A blog by Jorma Kaukonen

Electric Guitar… at the FPR

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Friday morning, Maverick relaxed for a bit with me as I got ready to head out to the Fur Peace Ranch for the electric guitar weekend with GE Smith. I had a superb bunch of students and I just hope they had as much fun as did. A truly fine bunch of players. Good times all around.

Saturday night GE Smith and I played to a sold out crowd at the Fur Peace Station. I did an hour set ...
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A Trilogy Of Nights

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It’s always better when I can do these blogs the same night… not the case here, so I’m just doing the best I can with nights… set lists and fading memory. I’ll write more about this little run when I get home. We’ve been having a heck of a time though…

Foto by Phil Jacobs

Here is our set list:

Hot Tuna 48, 2014
The Electric Quintet
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams
& Justin Guip
The Capitol Theater
Portchester, New York
Wednesday, June 19, 2014

1. Second Chances
2. Children ...
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Waterville To Lebanon

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Foto by Phil Jacobs

I blew into Waterville, Maine the day after Father’s Day… and a banner awaited us.

Foto by Phil Jacobs

Nice poster…

Foto by Phil Jacobs

Foto by Phil Jacobs

Here is our set list:

Hot Tuna 46, 2014
The Acoustic Duo
Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady
Waterville Opera House
Waterville, Maine
Monday, June 16, 2014

1. True Religion
2. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
3. Second Chances
4. Good Shepherd
5. Hesitation Blues
6. I See The Light
7. Come Back Baby
8. Whining Boy Blues
9. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
10. How Long Blues
11. I Am The Light Of This World
12. Been So Long
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Father’s Day At The Beach

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So the girls were up in Saco, Maine. What a coincidence. The boys and I were on our way to Waterville, Maine for the gig at the Waterville Opera House, which is tonight. Anyway. Surprise for Dad. I got a Father’s Day call from my son Zach when he took a break from his Sunday gig at the restaurant, and then we pulled off the road in Saco where Vanessa picked me up and took me to the beach ...
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An Exacta Of Gigs With Leon Russell

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So we started out this tour a couple of days ago on this old Silver Eagle. Reminded me of the George Jones song, ‘Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes?’

You know the heart of country music
Still beats in Luke The Drifter
You can tell it when he sang I Saw the Light
Ole Marty Hank and Lefty
Why I can feel ’em right here with me
On this silver eagle rolling through the night

Great song from 1985.

Anyway, we burned out of Pomeroy over to ...
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In Memoriam, June, 2014

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On the 8th of May this year, my Mother… Beatrice Love Kaukonen was missed for 16 years. Today, June 12, 2014, she would have been 104 years old.

In Many Houses

In many houses
all at once
I see my mother and father
and they are young as they walk in

Why should my
tears come,
to see them laughing

That they cannot
see me
is of no matter:

I was once
their dream:
now
they are mine.

From the Kol Hanesahama

The following I wrote sixteen years ago as Mom was ending one journey and ...
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Founders Day 2014… Brief Recap

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So Jerry B., Mutt and I left our little corner of the state to take the back roads to Akron… no Interstates for us. Our first stop was in Zanesville at Fink Harley Davidson.

After borrowing the restroom for a moment and looking at lots of stuff none of us could afford, we continued north towards Akron.

The Four Absolutes

We got in on Thursday, the day before it all officially started so our first stop after the hotel was the Mt. ...
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Getting Ready For Founders Day

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Well, as Gretchen Peters would say… aim it at the place where the blacktop turns to blue. (See, Lilies Of The Field)

My story has a happier ending… great song though.

Anyway, been home for a bit doing home things and loving every minute of it.

Yep… love this time of year. Hot… but still early in the season so we’re not sick of it yet.

Thursday morning I’m heading to Akron with a couple of my biker pals for the Founders Day ...
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