Cracks in the Finish
Posts from August 2011
A blog by Jorma Kaukonen
Both A Treat, And A Treasure
OK, even I’m excited about this. This will be my first Second Chances offering. It is one of my Gibson J-190 Super Fusion guitars.
When the good folks at the Acoustic Gibson Montana plant turned me on to this fine instrument in 2003, I thought then as I do now, ‘What a great idea!’ It served me well for a number of years giving a beautiful tone as well as the controllable volume needed for many of the gigs ...
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Back To The Ranch
I got to the Fur Peace Ranch a little bit early and made myself at home again.
Yeah, I could tell right off it was going to be a beautiful weekend. This was one of our ‘special’ sessions with just Marjorie Thomson and myself. We had fifteen eager guys… twelve of them there for the first time. That was exciting. We covered a bunch of ground on Friday and Saturday during the day, and Saturday night I did a solo ...
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Treats And Treasure
Ok folks… I’ve been thinking about this for some time. Those of you who know me know what a pack rat I am. I am surrounded not only by a lifetime of my own minutiae but also that of my parents. I’ve been wallowing in these possessions for years… not unlike Scrooge McDuck diving in his money bin. In any case, I’ve decided that it is indeed time to thin the herd. Starting next week I will be posting ...
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Brotherly Love & Home
Saturday the 20th Barry Mitterhoff and I descended to Schwenksville and the 50th anniversary of the Philly Folk Festival. In spite of the storms that were coming and going all weekend, when we got on the stage at 22:20 it was simply a beautiful night.
Philadelphia Folk Festival Set:
1. Hesitation Blues
2. Second Chances
3. I Am The Light Of This World
4. Come Back Baby with David Bromberg
5. Nine Pound Hammer with David Bromberg
6. That’ll Never ...
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Busy, Busy, Busy
Here we are on our way to Port Jefferson, Long Island… but before this, on Wednesday we drove twelve hours from Pomeroy to Fairfield, Connecticut where on Thursday we played at Stage One. Here is our set list from that night:
Jorma Kaukonen And Barry Mitterhoff 5, 2011
Stage One
Fairfield, Connecticut
Thursday, August 18, 2011
First Set:
1. Search My Heart
2. Candy Man
3. River Of Time
4. I’ll Let You Know Before I Leave
5. How Long Blues
6. Goodbye To The Blues
7. Izze’s Lullaby
8. The Terrible Operation
9. Hesitation Blues
10. Second Chances
11. Come Back Baby
12. Parchman Farm
13. Keep Your Lamps ...
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Couples Weekend With The Persuasions And Lee Allen Zeno
There was a grand full moon last weekend at the Fur Peace Ranch as we were joined by Verlon Thompson, our treasured friend, the Persuasions as well as the great bass player, Lee Allen Zeno. It was Couples Weekend at the Ranch and believe me, a great time was had by all. The Persuasions played a simply magnificent show on Saturday night, and on Sunday, Verlon and I played for the folks and we were blessedly joined Lee ...
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Woodsongs In Lexington, Kentucky
Mountain Heart soundchecking on the Woodsongs stage.
Yesterday good old fun loving Hot Tuna drove up to Lexington, Kentucky from Nashville accompanied by the folks from Dish Magazine who withstood the rigors of the bus to get an interview with me and the boys. Stay tuned on this one…
At Woodsongs we played the following:
1. Children Of Zion
2. Second Chances
3. Hesitation Blues
4. Goodbye To The Blues
5. Vicksburg Stomp
…and in the little ‘encore. for the studio audience… ...
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Message From Nashville
It’s been a busy couple of days but fortunately we stopped here in Nashville on our way to Lexington, Kentucky so after a great steak dinner at the Palms I have a few moments to catch up on my blog before I hit the sack.
Well, there’s never a dull moment at the Revolution in Ft. Lauderdale. We had a great night there, and here is our set list:
Hot Tuna 23, 2011
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
& Barry Mitterhoff
The Acoustic Trio
Revolution
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Through The Window Of A Train
I see the Gulf Of Mexico from my hotel window here in Pensacola. Yesterday we were in Birmingham, the day before Cleveland and tomorrow Orlando. We don’t ride trains anymore in this country, but the windows of the bus frame an ever changing landscape of American life. Life at home seems to evolve by itself quite nicely without my intervention while I am gone and I marvel at that. It is quite apparent when I get back to the ...
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