Cracks in the Finish
Posts from May 2018
A blog by Jorma Kaukonen
Family & Memorial Day
Foto by Paul Wilder
I was hanging with my family all day yesterday and chose not to mess with the computer. I phoned my friends who are surviving vets and we all honored Memorial Day… and the fallen.
Foto by Paul Wilder
Uncle Tarmo survived North Africa, Sicily and from the boot on up. He died in a Memphis VA hospital from lung cancer. My Father and Uncle Pen were also WWII Vets. I never met Tarmo… but I still miss Pen ...
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Dark Star Jubilee 2018
Drone foto by Jorma Kaukonen
After a stop at the Cherry St. Pub in Lancaster for a steak… we beat feet on up to Heath, Ohio Thursday night and got to the Jubilee early on Friday.
Foto by Jorma Kaukonen
Then it was time to rock!
Photo by Phil Jacobs
Hot Tuna 18, 2018
The Electric Trio
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
& Justin Guip
Dark Star Jubilee
Thornville, Ohio
Friday, May 25, 2018
1. True Religion
2. I See The Light
3. Ode To Billy Dean
4. Can’t Get Satisfied
5. Living Just For You
6. Roads And Roads &
7. Rock Me Baby
8. Bowlegged Woman
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From The Ranch To Dark Star
We’ve had so much going on at the Ranch non-stop since the season opened that it’s nice to take a little break. Of course, I’m up here in Thornville, Ohio for Dark Star’s Jubilee… so it’s not like I’m doing nothing. My daughter just finished seventh grade with straight A’s. She didn’t get that from me… that’s for sure. Anyway, last weekend at the Fur Peace Ranch it was Pat Donohue, G.E.Smith and myself. Pat was the Big Dog ...
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One Week To The Next…
Last weekend we hosted Happy Traum and Woody Mann. Saturday night Robin and Linda Williams played the show. It was an awesome weekend of music.
We also got to celebrate Happy’s 80th birthday!
Foto by Jorma Kaukonen
It was a truly great group of guys and gals… as it always is!
Foto by Vanessa Kaukonen
Then before you know it… the weekend was over.
Foto by John Hurlbut
Starting tomorrow the Fur Peace Ranch will involve myself, G.E.Smith and Pat Donohue will be holding forth and ...
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Riding Free Towards The Weekend
Foto by Izze Kaukonen
Thanks to Gretchen Peters for the foto caption. Check out Lilies Of The Field. Love her writing!
In the last week the worm has turned and Spring has more than sprung. Mixed metaphor, I know but it said what needed to be said. In the last week, the hardwood trees have gone from no leaves to being completely greened out. Beautiful! I’ve been getting some range time and riding time while I’ve been home and life is ...
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Jahrzeit For My Mother Beatrice June 12, 1910-May 8, 1998
Foto by Jorma Kaukonen
Mom’s Jahrzeit, May 8, 2018
Twenty years ago today my mother went home for the last time. I look back at the passing of loved ones in my family and it is almost as it should be. My Grandmother Ida and grandfather Jaako outlived their son Tarmo. He died in the service in 1945. Other than that the young ones have outlived the old ones. That I was able to join my brother Peter, and be present ...
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