A blog by Jorma Kaukonen

Memphis And A Day Without Rain

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We’ve been riding in rain suits for the last three or four days, and don’t get me wrong… when it’s raining on a motorcycle there is nothing like a rainsuit. I will say when the ambient road temperatures ranges from the nineties to triple digits one really looks forward to a sunny day. Well, when we left Jackson, Mississippi this morning it was raining, but before we got here to Memphis a bright blue sky made it’s presence ...
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Hurricane Alex Sends Us Back To Jackson

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Coincidence… I think not! The last entry was from Jackson, Mississippi and here I am back in Jackson again. We got to new Orleans about dinner time last night. The Ponchartrain Causeway was closed inbound due to high wind and rain so we took a shorter route in. A friend set us up with the Olivier House on Toulouse in the quarter and after a long day in the saddle.. it was heaven. A good seafood and steak dinner ...
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Finally… a hotel with a business center

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On Tuesday the 22nd, my friend Jerry and I were both furloughed by our wives to go on a motorcycle trip to San Antonio. Well, we’re not to San Antonio yet, but we are in Jackson, Missippi. Let me start at the beginning. We left Pomeroy, Ohio and headed down US 33 East until we got to I-77 in Ravenswood, West Virginia. We did the West Virginia Turnpike to Wytheville, Virginia and shortly thereafter we got on the ...
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America Awaits

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The old Harley is serviced and saddled up… I’m off to see America for a bit. I’ll be computer free for a while… free at last… sort of. I’ll check in here periodically with a report from the open road.

Vroom!

Flying Down The Road

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We’re pulling into a Waffle House parking lot with the bus. It’s 0730 and we’ve been driving since dropping the boys off at the hotel after the show at the Old Town School Of Folk Music. Last night was our third show in a row on this lightning run and it was a two show night… lots of good music. With that in mind, here is our set list:

Hot Tuna 8, 2010
The Electric Quintet Featuring
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, G.E.Smith
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The Canton Blues Festival and Father’s Day

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We had such a good time at the Canton Blues Festival today. The weather was fine and there were lots of friends there, old and new. We got a chance to not only hear Ana Popovic but we got a chance to play with her. She’s the real deal folks. Here is our set list from tonight:

Hot Tuna 7, 2010
The Electric Quintet Featuring
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, G.E.Smith
And Skoota Warner
The Canton Blues Festival
Canton, Ohio
Saturday, June 19, 2010

1. Talkin’ Bout You
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A Night In Falls Church, Virginia

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Last night was our first show on this little run. Me and the boys showed up at the State Theater in Falls Church and played two darn fine sets, if I do say so myself… and here they are:

Hot Tuna 6, 2010
The Electric Quintet Featuring
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, G.E.Smith
And Skoota Warner
The State Theater
Falls Church, Virginia
Friday, June 18, 2010

First Set:
1. Been So Long
2. Living Just For You
3. Can’t Get Satisfied
4. Long Gone From Kentucky G.E.
5. 99 Year Blues
6. I Know You Rider
7. If This Is Love, ...
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Heading out…

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After packing this morning, feeding the dog and cats and saying goodbye to Izze I headed over to the Fur Peace Ranch to meet the bus and Myron. After a while Vanessa met us there and provisioned us for the trip to Falls Church. Goodbyes were said and off we went… and here we are just in time for some dinner and bed. Ah, Falls Church, just like I remembered it. Well, tomorrow we will be met by G.E.Smith, ...
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Live from the kitchen…

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OK… so here is my first entry without someone seated next to me holding my hand. Tomorrow Hot Tuna is getting ready for a lightning three concert run… all electric, all rocking! I’m writing this from the Beatrice Love Kitchen here at the Fur Peace Ranch and it’s shaping up to be a very hot day. Getting guitars and amps together, packing the gear that goes along with all this stuff. Yikes… logistics personified. Well, just a very short ...
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Into The Modern Maelstrom Of Blogging

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Hoo boy is this scarey… a new format for my blog. Yes folks, I’m entering the new millennium albeit a little late. OK… there are many works in progress here. It will be a while before the archived material on the old site will be available… but it will ultimately be available. Nobody hates change worse than me, but I have a feeling that this will be alright… well, one can hope. Mike McSteen is holding my hand and ...
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