Hot Tuna - Hesitation Blues - 1970

[marcotukoff]

uma verdadeira aula, thanxs from brazil!!!

[evilthesaurus]

just saw them live. I almost fainted when they came out on stage.

[robertlaberge]

Telepathic counterpoint interplay, nothing short of miraculous!

[crowleygavehugs]

feel airplane vibes in the bass.

[SuperKalaspuffar]

Fantastic video. Hot Tuna is, for me, a mix of parties a la 20ś mixed with cigars, ragtime and a big piano in there and some spirituality and hippie attitude too:-)

[oldsoul247]

I was naive going to Haight Ashbury a few months ago for the first time thinking it would still be the way id heard about it from Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Hot Tuna...its all a tourism now..blahhhh money money... i put up a cover of the water song in the vid response area (Folkdub) if you feel like checkin it out

[TheLJdragonfly]

Hmmm ..."Jack's is even better." I'm not sure.... I LOVE me some Jorma! Not in a 'crush' kinda way either!!!

[houshmandben]

dudee fucken amazing song.. never getss old cant belive thes gies are still turing!

[friendlyisle]

So relaxed and 'in the groove'! - Way cool!

[MultiCandor]

jack cassidy i want to have your babies

[NerviFrank]

Next Monday they're both coming to my town Genoa, in Italy.

Sure it's going to be a success.

[PHAEDRIDER]

jack is the coolest rock star ever .

[dejohn747]

I can remember seeing them with pappa john creach at the academy on 3rd & 14th st n.y.c.

[s0cr8es]

i get to see these guys on july second at the mish in fort collins as a high school graduation/ 18th birthday present. so stoked.

[AtomikBassCrew]

I like when there is no "dislike".



[johnnymac1986]

deff look flatwound 

[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!!!

[cyjazz]

@Carrrrr1217 I couldn't ask for a better birthday gift!

[someonefromnowheable]

@Carrrrr1217 thats my 18th birthday!! but im in Oregon :(

[fiofado]

...souvenirs encore persistants d'un album acheté un jour chez un disquaire d'occaz' de Toulouse. Encore des images du Canal du Midi, de la Garonne, de la brique rouge et de tas de doux instants passés dans cette magnifique ville rose !

[bloodorange20]

Look at his boots. Ahh! Awesome!

[zony1ful]

guess im the duck in that river of whisky, help?

[shymama8]

if i were a GUI-tar, i'd marry Jorma's Gui-tar, then we'd make little GUI-tar babies. like mandolins and stuff.

[paluhl]

saw them tonight! 40 years later and still HOT

[rippersk8er]

is jack using flatwounds?

[ujnawierzbie]

@rippersk8er Yes, though his sound is not typical to flatwounds.

[Wormtongue13]

The best duo ever. Thanks!

[mrbag60]

Jack and Jorma, the dynamic duo. Acoustically speaking it doesn't get any better than this.

[lukasohlsson]

God damn hippies!

[Katmundu]

vintage...like wine...just keeps sounding better

[TheHippiechick47]

I did some serious trippin' listening to these guys. Memories... ;)

Lady Gaga? LOL No contest. These guys are real musicians. Just sayin'....my opinion.

[vauxhall908]

@TheHippiechick47 don't sleep on gaga she's got talent don't know what shes doing with it go check some of her acoustic work

[craismith]

this is a great song by a great guitarist. the only thing that would make it better is if they had let the Lady Gaga sing it!!!!

just my opinion. KISSES!!

[JustJake57]

@craismith make it better? It's a delta blues song from the 30's, and you're trying to jam down our collective fucking throats that Lady Gaga will make it all better???. That's really rich Dexter.

Enjoy Tuna's version for what it is, and keep Gaga in your back pocket. Or are you her fucking manager? Someone put one behind my fucking ear so I don't have to read shit like this on YT. Everybody's got a an opinion as to what it should be. You know what it should be? Shutting daFuckUp

[Dissiprin]

so great. real musicians with super human soul. Peace, B.B.

