Cracks in the Finish
Posts from April 2011
A blog by Jorma Kaukonen
Launched… And Steady As She Goes
Last night we snagged Larry Campbell and Theresa Williams from Woodstock, Jack Casady from LA, Barry Mitterhoff and Skoota Warner from New Jersey and me from Ohio and launched ourselves at the Avalon Theater in Easton, Maryland. We played eleven of the twelve songs off the new CD and indeed, it was… ‘Steady As She Goes.’ Here is our set list:
Electric Hot Tuna 1, 2011
Steady As She Goes One
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Skoota Warner
& Featuring
Larry Campbell and Theresa Williams
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Steady As She Goes Opens In Easton, Maryland
The gang and I are in Easton, Maryland to debut Steady As She Goes, our new CD. We’re doing four electric gigs behind this and tonight is the first of those. Jack and I are both from the Chesapeake Bay area, so in a way, it seems only fitting that since our music started here… the first live performance of many of these songs will start here as well.
We have Larry Campbell and Theresa Williams on board for this ...
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NYC, And Then, Home, Home, Home…
Indeed, there is nothing like New York no matter what part of town your are in.
Last week we went to good old New York City and did a three day workshop at the Greenwich House. Yes, the Fur Peace Ranch goes on the road again. This was a little different kind of workshop. Jack Casady and I each had our own classes, but our thrust was to work on getting guitar players and bass players to learn to play ...
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FPR Message From New Jersey
My son Zach, and I have just finished breakfast at the Rise And Shine Diner in Scotch Plains. We’re on our way to NYC for our Fur Peace On The Road Session. I picked Zach up in Columbus after the weekend at the Ranch with Happy Traum, Larry Campbell and Theresa Williams. The weekend was fantastic and the concert Sunday night was… well, celestial. I went on first and here is my little set list:
Jorma Alone At The Fur ...
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A Trip To Hamilton, Ohio
So, after the morning class, Barry and Myron and Phil and I got on the bus and headed west to Hamilton, Ohio and Miami University where we played at the Parrish Auditorium. The opening act was Lisa Biales guitar and vocals, Doug Hamilton, and Michael Gilbert Ronstadt, cello, guitar and voice. I loved their music… check it out. We’ll have to get them over to the Fur Peace Ranch sometime.
After a great dinner and some good music by Lisa ...
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Northward Bound
In the spirit of my wacky professional life… we drove to Jacksonville, Florida on Wednesday… had some mechanical trouble… didn’t get to the hotel until 0230 Thursday morning… went to Live Oak and the Wanee Festival at 1430… wandered around at the site for a while and got ready for our set at 1900.
Ah… the Spanish moss in the trees. Could gators and snakes be far away? The weather was beautiful. At this time of year you never know ...
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The Dash To Wanee
At 1100 yesterday morning, Myron and Wynn and I climbed aboard the bus and started out of the parking lot at the Fur Peace Ranch. The greening of the trees seems to be coming slowly this Spring but as we pulled out of the parking lot, this splash of gold caught my eye. When we get back tomorrow, I’ll bet there will be leaves on all the trees and I’ll have to mow. If it isn’t one thing, it’s two.
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If You Build It, They Will Come…
Indeed, Saturday night after sound check we came out of the Fur Peace Station and as we wandered down to the Beatrice Love Kitchen for a little dinner, as we looked up the road… this is what we saw. We hadn’t done an Acoustic Evening With Hot Tuna for some months, the CAMI tour notwithstanding, and at moments like this one always tends to think, ‘Will I remember all of this stuff?’ Well, remember it we did, and here ...
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On The Eve Of The Second Weekend At The Fur Peace Ranch
Well, my old pal Mr. Casady came in last night and at noon today we are going to do an interview for Weekend Edition on NPR. It’s amazing how many people are coming out of the woodwork to talk about Steady As She Goes, our new CD.
Normally I don’t respond to people’s opinions about my work… I mean after all, an opinion is an opinion and I sure have plenty of the myself. In any case I got to ...
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In The Winter Of Life…
One of my neighbors over at the Fur Peace Ranch passed away a couple of days ago. We didn’t hang out together but in the sense of neighbors being friends… we were friends. We both liked to ride motorcycles and I would stop by from time to time when I would see him in the yard and we would share our two wheeled life together. Last year when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he told Vanessa and me ...
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