Jorma Kaukonen's Online Diary

The tour with G.E. was over on Friday last and on Saturday after dropping everyone off at airports and such I went down to El Dorado County to visit my dear friends Chuck and Donna. The whole family joined me the next day and we spent two days in glorious mountain solitude. A day in San Francisco and now we're on our way home. Even though this trip was rewarding on every level, there's no place like home and that's where we're headed.

More from the County later...

I've been home for a week now and somehow it seems like a day. Spring is around the corner and as always there is so much to do to get everything ready. Work around the house... cleanup and more. At the Ranch, we have our opening weekend coming up and it will be great to see Marjorie again as well as the students and my buddies at the FPR.

It is sunny today as it was yesterday. Yesterday my pal Jerry and I got to take a little motorcycle ride up to Laurelville in the Hocking Hills. It got a little brisk up there in the snow but it was a great ride nonetheless.

This morning I'm sitting at the Jeep dealer getting some servicing done and taking advantage of this relatively hi speed internet. I dropped my daughter off at school and she was delightful. There's breakfast in my future and all things considered life is indeed truly good!

Onward...

In town this morning by 0615 and at the Gym... I'm so diligent. A delicious breakfast at the Village Bakery and it's off to the Harley shop. Spring is coming you know and the Ranch is opening this weekend and I'd love to be riding. Sort but sweet... gotta run.

The first weekend at the Fur Peace with Marjorie Thompson was a resounding success. A great way to start our thirteenth year. Good things are just around the corner.

A fourteen hour drive up from Ohio yesterday. Myron and I beat the traffic in the NYC are by stopping off at Barry Mitterhoff's digs and having dinner in Scotch Plains. Good stuff. I am very excited about 'putting the band back together,' as Barry and I re-unite to play a two set gig out here in Bayshore, LI.

More will definitely be revealed.

Two shows at the Boulton Center in Bayshore, Long Island. It's the first time Barry and I have done our duo since the Whole Foods gig in Columbus last year. All things considered it was a complete gas and we played a lot of songs... as you shall see:

Jorma Kaukonen & Barry Mitterhoff 1, 2009
The Boulton Center For The Performing Arts
Bayshore, Long Island, New York
Saturday, March 20, 2010

First Show:
1. Been So Long
2. Big River Blues
3. Come Back Baby
4. River Of Time
5. Hesitation Blues
6. There’s A Bright Side Somewhere
7. The Terrible Operation
8. Living In The Moment
9. I Know You Rider
10. Things That Might Have Been
11. True Religion
12. Serpent Of Dreams
13. Preaching On The Old Camp Ground
14. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
15. More Than My Old Guitar
16. Nine Pound Hammer
17. Encore: Embryonic Journey
Second Show:
1. Blue Railroad Train
2. Izze’s Lullaby
3. I See The Light
4. Buddy Bolden’s Blues
5. I’ll Let You Know Before I Leave
6. How Long Blues
7. Trouble In Mind
8. Follow The Drinking Gourd
9. New Song For The Morning
10. Good Shepherd
11. Full Go Round
12. Walkin’ Blues
13. I Am The Light Of This World
14. Just Because
15. Encore: Mann’s Fate

We're doing a private benefit in New Jersey today and it's an early show so I'v got to try to catch a couple of hours of sleep. It's going to be a long day.

Today was a great way to get back in the saddle again. I think I hear the bed calling my name.

Yes indeed... I've been remiss in writing but well, I've been home with lots to do. This weekend We have Stefan Grossman, who just did a fantastic set, and Larry Coryell and his trio who are playing a simply amazing show. I have known Larry for a great many years and he just keeps getting better and better. He is one of the great ones of all times, that's for sure and it's an honor to have him teaching and playing here. Well, I'm out front to listen some more. I'm writing this backstage and that's great, but I need to see him as well as hear him. Spring was lovely today... I've been told it's going to get even warmer. More anon...

OK... I got to do a little solo show tonight at the Station. After the great show that Larry Coryell put on last night... well Stefan Grossman too... wht a night that was. Anyway, here I got to do my own thing tonight and now I get to sleep in my own bed. Here is my little set list:

Jorma Solo Sunday
The Larry Coryell/Stefan Grossman Weekende
Fur Peace Station
Darwin, Ohio
Sunday, March 28, 2010

1. That’ll Never Happen No More
2. Come Back Baby
3. Izze’s Lullaby
4. Things That Might Have Been
5. Living In The Moment
6. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
7. Hesitation Blues
8. Uncle Same Blues
9. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
10. River Of Time
11. How Long Blues
12. Been So Long
13. BBQ King
14. A Life Well Lived

I'm going home to the girls.