Aristera
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Got to see a wonderful show last night at The Egg.
Electric Hot Tuna - final tour The Egg Albany NY
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Here's a couple more.
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Only time I ever caught them live was when the looked like this:
GGJaguar
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I saw them once in the early or mid 1980s. I think there was a Japanese musician playing with them, too. It was awful. All they played was super loud, screechy "experimental" stuff. My friend and I just kept looking at each other wondering if we were even at the right concert. They didn't play any of the songs that they are known for. It was un-Hot Tuna. Weird. I need ask my friend if he remembers about it more than I do.
That was Jorma's "punk" stage, and Jack wasn't even playing with him then, he was doing the SVT thing. The band was probably "Vital Parts", AKA "White Gland" briefly. It maybe wasn't Jorma's best era, but they had their moments. 1975, will mark the 50th anniversary of me seeing Jorma and Jack in their various forms. I'm sad to see no more electric shows, but in recent years I've come to prefer the greater variety of the acoustic shows anyway.
And @Aristera, The Egg looks like such a cool venue! Interesting architecture, and excellent acoustics too, from what I've heard.
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Saw them electric for the first time a couple years ago. Great playing, but the sound was muddy. Deliberately so, as the opener sounded fine.
Glad I saw it, but I prefer the acoustic performances, even though I'm a huge airplane fan.
Glad I saw it, but I prefer the acoustic performances, even though I'm a huge airplane fan.
Aristera
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Jorma split guitar playing between his Gibson ES-345 and his Gibson Chet Atkins SST. No muddy sounds anywhere.
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That makes sense.
GGJaguar
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I don't remember.
mavuser
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too bad u couldn't get a little closer to the stage
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I always enjoyed Cassidy's bass playing.
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Some years ago I went to Fur Peace Ranch, his rural guitar camp in...uh...West Virginia? No, Ohio! Jorma is a great guy, his camp is
really a camp, with little cottages, group bathrooms, several wonderful classrooms, nice library and a gourmet chef. He runs his differently,
thinking that if people have to use vacation they have limited time, so his classes are not a week long though your time away from home might be. All top shelf teachers, I took "Mandolin for Guitar Players" with the late Pete Huttlinger, great experience...as well as the road trip to get there. Expensive, as the good guitar camps are, but really worth consideration if they have a teacher whose work you admire.
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really a camp, with little cottages, group bathrooms, several wonderful classrooms, nice library and a gourmet chef. He runs his differently,
thinking that if people have to use vacation they have limited time, so his classes are not a week long though your time away from home might be. All top shelf teachers, I took "Mandolin for Guitar Players" with the late Pete Huttlinger, great experience...as well as the road trip to get there. Expensive, as the good guitar camps are, but really worth consideration if they have a teacher whose work you admire.
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Fretboard Journal has a nice ~45 minute interview with Jorma.
www.fretboardjournal.com
Podcast 428: Jorma Kaukonen - Fretboard Journal
Guitar legend Jorma Kaukonen joins on this week's podcast live from the 2023 Fretboard Summit.
www.fretboardjournal.com