Cracks in the Finish
Posts from May 2019
A blog by Jorma Kaukonen
As she grows away from me, may these life lines grow with her, keep her safe…
I title this blog with a quote from David Whyte’s poem, My Daughter Asleep… and I shall end with the complete poem.
Yesterday our daughter, Izze, graduated 8th grade and officially became a high school student. This is a right of passage for kids and adults alike. Who would have thought that it would have gone so fast? But go fast it did, and another milestone has been passed.
Foto by Jorma Kaukonen
We certainly got to know a great group of ...
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Honor Memorial Day
Portraits by my Dad, Jorma Sr.
Photographer unknown
On Memorial Day as the Kaukonens try their best to honor our fallen I usually default to fotos of my dad and his two brothers. Uncle Tarmo survived North Africa and Italy to die in a VA hospital in 1945 from lung cancer. Pentti never really came back from the Pacific and died quite young in a VA hospital in Northern California. My Dad, Jorma Sr. was fortunate to have lived a decently ...
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Milestones And Music
So another camp here at the Fur Peace Ranch has come and gone.
Foto by John Hurlbut
The great Woody Mann was teaching last weekend as well as myself. I gave a songwriting workshop and I have to tell you, I am impressed and humbled by the hard work and honesty these guys all manifested.
Foto by John Hurlbut
Each one of these guys came away with five songs in various stages of completion. Truly awesome!
Saturday night with had our first guitar free ...
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A Foray To Eastern Long Island
Foto by Phil Jacobs
I had a private event in Montauk so it made sense to stop by The Stephen Talkhouse and pick a set. I’ve been working for Peter Honerkamp for thirty years and the good old Talkhouse just never gets old. My good friend G.E. Smith stopped by and we had some big fun!
Foto by Phil Jacobs
Jorma Kaukonen 10, 2019
Stephen Talkhouse
Amagansett, LI
New York
Friday, May 10, 2019
1. Dime For Beer
2. Serpent Of Dreams
3. Hesitation Blues
4. Day To Day Out The Window Blues
5. Death Don’t ...
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A Fortnight At Fur Peace Ranch
Foto by Vanessa Kaukonen
Well… Friday before last, G.E.Smith joined me for a weekends worth of workshops and on Saturday night he Joined foe Arlen Roth Band for an evening of cool Telecaster riffs.
My class was awesome too!
Foto by John Hurlbut
Then last weekend, our own John Hurlbut stepped up to teach The American Songbook class for our dear Spencer Bohren as he dealt with his own visitation from the storms of life.
Foto by Marilyn Bohren
The great Tom Feldmann ably assisted ...
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