Cracks in the Finish
Posts from December 2017
A blog by Jorma Kaukonen
Chrismas 2017… A Little Whiteness…
Foto by jorma Kaukonen
But all things considered, a bona fide winter morning!
Foto by Vanessa Kaukonen
Time for a little minor snow removal…
Foto by Vanessa Kaukonen
Very cold… but lovely!
Foto by Vanessa Kaukonen
It must be my ancestry. I love this weather!
Foto by Vanessa Kaukonen
The leaf blower before the shovel… makes life easier.
Some might complain about this weather, but not I. Every day is a day closer to Spring, but I’m enjoying this season as it comes!
Looking Back… Looking Forward… 2017
Foto by Jorma Kaukonen
Thoughts On Seventy Seven
Birthdays come like it or not and require some measured moments of reflection. For me they are a reminder that the present is not the end result of a life in which each day is like a drop of water… a Chinese water torture of time. As both my children have observed at some point in their young lives, the only constant is change. Nothing is ever one way, good or bad… ...
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It Was The Last Night Of…
Hanukkah last night!
Foto by Vanessa Kaukonen
It was still in the high 40’s last night as the Kaukonen household celebrated the last night of Hanukkah. As the setting sun heralded the end of the Festival Of Lights we were able to spend a peaceful moment with the Menorah on the back porch overlooking the Shade River.
Zei gesundt… zei gesundt!
Transcontinental YoYo And Why Hunger?
So we got home from the Tuna Tour on Sunday a week ago had a nice week at home with the girls and the critters and then off to San Francisco for the Why Hunger Benefit at the Viansa Winery in Sonoma. We got to San Francisco in time to fight traffic from the airport to get to Japan Town an some dinner.
Foto by Phil Jacobs
I ate noodles at the Mifune for over thirty years, and then like so ...
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Sitting… To Standing!
Foto by Phil Jacobs
I’ve played the Birchmere for over the years an the locations. D.C. being Jack’s and my hometown, it is always memorable for us when we return! It also doesn’t hurt that the Birchmere lets us do our laundry there during sound check.
Hot Tuna 58, 2017
The Acoustic Duo
Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady
The Birchmere
Alexandria, Virginia
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
First Set:
1. Ain’t In No Hurry
2. Too Many Years
3. Hesitation Blues
4. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
5. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
6. Barbeque King
7. Candy Man
8. Serpent Of Dreams
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And Four To Go…
We started this run of four at the Wilbur in Boston…
Hot Tuna 54, 2017
The Acoustic Duo
Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady
The Wilbur Theater
Boston, Massachusetts
Thursday, November 30, 2017
First Set:
1. Second Chances
2. Wolves & Lambs
3. Hesitation Blues
4. I See The Light
5. In My Dreams
6. 99 Year Blues
7. Barbeque King
8. Trial By Fire
9. Sea Child
10. San Francisco Bay Blues
11. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
Second Set:
1. Serpent Of Dreams
2. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
3. Brother Can You Spare A Dime
4. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
5. Things That Might Have Been
6. True Religion
7. Sleep Song
8. Watch The North ...
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