A blog by Jorma Kaukonen

Some Morning Thankgsgiving Thoughts

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Every day is a good day for a gratitude list… but today on Thanksgiving, it just seems obviously necessary. My life is an embarrassment of riches in many ways but even in more meager times, there was always something to be thankful for. At the head of my list is my family. My wife Vanessa without whom my life would be a barren desert. She has been there for me since we first met a quarter of a century ...
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The Massachusetts & Connecticut Show

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Night before last we were at the Narrows Performing Arts Center in Fall River, Mass.

This is always a great gig for us… and I thought the Trio performed well. here is our set list:

Hot Tuna 48, 2013
The Acoustic Trio
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
& Barry Mitterhoff
The Narrows Performing Arts Center
Fall River, Massachusetts
November 26, 2013

First Set:
1. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
2. True Religion
3. I’ll Let You Know Before I Leave
4. More Than My Old Guitar
5. Children Of Zion
6. Hesitation Blues
7. Barbeque King
8. Second Chances
9. Been So Long
10. Let Us ...
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New York Tradition

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A short note about this amazing weekend… this is one wonderful time for us. I have lived in New York off and over the years and although I am a country boy at heart… this marvelous other world on the Hudson always feels like home.

Friday night we played an acoustic show with the core team… Larry and Teresa are certainly member of our core team… anyway, here is our st list:

Hot Tuna 46, 2013
Acoustic Night For
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
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A ‘Day Off’ In Manhattan

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We were going to get rolling early from the Fur Peace Ranch yesterday morning but the bus wouldn’t start. Ever taking the more optimistic view, we loaded up and by the time everything was on board… it started. Hmmm….

Vanessa and Izze were on board for this leg of the trip. This doesn’t happen often, so I as really looking forward to it.

There’s nothing like a Cracker Barrel stop at least once in every road trip… and here’s ours!

Moving right ...
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Rockin’ At The Red Dog To Guitar Mash

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Well, last night we hosted a Psylodelic Event at the Fur Peace Station. We were showing Mary Works great film Rocking At The Red Dog. It was indeed the dawn of psychodelic music and it’s a must see for anyone interested in that vibrant period of American History.

We had Dan Hicks here and we sat in the audience and watched the film together. Truly great stuff! Then we had a Q and A with our own Joh Hurlbut as ...
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Right On Schedule…

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This year the Veteran’s Day Weekend coincided with the last teaching weekend at the Fur Peace Ranch for the year 2013… and what a weekend it was. Before I get to the goings on at the Ranch, Veteran’s Day is always and important day. I take the day to call the brothers and sister I know who either have served or are serving and thank them. In my heart I also thank everyone who has rendered or is rendering ...
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Saturday Night Seva

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Yeah… the Seva benefit last Saturday night was supreme. We saw so many great folks… got to play so much great music!

Getting to see David and Linda LaFlamme after all this years was great. Getting to play with David was the frosting on the cake. Some fun indeed!

Hot Tuna 44, 2013
The Acoustic Trio
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
And Barry Mitterhoff
With David LaFlamme
Seva Benefit
The Fillmore
San Francisco, California
Saturday, November 2, 2013

1. True Religion
2. Children of Zion
3. Second Chances
4. Come Back Baby
5. Hesitation Blues with David LaFlamme
6. Good ...
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Seva… In San Francisco

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Barry and Jack and I were at a Seva dinner. The gentleman to the left of Barry asked, ‘What do you do?’ ‘Play mandolin,’ Barry said. ‘You?’ It turned out the Steven Jones was part of the team that eradicated smallpox. Hmmm… play music? Not bad. Save millions of lives? Easy question.

Seva is the real deal… and all the active participants are angels. Check it out.

I got a chance to chat with Peter Coyote before the festivities started. What ...
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From Tampere To Baghdad By the Bay

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Checked out of the hotel in Helsinki day before yesterday, drove up to Tampere and played another show with Canned Heat in one of the most beautiful concert venues I have ever seen or heard.

While Canned Heat dined, we hit the stage… and here is our set list:

Hot Tuna 43, 2013
The Acoustic Trio
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
And Barry Mitterhoff
Tampere Concert Hall
Tampere, Finland
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

1. True Religion
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Things That Might Have Been
4. Been So Long
5. Barbeque King
6. Children Of Zion
7. I See The Light
8. 99 ...
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