al grupo Jefferson Airplane durante los conciertos. Salían Jorma kaukonen y Jack Cassady y tocaban un par de temas. Pronto le vieron el filón al asunto y formaron una banda más o menos estable porque ambas bandas coexistieron algun tiempo.

[msspi764]

@Libertine62 Tuna was formed as an acoustic/electric side project for Jorma and Jack during the Airplane years(who had played together long before Airplane). They have morphed, broken up, come back together, added and subtracted members, but the basics, Jorma and Jack, remain.

[Ruraljohn]

@stubbypeeps Yes to all . This is Hot Tuna and yes they both were original members of the Legendary Jefferson Airplane.

[sparkyization]

@stubbypeeps yup.!  ;-)

[tduffy2]

The utlimate "Air Guirtar" song. Loves me some Hot Effing Tuna....

Take it from an old hippie girl that got married to a Tuna tune, In The Kingdom....

[laoban1954]

Fantastic!!!

[audadvnc]

I saw them at Parade Field in Minneapolis, July 1975 - they opened with this song. They were pretty high (I saw Jorma dropping backstage), and I got a headache from too many cigarettes. Passed by Jack in the crowd as he sucked on a Bomb Pop. They were using some pieces from the Grateful Dead's "Wall" sound system. It was so loud! Pretty all-time.

[Libertine62]

Saw them last night (Aug 21, 2009) at the Warner Theater in Torrington, CT. They actually opened the show and Little Feat closed it. Hot Tuna was oustanding...if you get a chance to see them DO NOT pass it up.

[grimgrimdeath666]

i live in england will i ever see any of these old bands

[BadAcidVacation]

@Libertine62 So true. I've seen them at least 3 times at a place called the birchmere in Virginia. You sit down, eat and watch them play. Acoustic or electric, they're incredible. And now they're coming out with a new album. Last one came out when I was just born. Can't wait to hear it and see them again

[possuman]

i got to meet jack a few years ago when he was touring with marty & paul of J.A. really cool guy. wish i coulda seen the boys at their best. HOT TUNA IS THE GREATEST ROCK & BLUES BAND! PERIOD.

[SkolvanVikac]

dun I see.. it IS the title...

[SkolvanVikac]

what is the name of this song...

[rgdyk]

There was nothing that compared to seeing Hot Tuna then at the Capital Theater in Passaic, NJ. Even Jorma commented, "man, this beats California!"

[purpledynasty]

re: seeing Hot Tuna in Passaic: I saw them in around 1976 at the Palladium (E. 14 St.). My friend was a huge fan - I'm still more a fan of fusion and progressive rock. They were excellent - Jack Cassady's bass was booming deep. The only thing I disliked was what most Tuna fans loved - they just didn't know how to end a song - every song would continue for 30 minutes with 10 different ending crescendos followed by 10 more Jorma solos and then a few more endings before if FINALLY ended. :)

[fezzappa]

any chance you were at the show that journey opened up at the acadamy of music in 75?

we had some opiated hash going around in the bathroom- we had a line going out the door waiting for a hit of this shit- couldn't take a toke without coughing you're brains out-

journey's first ny show- when they were good- bhefore steve perry

peace

[SchwartzDaddy]

I was not only at that show (shows really, as they would always do early and late shows at the Academy), I have cassette tapes of it. The quality is not A+, but the memories - such as are left of those braincells - are!

[TallBrianFromNapa]

@purpledynasty -- I had a recording of that Palladium '76 show (believe it was broadcast live on 102.7 WNEW) on, oddly enough, 8-track tape and played the thing to death as a teen! Unadulterated guitar rock, pure and simple.Also loved the double live LP "Double Dose" for the playing, song selection and sound reproduction, kinda unique production quality.

[TallBrianFromNapa]

@purpledynasty--Not quite sure what you mean about the way Tuna ends songs, though. They can jam out a tune with the best of them, but when it comes to belaboring an ending, nobody comes close to the Allman Bros, geez! Sometimes more than half of the song Whipping Post is faux ending, often to the point of annoyance...IMHO.

[TallBrianFromNapa]

@purpledynasty--Have seen many Tuna/Jorma shows over the years, first being solo Jorma in the late 70's at a rather small club in Bergenfield, NJ then called Circus Circus where I actually sat my ass on the short stage and snapped photos of Jorma close up (w/o flash, of course). Most recently was Hot Tuna (w/Barry Mitterhoff) last Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at the Uptown Theater in Napa, CA. At 70, Jorma still rocks, and Jack is thumpin' and stompin" as hard as ever.

[kenrubes]

man, I miss the Capital Theater. I saw so many shows there. It's ultra cool to read a post about that legendary venue.

[eljako123]

does any1 know where i can get the bass tab to this? luv the song and band

[Ruraljohn]

Try ultimate guitar tabs.scom

[eljako123]

i tried but no1 did tab

ill just try and do it myself

[davidklausa]

Those sites are so incredibly cluttered with ads and circuitous. At least classical tabs can be gotten free without all the junk and low quality (ie on Weed's site).