[realdeeal]

Over 40 years and it still gives me the chills ,going to the Beacon in N.Y.C for Jormas 70th B'day bash Concert ,hope someone puts up some great video of it .!!!!

[GMCSir]

met Jorma in the 70's at some kinda dive type bar- jack and jorma were awesome! my fav. band..this song is the best of all, to me:)

[07skibum]

love me some crunchy tunes like this.....

[jakeenan]

It's a clinic, simple as that.

[TheB0mberMan]

Wish that hot tuna woud be more fameos But now we ve got the justin bieber its better then real music lets listen to that fag instet of real music

[smomud]

this song playing by hot tuna make me happy

[paul353]

great song and band.....jack was the ultimate hippie!!

[MrAndersoncouncil]

@paul353 :) He's just making love to that bass.

[maxhiner699]

I met Jorma. Great guy.

[bobbie2836]

LOVE it. Just happened on this, and its so good to hear it again. Haven't hear it in years. Thanks

[aaaiiiyyy]

Jack looked sooo cool

[TheRandyowen]

I first saw this video on PBS in 1970-71, the guitar looks like a Guild but don't know for sure. This group inspired me to play guitar, acoustic, and since I have found this video I'm going off to practice these licks right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rocco777777]

anybody know what sort of guitar jorma is playing here? is that black thing at the back jack's amp? anybody know what amp he is using? one last thing: anybody know what that blue face combo he's used more recently is?

[yankeesrule009]

FUCKIN JORMA

[sklaus7465]

the changes couldn't be better

[DNAblues]

Fantastic flashback to the Golden Age of music.

Thanks for sharing.

[jenniferpayne36]

What a blast from the past. I have great memories from back in those days.

[EmpZappa66]

I'm so glad Casady and Kaukonen didn't sell out like the others, they stayed true to their roots.

[ITO198]

great jorma

[andreja56]

This is the best work of HT from the first album.

Very rare performance...the album is killer.I hope there is more footage from that time.

Thanks for posting this.It made my day!!!

[Rwhitenola2]

First concert was Tuna and Jon Hammer opened..Manhattan/Paladium. Maybe '76 My brothers worked the doors.. The Hat Brothers. Great way to break in their lil sis

[musicbykevinahern]

Man! These two were the gretaest!!!!

[jotasulli1]

Road trip to York, PA next week, Hot Tuna w/ Steve Earle

[RRaquello]

In the famous James Cagney movie "The Public Enemy" from 1931, this is the song Putty Nose is singing & playing on the piano when Cagney shoots him. The words were slightly different, but there are hundreds of versions of Hesitation Blues and they're all different.

[yankeesrule009]

@RRaquello they were prolly doin the gary davis version thts a great version but this ones better

[RoyFive]

Granted, Marty, Grace and Paul were the personalites of the Jefferson Airplane, but for my money Jorma and Jack were the backbone.

[deedrh]

one of my favorite videos on the web

[pickwickbowl]

The first album was called "Live at the New Orleans House"

[bertbrains]

Re: source unknown; this is from a PBS production : Guitar w/ Laura Webber (host). Instructional w/ a guest -- Hot Tuna in this case -- in addition. From this episode is also a video of "Mann's Fate".

[AppleRamone]

Cheers!!

is great...

<3

[pickwickbowl]

Actually, their first album was called "Live at the Berkley House"

[travelinshoes]

so if want to know about jacks bass contact doug erwin at new shop in the bay area think it is san jose or cupertino,also wil scarlet blew harp on this record

[travelinshoes]

this was great stuff,the erwin brothers owned alembic they made the customs for jjerry that after his death he had willed back to them only the band said they belonged to the band so not having lots of cash to do court battle they ended up ,splitting the 4 ,funny anybody ever see anybody but jerry playing those guitars they took there two sold them at auction and i believe they are the two highest priced guitars ever sold

[Leyzer18]

No tremendous crowds messing up the sound quality . . . just a couple of guys in a room rockin' the blues! Grrrreat! -- L18

[ghettobeagle]

oh snapee-ola!

