Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady were part of Jefferson Airplane back in the … Read Full Bio ↴Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady were part of Jefferson Airplane back in the 60's, but that was a blip in their musical careers if you ask most Tuna fans.
Their first album was recorded live at Berkeley in 1969. They continued their work with Jefferson Airplane during this project, and even though Jefferson Airplane dissolved, Hot Tuna has continued to tour to this day. Casady is considered by many to be one of the most advanced and innovative in his style.
Their official website is http://hottuna.com and http://hottunatunes.com has music downloads of some of their recent live dates and a few older dates which really capture the spirit of these two very talented musicians.
Joey Covington, a self-taught drummer since the age of 10, (also know in his childhood as Joey Michno) helped found Blues-rock group Hot Tuna in 1969, alongside Jefferson Airplane members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen, while the latter band was still in its beginnings.
However, the recordings he did for Tuna were unreleased and eventually rejoined Casady and Kaukonen at the Airplane and featured on three studio albums, the first being Volunteers, as he replaced Spencer Dryden midway through the recording process. He wrote and sang the last hit for Jefferson Airplane 1971's "Pretty As You Feel" featured on the Bark Album.
Covington left Jefferson Airplane in mid-1972 to pursue a solo career, starting with Fat Fandango.[3] He subsequently faded from view, only resurfacing sporadically, like in 1976's Spitfire by Jefferson Starship, where he co-wrote the hit single "With Your Love".
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he toured with various configurations as The San Francisco Allstars.
Covington was well-known around the Palm Springs area as a talented musician who delighted his audience by playing free gigs whenever possible. His last performance was for a Marilyn Monroe celebration in Palm Springs June 1, 2013. Covington thrilled his audience and signed autographs following the performance.[4]
Covington was killed in an automobile accident in Palm Springs, California on June 4, 2013. Covington slammed into a wall and was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collison. He was 67.[5]
See also: Hot Tuna at Wikipedia
Their first album was recorded live at Berkeley in 1969. They continued their work with Jefferson Airplane during this project, and even though Jefferson Airplane dissolved, Hot Tuna has continued to tour to this day. Casady is considered by many to be one of the most advanced and innovative in his style.
Their official website is http://hottuna.com and http://hottunatunes.com has music downloads of some of their recent live dates and a few older dates which really capture the spirit of these two very talented musicians.
Joey Covington, a self-taught drummer since the age of 10, (also know in his childhood as Joey Michno) helped found Blues-rock group Hot Tuna in 1969, alongside Jefferson Airplane members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen, while the latter band was still in its beginnings.
However, the recordings he did for Tuna were unreleased and eventually rejoined Casady and Kaukonen at the Airplane and featured on three studio albums, the first being Volunteers, as he replaced Spencer Dryden midway through the recording process. He wrote and sang the last hit for Jefferson Airplane 1971's "Pretty As You Feel" featured on the Bark Album.
Covington left Jefferson Airplane in mid-1972 to pursue a solo career, starting with Fat Fandango.[3] He subsequently faded from view, only resurfacing sporadically, like in 1976's Spitfire by Jefferson Starship, where he co-wrote the hit single "With Your Love".
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he toured with various configurations as The San Francisco Allstars.
Covington was well-known around the Palm Springs area as a talented musician who delighted his audience by playing free gigs whenever possible. His last performance was for a Marilyn Monroe celebration in Palm Springs June 1, 2013. Covington thrilled his audience and signed autographs following the performance.[4]
Covington was killed in an automobile accident in Palm Springs, California on June 4, 2013. Covington slammed into a wall and was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collison. He was 67.[5]
See also: Hot Tuna at Wikipedia
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Hot Tuna Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Hot Tuna:
99 Year Blues Well, now bring me my pistol And I said three round…
Angel Of Darkness What kind of evil baby I, don't want to know Would poison…
Baby What You Want Me To Do You've got me runnin' You've got me hidin' You've got me run…
Bar Room Crystal Ball Well early this morning someone hot on the line Said "Me…
Been So Long Been so long since I belong here Ever since i left…
Candy Man Well now candyman, I said been here and gone Well candyman,…
Candyman Well now candyman, I said been here and gone Well candyman,…
Come Back Baby Come back, baby, baby please don't go Well I love you,…
Corners Without Exits Well, you hope the road you follow Will lead you to…
Day To Day Without The Window Blues Well, if the world's an oyster in your stew You know…
Death Don Well now death don't have no mercy in this land Well…
