Hot Tuna - Jorma Kaukonen - Jack Casady - I See The Light

[reverendjimj]

I like when towards the very ending of the song jorma gives a high 5 to pete with that glance,it is too cool, saw these guys a couple of times. I can't think of a better sound,.............the rev

[reverendjimj]

this stuff works me up so much!!!!!!! saw em a couple times.......the rev

[jharri1]

Pete sears is the man!

[jackgingeranderic]

I am a big Jack Bruce fan but there's a sound to Casady's bass that's as thick and sweet as Maple sugar.

[donottawaguitar]

so refreshing and cool

[mrmott44]

Yggdrasil Bass

[nowthatsinteresting1]

Lovely bass sound - shame about bass quality online - always hard to hear!

[welcome2myhell]

@nowthatsinteresting1 get better speakers

[nowthatsinteresting1]

@welcome2myhell Will that work? I've tried quality headphones - not much better

[MrFunkifyurlife]

Wavy Gravy!!!!!!!!!!! YES! feelin it!

[davidbp4]

a friend of mine just blogged with pics of all sorts of 'light'... i immediately thought of this tune, to attach to her blog comments... alas, it's unembbedable?.. it's such a fine version you posted, but why ohhh why unembeddable? (saw tuna this summer, jorma last year, love jack as my all-time bass man)... would reeeeeally appreciate if you'd change your settings to make it embeddable... (will come back later to see if hopefully you've done so).. onward, jorma n' jack!!!

[sgtstardust]

Jack Casady has ALWAYS ruled in bass-land... and Jorma is supreme with 6-strings. Who could ask for more?

[DocGeorge4U]

Donald "Duck" Dunn???

[dreadtodred]

this cat plays good solid bass!!

[macbrighid23]

@criminyJT

oh yeah, that's Wavy... :-)

[pjl1015]

Phucking Sweet!!!!

[infocus2020]

@criminyJT ABSOLUTLY.



[tullist]

I will toss Ron Carter's name into the mix, mainly to illucidate the difficulty of the who's better who's best. What about Danny Thompson often with Richard Thompson? Art Ensemble's late bassist Malachi Favors was a pretty fair snapper too. But yeah, just might love Jack best of all but there's 100 of these guys deserving mention.

[fore101]

Charles Mingus! :)

[70goldtop]

Since we're talking about great bassists,how about Andy Fraser?

[davethejeweler]

wavy. gravy. (title to be retired) jorma. damn near pure energy.

[heileman28]

4:07 WTF

[stewfike]

Eric Clapton was asked once "how did it feel to be the best guitar player in the world" and Clapton responded "I don't know ask Jorma Kaukonen".

[Mepelicer]

PERFECT, JUST PERFECT.

[TheJlm88]

cant remember the 3rd guy could help?

[atomicon3]

awesome...been a Casady fan since the mid-60s

[finnertyManuel]

they don't call 'em hot for nuthin'...

[POBulkhead]

I'm surprised Jack is still alive. I heard that he used to carry a brief case of drugs around with him. Similar to what Johnny Depp carried when he was portraying Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Wow wavy was still alive in 92'? I always have thought Jack was the best, Hell he inspired me to become a bass player. But he is no Les Claypool.

[keo774]

@POBulkhead

every single member of a psychedelic or rock band in the 60's was into drugs.

some of them continued to take drugs, and of course they died, and other ones (like jack or jorma) stopped taking drugs and of course they're still alive

[tom6612]

@POBulkhead -- I heard the same exact thing about that brief case. I know i heard about it during the early 1970's and i'm just trying to remember where. Maybe an article in Rolling Stone but i can't be sure. I knew people that did lots of drugs back then but they were never in great danger cause they weren't jerks that couldn't figure out when they had enough. And psychedelics didn't have a lethal OD.

[hesgone100]

First time I say Hot Tuna was 1976. Many, many times since. Jorma with a sleeveless shirt, a crew cut and tatoos all over his back. Jack with that winged bass....man anybody who doesn't like them has to respect them for their playing....

[keo774]

You people, you're talking only about Jack's (beautiful) bass, but nobody thought that this is a guitar masterpiece. Infact in fingerpicking guitar word, Jorma Kaukonen and Leo Kottke are the best.

And this is a beautiufl song too, with poetic words and fantastic fingerpicking licks. And the voice is good too. So stop talking about Jack's bass (althought is beautiful) and start talking about Jorma's beautiful lyrics, guitar and voice

[keo774]

@keo774 Without Jorma's songs Jack couldn't play the bass the way he do (as Jack himself says)

[joealanouf]

i wanna see hot tuna befor its too late

[infraredruby]

Hey man, get up!!! Somebody finally commented on your Video!! Love it!! Hot

F&%^$#G Tuna!!!

[stratdelux09]

Saw Jack....only man I've seen, can sleep while he's playing.