[stasch7856]

Great video of a fantastic song!

[kawliga55]

omg, i love this!! thnx for the post

[wygakyl]

Hot Tuna is playing an Electric tour, which is rare these days. They usually play acoustically. If you get a chance to catch 68 year old Jorma blast it, with Mister Jack just as agile on the bass as he still is on "eyebrows" lol,,, you really should. It aint gonna happen forever!

[artgirlsreality]

Good Stuff then and NOW! Cheers,meg

[GilbertsonDerick]

Wish I had Jack's lips. Not kidding. Wish I had Jack's lips.

[nebnis81]

@GilbertsonDerick how bizarre

[irvnz]

is this from the Berkeley shows/ they are pretty stoned~!

[irvnz]

sing Jack, sing~! is this from the shows somewhere in Berkeley?

[cweakley]

Jack looks like an animated character by Robert Crumb.

[POBulkhead]

Fuckin' dirty Hippies! Aren't they dead yet?!

[irvnz]

@POBulkhead sorry.. jorma & Jack stayed pretty clean, unlike Brian jones & jerry Garcia & Brian Marnell and that mother love bone singer or kurt cobain...

[riumlm]

Nice Boots.

[xGiSolace]

theres a guitar from hot tuna in the hard rock cafe in cologne , i was there yesterday :)

[BigBossTheFirst]

...love it !

[pickwickbowl]

Casady's Flying V bass was am ibanez

[pickwickbowl]

No, the first album was called "Live at the Berkley House"

[hobedog1]

Casady's Flying V bass was NOT a Guild, I'm pretty sure. The bass was custom made, using a Guild Thunderbird neck and custom body. I've seen two variations , but it's probably the same bass. In some photos, the bridge is a Guild Starfire bridge, and I've seen it with a more modern bridge. Both had the Guild/Hagstrom pickups.

[santyrush]

Robert, este te referias? pues no esta mal, pero no es de mi estilo.... me suena a los comienzos del blues.....

[probinson1337]

Still missing that Will Scarlett on harp, he smokes Lee Oskar AND Norton Buffalo

[hiodori]

this is so brilliant no one can play like this anymore

[NolanD]

great song

[jeanhartely]

This is the first album where Jack & Jorma separated from the Starship. What musicians!

[MickClips]

Jack Casady (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane) on bass and

Jorma Kaukonen on Guitar.

[Bilko2720]

Drugs? Lemme tell ya. i saw Jorma with G.E. Smith last night at McCabe's in Santa Monica, CA drug-free he still rips it up like no body's business! (And he did this tune too)

[hobedog1]

It's an Alembic-customized Guild Starfire bass. Alembic did the Grateful Dead's sound system back in the day. Phil Lesh's Guild Starfire bass was also Alembic-customized. This particular bass in the video was stolen and never recovered, as I recall. Alembic was originally on Brady St. in San Francisco, and they're located now in San Jose, I believe. Jack Casady used to own the first Alembic bass ever made, but sold it. In 1972, it cost over $4,000.

[guglio1290]

What bass is he playing?

[guglio1290]

@atthehops READ COMMENTS BEFORE REPLYING.

I didn't ask who he was, I asked what model of bass he was playing.

[guglio1290]

@atthehops I DIDN'T ASK WHO WAS PLAYING BASS.

I asked what MODEL of bass was being played.

think before you reply, my friend.

[atthehops]

My B-A-D!

" When Tuna became a power trio in the mid 70's, Casady's Guild Flying V custom bass became his trademark"

Wikipedia

[666cynicaldragon666]

can someone say DRUG!!!..haha g'd old 60's!

[altq2001]

it says 1970 tho

[666cynicaldragon666]

@altq2001 close enough!!  ;)

[Ramadancer]

Thanx inet, rca88, yutu, and all gods chill'in. Its a thrill after all these yrs.

