A blog by Jorma Kaukonen

Our Voice Is Heard… Truth Is Truth

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From Apprenticeship Of The Mule
By
Charlie Mehrhoff

‘They hand you a pen and perhaps some small corner to make
your home. And if you discover the strength which carries one
past exhaustion, if you are blessed, perhaps someone will arrive
to look over your shoulder and read what you are doing,
what you have done.

And if you are of the word, and if you have the duende,
they’ll be standing there, reading, long after you have ...
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Puttin’ & Pickin’

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‘A city rose red… half as old as time?’ Nope… just my back yard last week on a lovely Autumn day. By the bye, this is not a photoshop modified picture. The light really made it look this way!

Indeed, last week we were getting ready for our Pick ‘n’ Putt weekend at the good old Fur Peace Ranch and some of our friends came in early requiring a Thursday ride.

Yep, we’ve got covered bridges all over the place down ...
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Waning Days Of Autumn,Paw Paw Festival And The Sternwheeler Festival

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The heat wave vanished and Fall rolled in with beautiful blue skies and white clouds.

Life is indeed like a roll of toilet paper… the closer to the end you get, the faster it goes. It seems like only yesterday it was the Fall of 2012. The time it just rolls on by and each moment becomes more precious. This weekend I went to the Paw Paw Festival at Lake Snowden. We had a Psylodelic Museum booth their with special ...
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Nine Eleven 2013

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Foto by Brian Sobie

My friend Jerry and I have dedicated a memorial 9/11 run every year to my departed buddy David Weiss. David worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and vanished from this earth twelve years ago when the first plane struck the World Trade Center. A monsoon swept through our tri county area today and so the ride didn’t happen… perhaps this weekend. Anyway, we all lost so much and so many that day that day. I think of ...
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Interlocken And Monticello Wrap Up

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Great weekend down in Virginia. We stayed in Lynchburg where most of the music guys stayed and before we headed over to the Interlocken Festival Site we went to Appomattox Courthouse and spent some time paying our respects. Powerful… quote powerful.

Of course we were in the part of the world where I come from so to reacquaint myself with this American history was a welcome interlude.

That night at the Triangle Stage we played the following:

Jorma Kaukonen And Barry Mitterhoff ...
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Guitars And Gigs

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So last week I hopped in my truck and drove on over to Myron Hart’s place to cut a guitar part on a project for our drummer, Skoota Warner. It was just a vignette part so I figured we could do it easily… and I was right. For this application, I selected my Robert Lee Jorma guitar plugged it straight into a Boogie Maverick and let her rip. Yeah, I know the Mav’ is out of production, but we’ve ...
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Labor Day Weekend 2013

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Another Labor Day Weekend
Hillside Farm
Meigs County, Ohio
September 1, 2013

We still make gags about not wearing white after Labor Day. What century did that come from anyway? Well, since I never wear white anyway, I guess a pass will be issued to me on this one.

To me, each season has become a milestone on the road of time. Of course, the road of time is a one way street so if you miss something en route, don’t look back… remember ...
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