JORMA KAUKONEN - Hesitation Blues

[dajesusblues]

Back in the day, when I was a wee little man with a new guitar and absolutely no clue, I got to see Hot Tuna at the old Academy of Music on 14th street in Manhattan. When I left I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Lots of LSD and play the blues. I'm past the LSD part, but damn, I will never leave the blues behind.

[gnirogniro]

Ancora e sempre grandi !

[TheZombiePilot]

from the incredible Jefferson airplane

[dadgadable]

This is why I need to invent a time machine

[bracavoja]

Svako vece slusam ovu antologiju,i ne mogu da se naslusam.

VOJA SRBIJA

[dadgadable]

damn Jorma got the blues

[79goldmaster1]

I heard their name was originally HOT SHIT, but the more toned down Hot Tuna prevailed. Kaukonen rules!

[Digmoriginal]

As I recall, and bein an old fart my memory is prolly lying to me, but it was said that the original name was supposed to have been Hot Shit. anybody who can confirm or deny that?

[khcallaway]

GO ON AND GITT U SUM O DAT!!!!

[khcallaway]

YAYEAH!!!!



[DNAblues]

fanfuckingtastic. Long live the hippies. It's a spirit not a time, person or place.

[dctcutler]

Best line... If you don't know Jorma, then you don't know Jack!!

[maribonmv]

Hot Fuckin' Tuna indeed!!!!!!!!! Ricky ~ You had the best taste in music ~ Thanks for turning me on to Jorma. Love you.

[Cap683]

Be careful with any of the Guild Starfire bass reissues. They have humbucker pick ups and not the single coils that Jack has on his which are a big part of his sound.

[Chayse88Black]

Jack makes me want to play bass and become one with my bass lol. I want to get a Guild Starfire bass but I need a left handed one.

[MrsAlllllli]

Jorma !!

[martibush]

Wow.

[Djarnis21]

Why's the bass hanging so way low? It loogs so sweet.

[johngalt23g]

Nice fucking servers youtube.

God do guys suck!!

[kontrapunkti]

Wonderful performance!

[MyMoppet52]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

This and Rev. Gary's are the best going. (in my personal opinion. I know we all have our own opinions.) I appreciate your posting this.

[cspj12]

i wanna slap that hippy bass just for how he looks... am i a bad person?

[MyMoppet52]

@cspj12 No, you're not a bad person. I don't think you are a female person either. He is still hot, looking back from now days!!! He was gorgeous back then & I had good taste. He still looks gorgeous in these photos.

Have a nice day! :)

[belikewater001]

@cspj12 You want to slap JACK??

yes, you are a very bad, bad person.

[PraxisScream]

Mr. Casady smoked some good shit in this one

[georgeworthmore]

this is one of the performances that made me play guitar

[asparagusmedia]

this absolutely kills. .  period.

[bathory1234567890]

It must be whole Jefferson Airplane. Anyway not bad!

[keo774]

This video is actually a test.

If , at any point during the duration of this video, you decide to push the "dislike botton", your sexual organs will be removed as such you cannot reproduce.

Its a new method of natural selection.

[eebeni]

For a second i thought he was from Finland :P

[keo774]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JORMA!

YOU ARE 70 JUST ONCE!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT MUSIC!

WE LOVE YOU!

[MajikMusic1]

I was seving beer at the New Orleans Club, Berkeley, Ca. at 'The New Orleans House' ~ yep, on Jones Street and Univeristy! when one of the best albums ever was recorded on a very special night. What a treat that night, a moment fond in my memory to this day ~ Hot Tuna, one of the greatest, truest bluest San Francisco groups ever. Still look forward to seeing them when they pass thru our slepepy Beach town every year. Alwaysa treat for the die hards H T freaks. :)

[sarahwesttv]

@MajikMusic1 They'll be in Soluna Beach March 8th at Belly Up Tavern playing with my friend Jim Lauderdale!! ENJOY!!!

[Tixta83]

14 people don't want to be a duck and swimming in a river of whiskey.....

[NashidaMuslima]

I actually used to have my only pair of prescription glasses just like Jack's, really dark purple. The world "through" purple is amazing...absolutely stunning; but since I wore them for so long my eye doctor says I have to have transition lenses since my eyes have become so sensitive to light...lol..just an excuse to get another pair :P Anyway, random thought...I love this song and these guys...amazing musicians :D Love Hot Tuna :D

[busessuck1]

Rev Gary Davis does it way better... I can't believe noone's uploaded it

[busessuck1]

@busessuck1 I uploaded it myself, it is well worth a listenin to...