[zepfan74]

the beginning reminds me of the music for farmville. great blues tune

[yankeesrule009]

great song did anyone ever hear the original version of this song by reverend gary davis

[heavymetalist34]

yesss! very gooood

[Garg221]

woaaaahh! great!

[jmccullough]

The first time I saw them in about 1972, and I saw them again Thursday night. Neither Jorma nor Jack has lost a step.

[klarmer]

Crazy.

[AlterEgo1A]

move over and pass the joint.

[Nightverssion]

This just in....

Al Gore is the coolest nerd in the world.

Donald Trump is mad so he said Gore should have his Nobel taken from him. Then he said the Chinese think American politicians are the dumbest people in the world because he is a rasist!

Denialist Trump? = Rasist.

[wisesatyr72]

this is good shit..this is the stuff you listen  to when you're BBQ and drinking beer and smoking some kind weed

[JoniCatRay]

@wisesatyr72 that's funny, it sure is

[shutdownthefed]

@wisesatyr72 yes you're right....preferably strawberry cough

[MyInnerEyeMike]

Awesome footage!! I've never seen any of this before. Thanks for sharing it.

[MultiParasite]

This shit is hot shit!

[Doderhultarn89]

I really want that bass:P

[Jack1685]

what bass is jack playing?

[guitarrjunky]

I assume its a guild.

[Hippie465]

That bass is a guild starfire that had been heavily modded by Alembic, Phil Lesh of the grateful dead had the same thing done to his starfire

[Jack1685]

coool... i love dead...and jacks and phils playing style...where two very different techniques but both sound so awesome.

[Hippie465]

i Know, Phils is possibly the most mellodic stuff i have ever heard and jack...well.... i don't know where to begin

[rhmayer1]

RCA88 says the source is unknown. Another upload from the same show (Mann's Fate - also really great) states that it's from '69; from Laura Weber's Folk Guitar show on PBS TV. [My first guitar lessons, from this same time, were out of Laura Weber's guitar book!] Like rca88 notes, not only Jorma but Jack is also fantastic in this session.

[joealanouf]

what was there first solo album..burgers?

[rca88]

Their first album was just called "Hot Tuna" and this song is the first track. This video must be from that same period - 1970. A great great record - I have spent many hours with it.

[veedubyuh82]

@rca88=== i have the original album, given to me when i was 10, from my uncle, who served in viet-nam---i would'nt think of selling; i learned patience,through this beautiful vinyl---thanks for posting this video; after 36 years, i FINNALLYknow what they look like. the album only has a 'centipede' drawing on it-thankx,,sir--

[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.

[Ixtulu]

@rca88 Yes, I remember, I had their first album and a live album too, I think. My goodness, this was 40 years ago. I started records collecting so at the end of the 60ies. Unfortunatelly they never came to Europe.

[bertbrains]

@joealanouf The first HotTuna release was acoustic live from New Orleans House in Berkeley, Ca. simply titled, "Hot Tuna". Following was an electric live lp w/Papa John Creach, titled " First Pull Up, Then Pull Down" . "Burgers" was next and was their 1st studio release.

[mahdeealoo]

Skunk River Medicine Show does a nice version of this classic

[zleeeee]

this blues kicks asses!

yeah

[georgetsikos1]

What an awesome video for 1970, in their prime!

[mahatmacote]

Love these guys' playing - but then what's not to like!?

Wish they'd tour the UK and I could go & see them.

Jorma was great at a Haight Street Fair I saw him at in the early 80's

[InHumanFormR]

does any one know where i can get a good tab for this song, i haven't found a good one yet, or even the sheet music

[Aldolnza]

that is where the beauty of learning be ear comes in..

[mrprytania]

InHumanFromR: Check out Homespun tapes. Actually you can get a video of Jorma teaching this song. He's a great instructor.

[unsere]

Maravilloso, soberbio! Hay alguno otro comentario que pueda escribir?? Guauuuu.

