Two nights ago we pulled into Carbondale, Colorado and here is our set list from that night:

Hot Tuna 43, 2012
The Acoustic Trio
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
& Barry Mitterhoff
PAC3
Carbondale, Colorado
Saturday, July 21, 2012

First Set:
1. Serpent Of Dreams
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Second Chances
4. I’ll Let You Know Before I Leave
5. Full Go Round
6. Goodbye To The Blues
7. Come Back Baby
8. Living In the Moment
9. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
10. How Long Blues
11. Nine Pound Hammer
Second Set:
1. Been So Long
2. Bread Line Blues
3. Barbeque King
4. Children Of Zion
5. Good Shepherd
6. Whining Boy Blues
7. Vicksburg Stomp
8. The Terrible Operation
9. I Am The Light Of This World
10. Parchman Farm
11. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
12. Encore: Embryonic Journey

After Carbondale we drove on up the mountain to Telluride and the Sheridan Opera House. I’ve been to the Opera House in Telluride on a number of occasions in different configurations but this one with the Hot Tuna Trio, was certainly one of the best. Here is our set list:

Hot Tuna 44, 2012
The Acoustic Trio
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
& Barry Mitterhoff
The Sheridan Opera House
Telluride, Colorado
Sunday, July 22, 2012

First Set:
1. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
2. Children Of Zion
3. Hesitation Blues
4. Things That Might Have Been
5. I’ll Let You Know Before I Leave
6. More Than My Old Guitar
7. I See The Light
8. The Terrible Operation
9. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
10. Barbeque King
11. I Know You Rider
Second Set:
1. Been So Long
2. Mama Let Me Lay It On You
3. Genesis
4. Bread Line Blues
5. River Of Time
6. Sea Child
7. Goodbye To The Blues
8. Come Back Baby
9. Vicksburg Stomp
10. That’ll Never Happen No More
11. Nine Pound Hammer
12. Encore: How Long Blues

A bright and early start out of Telluride (0545) and we were off to Mesa, Arizona… with a stop in Gallup, New Mexico.

The streets of Gallup, called to us… and we answered.

Yep… the El Charrito was just the place for breakfast. Delicious!

It occurred to me as I looked down the road the my bud Jerry Bayha and I rode this road on our epic Rt. 66 trip in September of 2003. How the time flies!

Eleven and a half hours later, we pulled into Mesa, Arizona in time for me to take this picture and catch some dinner. What a day… the Painted Desert and more. On Thursday we play the Mesa Arts Center. Good times!

I love this country! Onward…