[gsasko]

Amazing. Saw Hot Tuna "open" for the Airplane in State College PA way back in 1971 I believe. He and they were amazing then and like great wine he & Jack only continue to get better - hard to believe,

[keo774]

yea, very good

[johnglasheen]

Sorry: Jaco

[wobrien007]

C'mon, man - I love Jack and Jack, but there's also Phil and the Ox and Jaco and Stanley, among others. If you like bass check out Tal Wilkenfeld....she's about 5" nothing, 95 lbs and plays a mean-ass fiddle.....

[hobedog1]

For you gear-heads out there - Jack's bass is a vintage and rare Gibson Les Paul Signature bass. This is the bass that inspired the "Jack Casady Model" Epiphone bass. He is fond of hollow-body basses, and played a Guild Starfire for years. Top notch playing by all!!

[photogeorge42]

A lot of great bass players in this world. Jack is the one who changed the way bass is played.

[randyleepublic]

Nah, I agree with Larsbolander. Except you gotta give John Entwhistle a spot on that list. I saw him on the last Who tour and he did stuff that was as distinctive, original, and irreproducible as anything I've ever seen Jack do; and I've seen Jack do a lot!

John would fan his right hand over the strings and hit selected ones with each of his four fingers in one motion that was unearthly in its grace.

I've never seen Jack do anything that deft.

[guitarsark]

Jack is the bass MASTA !!

[keku42]

This is so Beautiful !

[laoban1954]

Jack's the man. My God, no one can touch him.

[lpmkb4]

What great musicianship!

[acousticland]

buy this cd. Live at Sweetwater 1 and 2Who likes this artists will be satisfied. I'm one of these fans.

[profjohnfrinks]

jack might be one of the best but john entwistle is the best...

[super0cabbage]

agreed mate. agreed indeed

[Moose1488]

Phil Lesh is the Best, or Less Claypool

[Larsbolander]

there's Jack Casady, then there's a space, then there;s Jack Bruce, and then there's everyone else who ever picked up a bass.

[mrmott44]

Entwistle, McCartney, Brian Wilson, let's not forget Carol Kaye who played on more #1s and schools all these bassists (google her). Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is incredible. My current favorite is Victor Wooten.

[BluesRenegade]

...and then there's Jaco Pastorius.

[photogeorge42]

amen

[six2112]

@Larsbolander I've been listening and watching him play bass for 30 years and i am still blown away everytime.

[keo774]

@Larsbolander yes, yoo're right

[auteur116]

@Larsbolander I concur.

[gumbyonacid]

@Larsbolander I love jack Casady and Jack bruce,but I think you clearly forgot the king- JOHN ENTWISTLE

[jimilve]

@gumbyonacid Thanks for your post.I wanted to mention Entwitle but wasn't sure how to spell his name.Prematur senility.

[Themostancient]

@Larsbolander - Jack and Jack are great, but I also like the different styles of

Phil Lesh and Carol Kaye...

[randyleepublic1]

@Larsbolander I've seen Entwhistle do stuff every bit as amazing (and yet completely different) as the best stuff I've ever seen Jack do.

[rosedore]

l loved them so much if I couldn't get a ticket for their show I would break something..it dosn't make sense to me how they arn't fucking revered more in 2009 they are 2 of the sexiest best this world ever had...HAS!

[elvisaron1]

Perkele,pojat osaa soittaa =)

[eljako123]

Very cosy!

Love them both. The kings of blues....and the master of the psychedelic sound.

[Pudsy440]

I've always been a fan of these guys especially Jack Casady, thanks for posting!

[reefrunner9]

Sundown coming, thursday afternoon, found myself right here and this sound.......feeling about 5:23 P.M.......

[MrBruceBarham]

was a GIBSON the bass, hollowbody basses are my fav, over the years Jack has used afew different hollowbody, and tried some different stringing, his bass work is probably the best in the business to me, I prefer his style he is pursuing, today bass is expected to play one note for dance beat...for rigeletto (sp) he does it great

[Morganizer]

This Hot Tuna video played automatically after a Bruce Cockburn video I searched for. I am offended by this kind of advertising/broadcasting. Hot Tuna, if you paid YouTube to promote your video this way, you wasted your money because I am not watching it. This will be a short lived advertising fad because the Internet is all about the delivery of user-requested information. If people aren't searching for 'hot tuna', it's because it's just not interesting enough, and your money won't change that.

[sachemsiouxx]

Learn how playlists work, you ignorant tool.

[wjhandy]

Ya'll get a room

[7upIsLove]

cock-burn. hehehe

[warlord1962]

Hot Fucking tTuna!!!Jorma Kaukonen/Jack Casady rule!! awesome song..thanks for posting it

[nightmarecreature09]

Phucking HOT TUNA!!!!!!!!

[BigHornCanyon]

I was fortunate enough to be an usher at Warfield for several shows when I was visiting the Bay Area. Of Course this is at Sweetwater.