[eljako123]

Lol sorry dude....tht was 8 months ago...I hardly use tabs now...I learnt it by hear...I think its right... :)

[Hippie465]

still wanna know?

[eljako123]

Well i think i got it right, but it would be nice to see if i did get it 100% right.

[Hippie465]

i got the chords that the song is played in if you want that

[eljako123]

ok sure, tht would be ok.

[avatardan1]

keep an eye and ear out for long islands own Double Dose-Acoustic Hot-Tuna tribute.. love the tuna

[thirdbardo67]

this was the first group i ever saw live, in 1975 in new jersey, they played 4 hours i think. does anyone have the rock concert show from 1975? i think they shared the show with reo speedwagon.

[Libertine62]

Damn I would love to see that myself. I hope somebody does have it and would consider posting it... :-)

This song was actually used as exit music for for a while for Don Kirshner's Rock Concert show...I remember because I used to watch it all the time in the 70's. Hot Tuna is a quintessential "70's band" in my mind whenever I think back to the decade.

[dneesam]

brilliant, I was born in '72 but I discovered this by chance & bought the album, majestic guitar work

[lajollamurf]

too bad nobody plays music like this these days

[goomagoo]

check out flash lightin dude!Just you tube it!

[notahemi]

I'm 52 and I don't think anyone played it "like this" in those days, except Hot Tuna. A unique sound. Other groups were similar and good too. Spirit for instance. But all were orginal. Probably because the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. That's the beauty of a group.

[labauvefan]

yes, there was one group who played "like this"-JEFFERSON AIRPLANE!!

[SchwartzDaddy]

@notahemi

I'm 52 as well, and have been seing Tuna since the mid 70's - the so-called Rampage Years". Nobody before or since rocked the way they did. They're still great, but not like this!

And further the thirdbardo67's comment, they regularly played 4+ hours then. We'd see them at the Academy of Music in NYC. We'd go in at 8 for the early show, come out at 5am after the late show.

Those were some times!

[fezzappa]

@SchwartzDaddy hey man...i was at many of those shows as well.....any shot you were at the show in 75- journey opened up.....they were booed off the stage,but i thought they were great.Before Steve Perry.... but i have a story about that night,if you were there...let me know

[JustAintthatWay]

@fezzappa pls xcuse me for budding in but

pre perry journey booed off a stage?

they were w/o a doubt one of the best bands i ever heard

their first 3 discs are completely bad as in as unreal good

(as anything i ever heard on vinyl (<-- yeah im a geezer now))

i saw 'em live in may 75 (w/ the moonscape amps & curtain backdrop)

the newspaper reviewer the next day said it was one of the most impressive

performances he'd ever seen and i thought he was right on the money

[Fruth37]

@fezzappa I saw Journey in early '76, opening for ELO in St. Pete, FL at the Bayfront Center. The band members were introduced one at a time and they played ok, but were booed off the stage when they came back for an encore. The crowd was ready for ELO!

[oreokookie1000]

@notahemi Exactly: the sum is greater....of course being 51, I missed the airplane totally!!!!!! Dammit! But Hot Tuna I caught several times then....I liked the steppenwolf sound too!!

[FanOfJanis]

Had all of their albums back in the day. There name was actually "Hot Fuckin' Tuna." Record companies made them clean it up. Awesome and underrated band. Their concerts could, and did, go on for 6 hours. Bob Steeler, their drummer, was a wild man. Great band.

[hugobear1]

They were called HOT SHIT originally in fact

[FanOfJanis]

Cool! I never knew that. Thanks for the info! Did you ever hear the song "Feels So Good" on Jefferson Airplane's Thirty Seconds Over Winterland album? To me, this was a preview of what would become Hot Tuna. Great, great jam session. Thanks again. Peace.

[hugobear1]

Great live live LP, one of the best. Papa John Creach is on fire - checck out his solo LP too.

[HoLLyRoXX04]

hot tuna is so friggin awesome..I just love this song

[huester44]

hot tuna was always one of my favorite bands.they get little credit but Jorma and Jack really know how to play together.always have and always will.Peace we still need it!

[pcollenYT]

If I didn't know it was the Tuna, I'd think it may be Tommy Bolin..

[Libertine62]

I just got the Yellow Fever/Hoppkorv double disc and will probably be doing another Hot Tuna vid in the near future. Jorma and Jack are great both acoustic and electric...I just love their electric stuff a bit more. Glad everyone is digging it.

[pjp729]

got high with Jorma once..

[jngordon]

Lol At one time everyone did!

[tomterrific4]

I saw them at Winterland in "71

[sentraguy]

Now thats some guitar base and drums!

[LostinBristol]

Fab stuff. Still a classic album!

[pjk]

I remember listening to this one in altered states with the headphones on. The guitar would switch from side to side {Chanel to chanel} very psychedelic indeed!

[Libertine62]

LOL...yeah, it is a flashback inducer. Glad it brought back some memories.

[Katydid1950]

Very nice. Great transitions.

[Libertine62]

Thanks the video making is a work in progress but it's coming along. ;-)