Freight & Salvage Run

Photo By Phil Jacobs

My first flight in two years. I made it to San Francisco safe and sound and started preparing for our little residency at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. Originally we had planned on four nights culminating on the 31st but the Virus nearly shut the whole thing down. Fortunately we were able to save the non-New Year’s nights. Thank goodness!

Jack and I, love again on the first night!

Photo by Pete Stern

Hot Tuna 21, 2021

The Acoustic Duo

Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady

New Year Residency

Freight & Salvage

Berkeley, California

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

First Set:

  1. Trouble In Mind
  2. Candy Man
  3. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
  4. New Song For The Morning
  5. Come Back Baby
  6. Letter To The North Star
  7. That’ll Never Happen No More
  8. Day To Day Out The Window Blues
  9. Heart Temporary
  10. How Long Bues
  11. Been So Long
  12. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out

Second Set:

  1. Ice Age
  2. Ain’t In No Hurry
  3. Hesitation Blues
  4. Ode To Billy Dean
  5. I Am The Light Of This World
  6. Flying Clouds
  7. Trial By Fire
  8. Good Shepherd
  9. Barbeque King
  10. Song For The Stainless Cymbal
  11. Whining Boy Blues
  12. Full Go Round
  13. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
  14. Encore: Genesis

It’s been a minute or two since we played a full acoustic Hot Tuna show but it was a welcome road to travel again!

Our good friends Sheila Ammons and Ardas Khalsa of the Grateful Spread catering nourished our bodies and souls for the first two nights!

Yummy Down Home!

Photo by Jorma Kaukonen

Good friends, good times, good food!

Two friends converse

Photo by Phil Jacobs

Hot Tuna 22, 2021

The Acoustic Duo

Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady

New Year Residency

Freight & Salvage

Berkeley, California

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

First Set:

  1. Blue Railroad Train
  2. Waiting For A Train
  3. Dime For Beer
  4. Serpent Of Dreams
  5. Uncle Sam Blues
  6. River Of Time
  7. I Am The Light Of This World
  8. Living In The Moment
  9. Sea Child
  10. Great Divide Revisited
  11. Trouble In Mind
  12. San Francisco Bay Blues

Second Set:

  1. Wolves & Lambs
  2. Ice Age
  3. Broken Highway
  4. Hesitation Blues
  5. Hamar Promenade
  6. I See The Light
  7.  
  8. Barbeque King
  9. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
  10. Take Your Time
  11. I Know You Rider
  12. Encore: Water Song

Who knows what #7 was?

Last but not least…

Hot Tuna 23, 2021

The Acoustic Duo

Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady

New Year Residency

Freight & Salvage

Berkeley, California

Thursday, December 30, 2021

First Set:

  1. True Religion
  2. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
  3. Another Man Done Gone
  4. Too Many Years
  5. Highway Song
  6. Come Back Baby
  7. Sleep Song
  8. Trial By Fire
  9. How Long Blues
  10. Keep On Trucking Mama
  11. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
  12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here

Second Set:

  1. Hesitation Blues
  2. I’ll Be All Right Someday
  3. Trouble In Mind
  4. Ain’t In No Hurry
  5. Broken Highway
  6. The Terrible Operation
  7. I See The Light
  8. Sea Child
  9. Good Shepherd
  10. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
  11. Encore: Serpent Of Dreams

Yeah… this was a good one. Great way to end ’21 and set up for ’22!

San Francisco from my hotel window!

Photo by Jorma Kaukonen

And now… I’ve been waiting all year for this:

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!


Comments

  1. Comment made on January 4, 2022 by Robert Burke

    A wee bit of turo above the unagi?
    Best wishes.

  2. Comment made on January 4, 2022 by TomL

    These acoustic duo shows are so great…Jack gets to let it rip on bass, and we can really appreciate the nuances of Jorma’s playing.
    BTW, were you guys Freight or Salvage??

  3. Comment made on January 4, 2022 by Joseph FitzPatrick

    Happy New Year Jorma, Jack and the entire Hot Tuna and FPR Family. Be Safe and Be Well !!!

  4. Comment made on January 2, 2022 by JohnC

    Saw the 12/30 show — spectacular! Great to hear Jack’s extended solos on so many songs. Looked like you two were having a time; So were we, thanks! Happy 2022! And Onward.

  5. Comment made on January 1, 2022 by Hogan

    Hava a Safe, Healthy and Happy New Year..❤

    😁

  6. Comment made on January 1, 2022 by john o

    Happy New Year Jack & Jorma!
    What great setlists in Berkeley. Would’ve loved every song. Wish I was there!
    What a great college town. Was there in the summer of 1971. 50 years ago.
    It was so cool back then.
    Great shot of San Francisco Jorma!

  7. Comment made on January 1, 2022 by Pete

    Happy New Year!

    There wasn’t a song between I See The Light & Barbeque King. There was a guitar discussion after Hamar Promenade instead though.

  8. Comment made on January 1, 2022 by carey georgas

    Can’t remember #7? Funky!
    Happy New Year!

  9. Comment made on January 1, 2022 by Brett Richardson

    Best wishes to Jorma and Jack for a happy and healthy new year! Hope to see a show or two in 2022 – keep on truckin!

  10. Comment made on December 31, 2021 by Dan Nigro

    Safe Travels and Happy New Year. See y’all in 2022

  11. Comment made on December 31, 2021 by john rubino

    wishes for a most safe and Happy New Year to the entire Tuna family… the quarantine shows were indeed a godsend…..many thanks for answering my request about Sunny Day Strut on one of the shows and graciously providing the lyrics to Great Divide on your blog…..and finally many heartfelt thanks to you & Jack over the 50 plus years of masterful musical times…..stay well and Keep On Truckin from John (Jersey) and Julie (Melbourne,Fla)……..

  12. Comment made on December 31, 2021 by Joey Hudoklin

    Happy New Year Jorma!!

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