[MYJESUSROCKS]

30 milliojn invested go collect from cops and yellow roadway and robb thompson

[MYJESUSROCKS]

just don't care about money no more

[passionaria]

Wonderful !:)

[me5g435rg]

just nice

[hftaom14]

makes me put down my guitar and pick up my harp

[thekkl]

That's not good :\

If you emulate those who play good, then after years of practice you too will play good. I doubt they meant to scare people off of guitar when they did this.

[talerdudansk]

they always have it..

[pinkstarburst95]

Ha! Loved it.

[blindmellowlemon]

i last seen them for 3days at the Chateau libertae while recording thier 2nd album,1971

i saw them last nite in Missoula , Montana

THEY STILL GOT IT ,38 years later

[celloprofundo]

Tuna is King! -- Phish

[1eggcream]

Excellent...

Remember, you can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish!

[rickiedog]

Saw them 2 years ago at the Cedar in Minneapolis. They're just as fantastic now as they were almost 40 years ago!

[r1bikecam]

I shot black & white photos while on stage with Hot Tuna in San Diego in 1970. cacheagency is the site. Click on Photographers, then Jeff Allen, and go to page 3 (at the bottom of each page of photographs) for the shots of Hot Tuna. Enjoy them!

[Hippie465]

cool! those are great pics

[r1bikecam]

They're available for purchase. Should you be interested, let me know. Thanks again.

[MrOakley101]

this is a year after woodstock when jack cassidy and jorma kraukonen were playing with jefferson airplaine

[SupernalOne]

My sister dated Jack's kid brother for a couple of years - I never got free tickets tho :-P

[Katmundu]

need my tuna fix

[TylerCanfield]

they left out jacks name haha

[operalament]

this was a performance that was broadcast on tv. They also played mans fate which appeared on the same album. jorma plays a fiff in that song which i defy anyone to nail down. incredible. nice goin.

[Neoconhater]

Yes, it was broadcast from KQED San Francisco., PBS The show:Folk Guitar with Laura Weber. Laura loved Jorma and Jack, and she was an exelent teacher! So is Jorma.

[Mariekesone]

Soooooo Nice :-)

[ttoflea]

Been thoroughly enjoying Jack and Jorma, Hot Tuna since the beginning, and of course, with The Jefferson Airplane. Got really lucky in 1972 when I caught their show at the Hollywood Palladium (turned onto tickets by a friend who did graphics for some album covers.)

Monster line-up -- Wishbone Ash opened, New Riders of the Purple Sage next, and Hot Tuna (the 4 pc w/ Papa John!!) topped the evening. Not bad for a Tuesday night, eh? *Sigh* those were the days..

[Sundevilhp29]

You and my dad would have a great time talking about music! he loves all those bands

[BigHornCanyon]

May be, I am your dad.

[ttoflea]

Sundevilhp29 -- your dad caught any of the videos from the band Double Dose?

If he loves Tuna, he's got to check out this band.

PS ~ hi dad! :)

[leeniemonster]

A big influence on them was a fellow named Steve Mann. Steve played on Dr. John's first album Gris Gris. Steve and his manager picked me up hitchhiking in '67. I invited them in my parents house to jam. I of course played first thinking I was 'all that' then Steve played and my jaw dropped, I had never heard such honest playing. I didn't know wether to give up guitar, commit suicide or divest myself of all earthly possessions and become a diciple! I chose the latter.

[leadzeppbelly]

Is that a fender acoustic?

[Jakerinobino]

Looks kind of like a Guild to me, but it's kind of hard to tell.

[tuckerwells]

could even be a Gibson...check out the pick guard

[diegopunk]

blues rules all

search

bukka white

[eljako123]

Right on brother, the birth of rock is the blues, people don't know that anymore =(

[leadzeppbelly]

i know they ought to really. But eople are ignorant. No respect at all

[CrapsAss]

you guys do know that jack was into boys...just sayin'...

[tuckerwells]

it's wild how many greats were into little boys and young girls and shit like that...geniuses in their own ways but man some of them were odd balls

[TwoTones]

what is this based on? are you talking about these guys?

[mothulicka]

it is true. check it out. the internet doesn't lie!