A blog by Jorma Kaukonen

Twenty First Night With CAMI

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We just got into New Orleans after a long drive from Jacksonville. This is just going to be a short update… I’m going to get some real sleep tonight. Yesterday we were in Jacksonville at the Jacksonville Theater and here is our set list:

CAMI Tour 21
Hot Tuna Blues
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Skoota Warner & G.E. Smith
Charlie Musselwhite & Jim Lauderdale
Jacksonville Theater
Jacksonville, Florida
Sunday, February 27, 2011

First Set Acoustic:
1. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Uncle Sam Blues
4. Second Chances
5. Nine Pound Hammer
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Twentieth Night With CAMI

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I tell you what… tonight at the Moon in Tallahassee was a good old fashioned southern butt whupping. I have to shamelessly admit that we all rocked like big dogs! Scarey sometimes at our collective ages, but true nonetheless. You know, when I walked down the hall at our hotel I felt like Barton Fink, but by the time we hit the venue a day or so later, we were ready to rock!

Before the gig we were pottering around ...
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…A Forest Of Intentions

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A Forest Of Intentions
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Durham, North Carolina

Behind my children’s eyes lie a forest of intentions. Their take on the world sparkles with an intensity that only youth will sustain. Each day, each voyage fills the stores of their growing memory with the substance of their time that will one day be relived in dreams. I see this in them and other children I know that even though my walk in those fields was in another ...
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Nineteenth Night With CAMI

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Last night at the Carolina Theater in Durham was a sizzler. Here is our set list:

CAMI Tour 19
Hot Tuna Blues
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Skoota Warner & G.E. Smith
Charlie Musselwhite & Jim Lauderdale
Carolina Theater
Durham, North Carolina
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

First Set Acoustic:
1. Hesitation Blues
2. I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now
3. Second Chances
4. Uncle Sam Blues
5. Nine Pound Hammer
6. Halfway Down with Jim, Jack, GE and Barry
7. Good Together with Jim Lauderdale, GE Smith and the Tuna Boys
8. Alligator Alley
9. Headed For The Hills with Jim, Charlie Musselwhite, ...
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Eighteenth Night With CAMI

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Last night at the Jefferson Center was grand on many levels. In addition the the great concert hall, there was the Music Lab… an unbelievable educational facility for kids. We’re going to try to do some work with these folks! Really good works… and then there was the food backstage. All in all, a total experience.

Here is our set list:

CAMI Tour 18
Hot Tuna Blues
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Skoota Warner & G.E. Smith
Charlie Musselwhite & Jim Lauderdale
Shaftman Performance Hall
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Seventeenth Night With CAMI

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Last night we were at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. A beautiful campus with an outstanding concert hall.

My son lives nearby so I got to spend a little time with him which, needless to say, was quite the blessing. He helped with the merchandise and all in all, it was quite the evening. Here is our set list:

CAMI Tour 17
Hot Tuna Blues
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Skoota Warner & G.E. Smith
Charlie Musselwhite & Jim Lauderdale
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
Saturday, ...
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Sixteenth Night Of CAMI

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There was some pretty fancy back stage stuff… check this out.

Tonight me and the boys were at the Ferguson Center in Newport News and what a trip it was! Firstly, here is our set list:

CAMI Tour 16
Hot Tuna Blues
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Skoota Warner & G.E. Smith
Charlie Musselwhite & Jim Lauderdale
Ferguson Center For The Arts
Newport News, Virginia
Friday, February 18, 2011

First Set Acoustic:
1. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Things That Might have Been
4. Come Back Baby
5. I Know You Rider
6. Trashcan ...
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Fifteenth Night With CAMI

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Yep, it’s us… at the Count Basie Theater in Red Banks, New Jersey.
Well, after a day off in Philly we were all ready to rock again and rock we did. This was not a reserved evening… even the acoustic set. Here is the list:
CAMI Tour 15
Hot Tuna Blues
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Skoota Warner & G.E. Smith
Charlie Musselwhite & Jim Lauderdale
Count Basie Theater
Red Bank, New Jersey
Thursday, February 17, 2011

First Set Acoustic:
1. True Religion
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Second Chances
4. Uncle Sam Blues
5. Nine Pound Hammer
6. Good Together ...
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Fourteenth Night With CAMI

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Well, my last post sure stirred up a you-know-what storm. Most of my extended family out there supported me. Thanks… that is appreciated more than I can tell you. Some did not… you are entitled to your opinion. I try to remind myself that it is really not my business what others think of me. OK… moving right along here!


Last night me and the gang were in that little old theater in Sellersville… and here is a picture of ...
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Obervations From The Road

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Hello folks:

This note has been a long time coming and at some point in the foreseeable future it will become written policy on our/my tour page. It concerns autographs and such. I got a letter from a disgruntled fan the other night because I walked past him to get into a van that would take me and the rest of the band to the hotel. The gentleman who wrote me the note took extreme umbrage at this ...
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