A blog by Jorma Kaukonen

#39 And A Rainy February Sunday

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The Big Guy, a lull in the storm and our Hwy 61

Photo by Jorma Kaukonen

Izze and Nessa went to Newark (or Nerk as we say) for a volleyball tournament. They left around 0530. It could be worse. A male kid playing ice hockey would require lots more driving. Anyway, left home alone, I took Mav for a walk down our Hwy 61 in between storms. Rain or not, at least it’s warmer and any day now I expect to ...
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A Cloudy Day, Brightened By #39

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Back live… like it or not

Except for some of the deepest piles, the snow is gone. Maverick, the big Dog and I took a two mile walk in the morning mist and then I dittoed that with Perseus, The Little Guy. Nice to be able to walk around outside without being bundled up like a kid in a snowsuit. (Remember those, older folks?)

It looks like some road gigs may be coming my way, but these are still thoughts and ...
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1919-2021

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 Lawrence Ferlinghetti

March 24, 1919-February 22, 2021

When I moved to the Bay Area in Northern California in 1962 I settled in Santa Clara, where I was to go to school. San Francisco was a Mecca to me back then. The whole Beat headspace had been calling my name for years. Santa Clara was a backwater, but San Francisco was less than fifty miles away. As soon as I was able to find a like-minded spirit with a car, we saddled ...
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#38 And A Trip To Akai Hana

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#38 was yet another good time for us here at the Fur Peace Ranch. Instead of waiting until our 8 o’clock start time, we started recording at four. We’ve had some nasty weather here (I know we’re not alone) and the temperature dropped to 8 degrees F last night. We just couldn’t have our people driving these country roads late at night under those conditions. Things look like they’re warming up, if a little rainy. We’ll be live and ...
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#38 Tonight And The Sound Of Wolves

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Like so much of our country, Southeast Ohio is cold, cold, cold. My RV is nestling in it’s shed waiting for warmer days and a trip out into the world. As I was walking the dogs this morning in the 18 degree chill, I remembered that years ago in northern Sweden while speed skating I used to imagine I heard the wound of wolves in the darkness that wrapped most of the winter days. I realize now that those ...
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Winter Vortex & Summer Dreams

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Yesterday I spent almost four hours manhandling five hundred pounds of salt melt on our driveway… which is almost a quarter of a mile long. Myron and I got back from Nashville just in time to miss the storm there, and welcome the storm here. The live music experience is always rewarding and in an odd way, so is dealing with winter. I enjoy the physicality of it and am more than grateful that at 80 I still have ...
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Nashville City Winery… Good Time!

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Yeah, so last night the City Winery here in Nashville hosted me and a grand time was had… by me, that’s for sure!

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Jorma Alone

The City Winery

Nashville, Tennessee

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Too Many YearsHesitation BluesSerpent Of DreamsCome Back BabySearch My HeartGreat Divide RevisitedSea ChildTrial By FireWatch The North Wind RiseDeath Don’t Have No MercyHow Long BluesLiving In The MomentGood ShepherdWhining Boy BluesBarbeque KingKeep Your Lamps Trimmed & BurningI Know You RiderEmbryonic Journey

Awesome sound and great folks down here ...
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A Night In The Sunshine State And Off To Nashville

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Yeah, S. Clay Wilson shuffled off this mortal coil… As the checkered Demon would say, ‘Nice day for nothin,’ as he got together with his biker buddies, The Flying F*ck’n A Heads. As for R. Crumb, I’ve got all his Heroes Of The Blues trading card sets. We used to sell them at our Company Store. Don’t forget R. Crumbs ‘Cheap Suit Serenaders.’ Let’s not forget Terry Zwigoff. If you haven’t seen Ghost World or Bad Santa get with ...
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#37 Done… Florida Beckons

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Yeah… so last night was #37.

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Quarantine Concert Series #37

The Fur Peace Station

Darwin, Ohio

Saturday, February 6, 2021

Nine Pound HammerDay To Day Out The Window BluesDo Not Go GentleVampire WomenSoliloquy For 2Me & Bobby McGee with John HurlbutDon’t Bring Me Down with John HurlbutIn My DreamsLet Us Get Together Right Down HereGreat Divide RevisitedHeart Temporary

Another dandy from our house to yours.

Believe it or not, got a ‘real’ gig in Delray Beach, Florida tomorrow at Old School Square. ...
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#36 In The Bag

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Hey everyone… Monday the First here, and probably there. Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. What will Phil say? Hmmm… It’s not that cold here, speaking in terms of East Coast winters… it’s just nasty. Drizzling snow for the last 48. I’m waiting for the mud to seep up to the surface.

#36 was a blast, as always. I hadn’t really thought about Hamilton Camp’s Pride Of Man for over half a century. I remember David Frieberg picking it on some giant ...
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