[JDGuitarProds]

loved seeing these guy in concert. jormas one of my idols. i have some pretty good finger picking on my channel, and this will be one of my next videos. check it out!

[gavocrazy]

what kind of guitar is Jorma playing? I would really like to know...

[MultiParasite]

@gavocrazy

Gibson J35 or 45

[moco635]

How cool is Jack?!

[eviltimes1]

Hot Fukin Tuna!

[travislevins]

Born too late

[TheHighwayRider]

my favorite album

[7777Scion]

This actually HOT TUNA, Jorma Kuakonen & Jack Cassidy

[krstnlhjt]

Janis Joplin sang this song with Jorma many years ago.

[keo774]

THUMBS UP FOR KAUKONEN!!!!!!!!!!!

[keo774]

althought Jorma is just at the 54th place in the rolling stones classification of the 100 best guitarist in the word, he's acturally the best!

FUCK YOU CLASSIFICATIONS AND ROLLING STONES : JORMA IS THE BEST!!!!

[Aeschylus]

@keo774 Those lists are beyond silly. I mean, would anyone in their right mind ever put Slash above, say, Bert Jansch?

[keo774]

@Aeschylus

infact slash was not in that list

[matanuskatundra2]

who cares if hes high jack cassidy is the shit.

[lootfreak101]

look at jack he is so fucking high

[lazonda]

Best version of this is with Janis Joplin singing and Jorma playing along. Amazing!!

[keo774]

@lazonda this is the best version!

[lootfreak101]

@keo774 if you've ever seen them live you would disagree with what you just wrote

[moco635]

UNREAL..SOOO GOOD..THX ALOT

[theunwisemonkeys]

This is so cool.

Here is a good English version;

youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_3iD1dur­g

[EarlyMate]

i  remember this era

[moses0051]

Hot tuna didnt write this.

[tewksdog]

I saw Jorma last Sunday with his mandolin playin buddy Barry....it was friggin AWESOME!!..nice barn too!!!!!!!

[melodyautumn1978]

Jormaaaaa!!!! <3 <3

[H4rdR4nq3]

Lol, hippy bass....

[piraan2]

@H4rdR4nq3 He's so high :)

[desolationrow]

@H4rdR4nq3 You may have 34 thumbs up but you have no idea. Your comment is an piece of ignorant shit.

[Swim2TheMoon]

@desolationrow Dude's totally a hippie

[randyleepublic]

Thursday in Carson City, bitches!! Hee-hee.

[AndEis93]

AWSOMEEEE

[threefive00]

they're so bad ass!

[precaryus]

OK, little known fact #1 (Origin of the band name Hot Tuna) as relayed by Jorma to me at a Fur Peace Ranch conversation over coffee. They were playing the song "Keep on Truckin Mama" at one of their first post-Airplane gigs. At the line "what's that smell like fish pretty mama.." someone in the audience shouted out "That's Hot Tuna". Hence the name of the band going forward. #2 is origin of the name for Jefferson Airplane.

[buddyxdaniel]

yup thats how it happend lol.

[pyrophore]

#2 origin of the name Jefferson Airplane. An old blues buddy of Jorma's from early 60's, Steve 'Richmond' Talbott, gave Jorma the nickname Blind Thomas Jefferson Airplane. Jorma suggested it to the band. (I contend that PK was the one who shortened it down to just JA)

[precaryus]

Yes, Jorma was telling me the story at Fur Peace Ranch 3 yrs ago. I believe he also liked the "Airplane" in the name as it reflected his love of aviation. He's big into RC Aircraft.

[precaryus]

Talbott may have given Jorma the nickname but as Jorma explained to me over coffee, he and the future JA members were giving themselves indian nicknames at a gathering/jam party and Jorma's nickname was so good they used it for the band name.

[SuonoElettronico]

I liove the version of Jorma & Jack ..

[precaryus]

I'm proud to say Jorma rode in my car and I played his custom Gibson guitar.

[LTmattYT]

nice

[GeorgeRBM1999]

That's awesome! Tell us more!

[leitros]

Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers do a great version of this. But I can't find it on You Tube.

[maximum4volume]

Hah. The bassists expressions is pretty funny...i saw jorma live with robben ford and this soul singer last year. It was pretty rad, although jorma's stage presence is not to good. but his guitar playing made up for it. i would've loved to see him back then...

