We spent the night in New Haven and drove down and back to the gig at SUNY, Purchase. What a simply beautiful theater they had there… and there was laundry too… a complete night. Steve Earle’s set was killer as always and by the time he finished his great set, we were indeed ready to rock. In the dressing room was a gigantic pipe organ, real Phantom Of the Opera stuff. What a scene! Anyway, here is our set list:

organ
Hot Tuna 15, 2010
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Skoota Warner
& G.E.Smith
S.U.N.Y. Purchase Performing Arts Center
Purchase, New York
Saturday, July 24, 2010

1. I See The Light
2. Genesis
3. Can’t Get Satisfied
4. Rock Me Baby
5. G.E.
6. Corners Without Edits
7. 99 Year Blues
8. If This Is Love, I Want My Money Back
9. G.E.
10. Talkin’ Bout You
11. Water Song
12. Funky # 7
13. Encore: Nothing Brings You Down Like Your Hometown, with Steve Earle

Back at the hotel for a couple of hours and then on to Rutland, Vermont. Snooze…


Comments

  1. Comment made on December 12, 2011 by Vinny Hayes

    Went to NYC for the 2nd Tuna show, drove down from Vt. WOW, what a great line up and a unbelieveable show!! Jorma, bring this show up to the Flynn Theater in Vt. Our friend at Higher Ground will take care of the details!!

  2. Comment made on July 31, 2010 by George Walsh

    We loved the opening show of the Electric tour in Westbury, NY. Been seeing various Tuna / JK incarnations since the 1970s’, but the current 5 piece band may be the hottest! This band should get into a recording studio and cut some tracks! Everyone at Westbury put out a lot of energy. Barry leading the double-time jam on “Rider”, GE and Jack rockin’ on “Eyesight To The Blind” and Skoota is a power house. Excellent feel on Tuna classics from “I See The Light”, to “99 Year” (the most explosive jam to only have 1 chord). Jorma, thanks for the encore of “Come Back Baby”. Everyone at Westbury went home happy (where they still talk about Commack days). In fact, the show was so good; I had to take the ride up to SUNY Purchase the following weekend. Thank goodness my wife “gets its”. Beautiful theatre, loved the variety, from “Water Song” to “Funky #7”. We look forward to the Birthday shows in December!

  3. Comment made on July 31, 2010 by gt40 lover

    A metaphor is like a simile.

    Sent from my iPhone 4G

  4. Comment made on July 30, 2010 by khrabrov_ru

    it was very interesting to read jormakaukonen.com
    I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
    And you et an account on Twitter?

  5. Comment made on July 25, 2010 by Jim

    great, great show … everyone in the band was smiling and laughing from the beginning of the show all the way through. guess its more fun to play in an air-conditioned venue as opposed to a hot muggy night at the Stone Pony.
    thanks for a great show …
    Jim

  6. Comment made on July 25, 2010 by ric siler

    You guys were amazing last night at Purchase. SE and HT was a great inspired combination. My wife and I have seen both SE and HT several times over the years (she goes back to Airplane, Fillmore days) and this one was the best for both of you. She and I looked at each other after Steve’s set and just said ‘anything else is gravy’. So thanks (and GE Smith is an inspired addition – hope he sticks around a while).

    Keep rockin’!

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