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!
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:
- Trouble In Mind
- Candy Man
- Death Don’t Have No Mercy
- New Song For The Morning
- Come Back Baby
- Letter To The North Star
- That’ll Never Happen No More
- Day To Day Out The Window Blues
- Heart Temporary
- How Long Bues
- Been So Long
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
Second Set:
- Ice Age
- Ain’t In No Hurry
- Hesitation Blues
- Ode To Billy Dean
- I Am The Light Of This World
- Flying Clouds
- Trial By Fire
- Good Shepherd
- Barbeque King
- Song For The Stainless Cymbal
- Whining Boy Blues
- Full Go Round
- Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
- 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!
Photo by Jorma Kaukonen
Good friends, good times, good food!
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:
- Blue Railroad Train
- Waiting For A Train
- Dime For Beer
- Serpent Of Dreams
- Uncle Sam Blues
- River Of Time
- I Am The Light Of This World
- Living In The Moment
- Sea Child
- Great Divide Revisited
- Trouble In Mind
- San Francisco Bay Blues
Second Set:
- Wolves & Lambs
- Ice Age
- Broken Highway
- Hesitation Blues
- Hamar Promenade
- I See The Light
- Barbeque King
- Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
- Take Your Time
- I Know You Rider
- 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:
- True Religion
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
- Another Man Done Gone
- Too Many Years
- Highway Song
- Come Back Baby
- Sleep Song
- Trial By Fire
- How Long Blues
- Keep On Trucking Mama
- Death Don’t Have No Mercy
- Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
Second Set:
- Hesitation Blues
- I’ll Be All Right Someday
- Trouble In Mind
- Ain’t In No Hurry
- Broken Highway
- The Terrible Operation
- I See The Light
- Sea Child
- Good Shepherd
- Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
- Encore: Serpent Of Dreams
Yeah… this was a good one. Great way to end ’21 and set up for ’22!
Photo by Jorma Kaukonen
And now… I’ve been waiting all year for this:
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!
A wee bit of turo above the unagi?
Best wishes.
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??
Happy New Year Jorma, Jack and the entire Hot Tuna and FPR Family. Be Safe and Be Well !!!
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.
Hava a Safe, Healthy and Happy New Year..❤
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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!
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.
Can’t remember #7? Funky!
Happy New Year!
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!
Safe Travels and Happy New Year. See y’all in 2022
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)……..
Happy New Year Jorma!!