[precaryus]

Nice boots Jorma!

[ledzeprebecca]

That was just what I was going to say!

[GetBackJack123]

Ah, this is great! They look pretty cool, too. haha.

[slownoman]

Great tune, superbly done. About the date: I saw the Airplane a LOT from 66 on- starting before Grace Slick. The way these two look tells me it is not past 1970. A guess, but an educated one.

[BluesLvr09]

anyone have Double Dose LP?

[Gwyhir]

To Peterlundholm - I take your just a kid? Why should we be intersted in who your attracted to and who your not. The bass player would have looked pretty 'hip' (thats 'cool' to you) in the early seventies.

Great rendition of this number.

[oatsmusic]

1970 Hot Tuna [live] RCA 01. Hesitation Blues 02. How Long Blues 03. Uncle Sam Blues 04. Don't You Leave Me Here 05. Death Don't Have No Mercy 06. Know You Rider 07. Oh Lord, Search My Heart 08. Winin' Boy Blues 09. New Song (For The Morning) 10. Mann's Fate 11. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning 12. Candy Man 13. True Religion 14. Belly Shadow 15. Come Back Baby

[leadzeppbelly]

Is that some sort

 of live album set list dude?

[Stagerli]

@leadzeppbelly No thats the track list from the re-released album with additional tracks

Great stuff I would love to have this video and the manns fate. Is there more?

[leadzeppbelly]

ah right. I already have the one with the 10 songs on it. Ah well would do no harm to my ridiculously big Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna and further mutations collection lol.

[VeganaExPuta]

I'm suspecting the VERY early 70s -- maybe even '70 or '71 -- is when this may have been recorded. Now I'm really curious as to when.

[leadzeppbelly]

I believe late 69'

[arianne56]

I don't know about this recording but I know of another version of Hesitation Blues. On this other version it's Jorma on the guitar and Janis Joplin doing the vocals, that recording is from around 1964. My bet this recording is from 1970's around Janis's death maybe?

[mrjintsfan1]

what year is this from?

[sturdle]

all if was perfect d..

[jpds54]

Hot Fuckin' Tuna!!

If you don't know Jorma, then you don't know Jack!!

Thank you for putting this clip up.

[muzarewarri]

An excellent rendition. Jorma seems to have stayed true to the music over all his years. Still sounding good as ever, maybe better.

[terripur]

just cool and melancholic

[dudnetto]

How can u dare to make this comment about jack . H e´s perfect !!!

[peterlundholm]

janis did it better, and the bassplayer looks like a fucking moron

[jscbloom]

No one is forcing you to listen to Jorma. Bass player looks pretty cool to me.

[peterlundholm]

I never mentioned Jorma, I mentioned Janis, and her take on the song. This is still a great version.

But still, Jack Casady looks like a retard. Kinda feel like punching him

[me5g435rg]

if you dont know who the bass player is your a dumbass....little band called jefferson airplane

[peterlundholm]

I mentioned him by name you fucking tard, this would suggest I know who the man is. And I'm not questioning his musical talents, he was a great bassplayer. BUT, he did look and dress like a piece of mongoloid twig, which can be said about most hippies, excluding a handfull of exceptions.

[me5g435rg]

well as long as the music is good i really could give a fuck less about what the person looks like but if thats your hang up who really fucking cares

[peterlundholm]

I'm not asking you to care, I'm just saying he kinda looks like a dick

[me5g435rg]

im not asking you to ask me to care....he does look pretty funny though ...ok im done with the arguement ...good day

[Aureliomelis]

hahahahahhaha

[boyoedge]

hot tuna was not the first people to do this song. it was dave von ronk

[deweypug]

Its not who did it first, it is who did it best. Nobody did this as good, save perhaps the mighty Reverend...

[smock66]

@boyoedge no way! Rev. Gary Davis recorded this traditional tune before van Ronk was born!

[kirrafox]

I think I just fell in love a little.

[Pandasaures]

THIS IS AMAZING.

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Music by Jelly Roll Morton. Well played!

[lisaglynne]

Wow! This rendition is 40 years old and still sounds as good as when I first heard it in the 60'S!!! A true classic!