The people I lived with were in Mill Valley a 10 minute walk to Sweetwater. There is wealth of music hatched in the 60's still strong in Calif. I'd say it's concentrated is from Santa Cruz to Sebastopol.

Thanks for posting

This was an exceptionally warm rendition of I See the Light. Sweetwater is a small and intimate venue.

[modelleg]

Can't wait to see them again at the Scottish Rite Auditorium!

[jarrettkid346]

To those with questions about the bass Jack is using, it is called a Gibson Les Paul Signature. These were a line of hollowbody low-impedance guitars and basses Gibson put out with very little market success in the early 1970s. Jack has been using this kind of bass for years, and Epiphone makes s copy of the Les Paul Signature as a Casady signature model.

[plutoe]

Jack Casady is playing with MOONALICE in San Francisco.What a cool band they are all

[ytcarol]

I used to date Mike Casady, Jack's brother, back in high school in D.C. Lots of resemblance, but he didn't play.  Wonder what ever happened to Mike...

[artboy55]

jorma seems to pretty toasted.

[headwall07]

You think so? I wonder if he still was doing that sort of thing then.

[Byrontheone]

In this video, it looks like Jorma hasn't aged yet, but Jack sure looks older than before. I guess all the drinking these guys did in their crazy and gifted career took its toll eventually. The leader of the Airplane had a stoke back in the 80's-he was Gracie's husband. Bless it's pointed little head. I remember the cover of that album like it was yesterday.

[wickedlittlethings]

Jerry Slick was Grace's first husband. They were married in 1961 and divorced in 1971. Grace's second husband was Skip Johnson (the band's lighting director). They were married in 1976 and divorced in 1994. Paul Kantner and Grace Slick had a daughter (China) together but they were never married to each other.

[xiz90]

Damn i love Jack!! His tone is amazing!

He uses the Gibson bass right? and not the Epiphone version?

[FugginNorb]

Sir, I do not believe there even IS a Gibson version. So far as I know it is exclusively offered by Epiphone.

[xiz90]

True, i thought Epiphone only made "copys".

[bcw3360]

they come out with original stuff every once in a while, but most of the time it is "copies"

[MarchDad]

are you out of your mind? Traditional tunes. ...at the risk of being / sounding like a mean dude, do you understand the concept? You have options. You can open up your heart & mind to the truth ...along with excellent pickin' / playing ...& / or listen to top 40 pop radio. Hate to be so harsh, but I'm thinkin' you don't know spit.

[bcw3360]

wait what?

[joeyacquav]

This guy plays l o n g concerts longer than anyone

lol

[PJMcJorma]

I met somebody who saw kingfish and hot tuna at Brooklyn college, (maybe 1970) and they played till 6:00 am.

[Jimala3]

@PJMcJorma prolly 1978

[999tcb]

Awesome guys, as always......

[Musicman543210]

great.

i was lookin through my old hot tuna vinyls

[carbarundum]

Simply wonderful.

[Karmalize]

i love this with the keys

[NorCalDog111]

sounds great for a live recording

[kharmakreep]

Tuna usually does

[hotpoot]

The click being discussed here - it results from the fact that he adjusts his pickup fairly high\close to the strings. When he plays lightly with his right hand, no click. When he digs in with his right hand, then the string hits the pickup and you hear a click.

[halloweenfiend666]

Im a bass player myself and I believe the "click" sound is more so a result of the strings striking the fretboard. Because of a heavy approach with his right hand. Pickups very close to the strings would make a bass sound pretty much like crap (the magnets in the pickup would be soo close they would interfere with the string vibration).

[lonolives]

rip sweetwater, long live hot f'n tuna

[WEIR4EVER]

I swear, for a European seeing this is A TREAT!

Loved this guys for so long!

[WEIR4EVER]

Nice to see the old SweetWater again....

[FirstBassman13]

SeaofGreen, yes, I know exactly what you mean.

I once asked Jack to show me how to play like that. He said he doesn't play that way anymore. I said "you used to." And he responded "But I don't any more!"

And that's true. Jack is more interested now in getting a warmer fuller tone than he used to and his style of playing has changed.

[SEAOFGREEN]

[Perfect examples at 00:28 & 00:30 & 00:44-00:45]

[SEAOFGREEN]

Anyone know how Jack gets those trasdemark "percussive clicks" here & there during his playing??? I love it....All I can think of is he whacks the strings hard (maybe pushing them against the pick-up?) at certain points....??? Or maybe a percussive finger-nail thing? I've watched him closely...But it's hard to pidgeon-hole. (And it's definitely not his bass, as he gets that trademark percussive thump on most any bass he plays!)

[coneyislandrocket]

to me it sounds like his amp is quite loud, and he plays very softly most of the time with his right hand - i.e. then tapping on the strings will cause a good click to come through.

[pdondini]

Long live Jorma & Jack!!!

[jptulg]

Cool...excellent!!Hot F*cking Tuna !!Long live Jorma!!