A blog by Jorma Kaukonen

Notes On Floyd Fest And The Voyage To The Vineyard

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Well…After The Whitaker Center we bopped on down the the Fur Peace Ranch for a two set show after the Christmas In July extravaganza. Here is our set list from that night:

Hot Tuna 38, 2013
The Acoustic Trio
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
& Barry Mitterhoff
The Fur Peace Station
Darwin, Ohio
Saturday, July 27, 2013

First Set:
1. Too Many Years
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Children Of Zion
4. The Terrible Operation
5. Things That Might Have Been
6. Candy Man
7. I See The Light
8. Barbeque King
9. 99 Year Blues
10. I Know You Rider
Second Set:
1. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
2. Prohibition Blues
3. Second Chances
4. Let Us ...
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Harrisburg And On To The Fur Peace Ranch

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Last night good old Hot Tunaplayed the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg, PA and of course… we had a great time. It’s early in the AM and we’re leaving for Ohio and the Fur Peace Station. Check our Christmas in July crafts Faire as well as our Psylodelic Gallery. Good times!

Anyway, here is our set list from last night:

Hot Tuna 37, 2013
The Electric Quartet
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff & Skoota Warner
The Whitaker Center
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Friday, July 26, 2013

First Set:
1. Been ...
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Christmas In July And Tuna At The Fur Peace Ranch In Ohio, Saturday, July 27, 2013

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The Fur Peace Ranch
Holiday Faire:
Christmas in July

After years of holding an art show during the winter holiday season, The Fur Peace Ranch, will hold The Fur Peace Ranch Holiday Faire: Christmas in July the last week of this month with local jewelers, potters, painters, and crafts-persons showing and selling their arts and crafts. The Psylodelic Gallery will be open and there will be several art projects including painting the VW Bug, making tie dye ...
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Rockin’ The Sherman In Stroudsburg

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Tonight we played the Sherman Theater in scenic downtown Stroudsburg and what a time it was! The audience was exuberant to say the least. Here is our set list:

Hot Tuna 36, 2013
The Electric Quartet
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff & Skoota Warner
The Sherman Theater
Stroudsbug, Pennsylvania
Thursday, July 25, 2013

First Set:
1. I See The Light
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Ode To Billy Dean
4. Can’t Get Satisfied
5. Corners Without Exits
6. 99 Year Blues
7. A Little Faster
8. I Wish You Would
Second Set:
1. Mama Let Me Lay It On You
2. Second Chances
3. Goodbye To The Blues
4. Mourning Interrupted
5. Bowlegged Woman
6. True Religion
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First Three Of The Summer Tour

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The boys and I have been looking forward to this summer run for some time and so far it has exceeded our expectations. Life on the road is filled with quirks and pitfalls and this trip has proved to be no exception. It started out with the bus as we left the Fur Peace Ranch. The clutch on the engine fan was malfunctioning so the engine was overheating to a point where we couldn’t drive over mountains. When the ...
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Last Sunday’s Gig… New Guitar And Off To NJ

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Yep… here’s my new Robert Lee guitar… what a beauty. After I play it on stage this weekend, I’ll write more about it and list Robert’s sundry websites. In the meantime… here’s the set list from the sold out show last Sunday up at the Mendocino Music Fair:

Jorma Kaukonen And Barry Mitterhoff 20, 2013
Mendocino Music Festival
Mendocino, California
Saturday, July 13, 2013

First Set:
1. True Religion
2. Serpent Of Dreams
3. Children Of Zion
4. How Long Blues
5. Red River Blues
6. Barbeque King
7. Whining Boy Blues
8. There’s A Bright Side Somewhere
9. 99 Year Blues
10. Living ...
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Rio And KPIG

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Yesterday Barry Mitterhoff and I (after traveling 15 hours the day before) drove from San Francisco to Watsonville to to a live spot on KPIG the legendary public station. We played a couple of songs and then drove back up the coast to Santa Cruz for our gig at the Rio Theater. Here is our set list from last night:

Jorma Kaukonen And Barry Mitterhoff 19, 2013
The Rio Theater
Santa Cruz, California
Saturday, July 13, 2013

First Set:
1. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down ...
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A Little Family Time And Another Gig… Johnathan’s

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First of all… there have been questions about the lovely rose on the entry about the Psylodelic Museum opening. It is a real rose. The folks who make them inject some sort of dye into the stem while they are growing. It’s really pretty cool. I didn’t buy that rose so although I know it’s grown locally I don’t know who does it. Onward…

My time here at the beach house has been in and around gigs, but it’s been ...
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Two Gigs And A Day Off In Maine

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Foto by Phil Jacobs

Well… Saturday Electric Tuna aided by Abe Fogle sitting in on drums for Skoota Warner who was elsewhere in the world that day, (what a sentence) played a wonderful but secret private party in a scenic undisclosed location in Croton On Hudson.

It was a great day of fellowship and music and what a neighborhood party.

Here is our set list:

Hot Tuna 32, 2013
The Electric Quartet
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff & Abe Fogle
The Secret Party
New York
Saturday, July 6, ...
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Happy Birthday America

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Yep… it’s the Fourth Of July again and it’s about more than fireworks and food, although that’s a big part of it. Last night Vanessa and Izze and I joined some dear friends for dinner up over at the Lake Hope Lodge. A beautiful spot, and great dinner and fine fellowship. Afterwards we took the back roads to get to Athens where we watched the fireworks over the Hocking River. Just parked by the side of the road and ...
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