[LCLCLucia]

i saw jorma at his sons promo

[Mariekesone]

Nice..:-)

[XxDunklesxX]

lol his son goes to ur school i bet from now u follow him everywhere:p

lmfao

[LCLCLucia]

i dont follow his son around!but he kinda looks like jorma tho!FYI!

[JoeNo33]

Besides the great playing the added bonus is that you practically get a contact high off Jack's outfit!! Can't do this one justice yet but at bars I do "Keep on Truckin", "Candyman" & "Police Dog Blues" to keep the Tuna circulating & represented...Thanks for posting this version tiston69...

[LCLCLucia]

OMG!i know his son!he goes to my school!

[natewaggoner]

he reminds me of ian thomas (the folk singer from asheville north caroline)

[drive2233]

Anyone know what year this is?

[eljako123]

1970 during thier first album

[bassthang2277]

this was filmed in 1969.

[thechewydude]

Is that a Höfner bass?

[bassthang2277]

it's a Guild Starfire bass, modified by Alembic.

[thechewydude]

Ah, ok. :)

The headstock looks kind of like the Höfner headstock.. :P

[BoboLatex]

i just cant get enough of the bass-player...

He's just awesome. that smoothe and chilled look on his face and his posture...

just great

[razmataz31]

Check out the eyebrow action too ;-)

[razmataz31]

On Jack Casady that is... (eyebrows)

[Ultranothing]

Outstanding!

[lcuddy12]

Seriously, how many singer/songwriter's are that technically skilled? That's a rhetorical question, intended to indicate that Jorma's a bad ass!

[claudja777]

do they freak out at 1.41 or is just me?I am very fond of this song...I heard it the first time on an old MC in my parents box..it was a mixtape with across the board and white rabbit and silver sppon and the very last song was this one.I googled the lyrics and found this...Pretty pretty amazing

[mwilliams333]

yeah they fucked up for a second there but recovered really quickly

[sugarhollowdaddy]

I saw these guys (with a mandolin player) in Austin, TX, two years ago, which makes these guys 60+years old. It was a small club and I was five feet from Jack. We shared a shit-eating smile that made my evening. Saw them at Woodstock (1969) and the Fillmore in 1970, but that was with crazy Grace and wimpy Marty. This music is straight forward and they still know how to jam. No hesitation t'all, folks.

[kbenner]

Yep, I also got to see Hot Tuna a few years ago down here in West Palm Beach and like sugarhollowdaddy said they are still fantastic to hear in concert.

[bugaddi51]

Hi man great-my pleasure--watch my videos-budaddi51--

Gruss from Germany-winfried

[XxXxSabooxXxX]

This is so good. It is my dream to make great music like this

[Illuminato2]

Great!

[lonesomejohnnie]

Love Hot Tuna, always will. Jorma is one of the best finger style Blues players period. Had the privilege to see him solo and w/ Jack many many times, and would do so again

[XxXxSabooxXxX]

You lucky motha

[jlhaslip]

Google Hot Tuna for more information

[rzanikos]

Does anyone have a link for the tab to this? Please?

[pauletaloca]

LOVE THEM! From what year is?

[warlord1962]

either 1970 or'72

[NilezII]

I like Kaukonen. I think he is one of the most under-appreciated "signature sound" guitarists. Can you possibly imagine "Somebody To Love" without his lead-out?

[jibtazzle]

Who the hell is that other guy? xD

[guitarslim56]

He's a CGI creation.

[saulisatweaker]

The bass player is hilariously awesome. Every time I see him I keep thinking how easy it would be for Johnny Depp to be that bassist in some random movie.

[lallijorma]

tfis is biggest shit ever on the world

[emadmadi]

who you are...the daughter?

[mercydee]

Esta versión del Hesitatin' tiene bastante culpa de que me aficionara a la guitarra de manera tan obsesiva como irreversible. Por cierto, el resto de la discografía de Hot Tuna ¡no me interesa un pimiento!

(Y, por cierto también, ¡mooola el look del bajista!)

:-)

[nachobelo29]

Jack Casady (ambos salieron de Jefferson Airplane).

[Soulnik]

You've got to dig it to dig it, you dig? ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

[stevietheflea]

Dig.

[Mommak56]

Merci, Merci!!!

[bodhidarma1]

this song is great but the thing on the left and jorma's boots are from another planet.

[headwall07]

They sold those boot moccasins on haight street up until 1967.  Mine wore out by '68.

That 'thing', as in thankyou, thing? is Jack Casady, but of course. And at that time, they were probably ALL another planet.