Death Don't Have No Mercy Well now death don't have no mercy in this land Well…
Don Well, on this morning Saw them coming across fields far away…
Don't You Leave Me Here Now don't you leave me here Said don't you leave me…
Easy Now I got the riding pneumonia today Well, the weather's too fi…
Easy Now - Remastered 1998 I got the riding pneumonia today Well, the weather's too fin…
Endless Sleep The night was black, rain fallin' down; Looked for my baby,…
Eskimo Blue Day Well, if the world's an oyster in your stew You know…
Eve Of Destruction The eastern world it is explodin', Violence flarin', bullets…
Funky #7 Walking, talking, breathing, trying to smile yourself to dea…
Genesis Time's come for us to part And think of living as…
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl A good morning little schoolgirl, Can I go home with you? Te…
Hesitation Blues Well, nickel is a nickel, I said, dime is a…
Highway Song Father, let us build a boat and sail away There′s nothing…
hit single Every time I touch your face I get a feelin' in…
Hot Jelly Roll Blues Jelly roll, jelly roll Sitting on a fence If you don't get…
How Long Blues How long, how long, has that evenin' train been gone? It's…
I Am The Light of This World Just as long as I'm in this world I am…
I Can Well I'm goin' away to leave Won't be back no more Goin'…
I Can't Be Satisfied Well I'm goin' away to leave Won't be back no more Goin'…
I Don't Wanna Go Well, on this morning Saw them coming across fields far away…
I Know You Rider I know you rider gonna miss me when I'm gone I…
I See The Light In this world I'm living in I see the light Sins…
Ice Age Well I heard the news just the other day Now I…
In The Kingdom I feel your shimmering eyes into my soul, And your life…
Keep On Truckin Well now keep on truckin' mama, truckin' my blues away…
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning Well mother don't you stop prayin' Father keep right on pray…
Know You Rider I know you rider gonna miss me when I'm gone I…
Letter To The North Star Winter's been a long, long time Summer's here again I've b…
Letter to the North Star - Remastered 1998 Winter's been a long, long time Summer's here again I've bee…
Living Just For You I've waited all my lifetime for a moment like today Our…
New Song Looked outside my window Fog came up to play That gray outsi…
Ode for Billie Dean I used to think, wherever I wandered, Nothing would ever, e…
Ode For Billy Dean I used to think, wherever I wandered, Nothing would ever, ev…
Oh Lord Well Lord said search my heart Oh Lord now search my…
Oh Lord, Search My Heart Well Lord said search my heart Oh Lord now search…
Parchman Farm I'm sitting over here on Parchman farm1 I'm sitting over her…
Rock Me Baby Rock me baby, rock me all night long Rock me baby,…
Sea Child Daily things fall off like water, Falling down like summer r…
Serpent Of Dreams Flowers today bloomin' by the pathway; Linin' the edge of to…
Sleep Song Sure a lot smaller everyday Wonder why we feel this way You…
Song From The Stainless Cymbal Get down child, you've got to find another way Stop running'…
talking Ah, ha, ha, ha, da, dah-um-dah Ah, ha, ha, dah-um-dah, da Ah…
True Religion Momma take the pillow from under my head, now Allelu Said ta…
Uncle Sam Blues Got my questionnaire baby You know I'm headed off for war I…
Uncle Sam's Blues Got my questionnaire baby You know I'm headed off for war …
Walkin I woke up this mornin', feelin' round for my shoes Know…
Walkin' Blues I woke up this mornin', feelin' round for my shoes Know…
Want You To Know Babe I want you to know, babe I want you…
Watch The North Wind Rise Up in the morning watch the north wind rise Bringin' fire…
Whinin Boy Blues Wining boy don't deny my name Just a wining boy, I…
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Ormond Otvos
Lovely concert. As a coffeehouse attendee in SF in the very early sixties, I chanced to meet Bill Graham while he was trying to find a sound system for his newly leased concert hall, the Fillmore. Being employed as a sound installer for background music systems helped a lot: I just liberated a dozen or more audio amps and about fifty high power wide-range 8" speakers, which I stuck on 4x8 ply wood sheets, eight to a sheet, generating a plane wave focused on the center of the dance floor. Worked pretty well, but Bill hired.a hotshot expensive sound engineering outfit with his new loot. I liked my system better -- you could stand right in front of the stage and not go deaf. Age of moderation.
Did I mention my father was one of the first electronic technicians, way back in the Twenties. Now he'd be a hacker. He also worked for Electrovoice speakers, so I knew good sound before high fidelity was a thing. Dad also went to concerts in Chicago, all the big bands, blues, jazz. Worked in a concert hall parking lot, met many musicians.
Went a few times to the Top of the Tangent in Palo Alto during Jorma's pure folkie stage, and used to sit in the front room and read Hermann Hesse while Jorma practiced, and practiced and practiced, sometimes ten hours straight. Perfect background.
Jorma has a degree in Philosophy from Santa Clara U in San Jose. We have a mind in common. We talked many hours about pigs with wings and so on, often drug-enhanced..
Became friends with Jorma, lived in East Palo Alto with him and friends in a rented house on East University Ave. Big back yard, used to have a little dirt track w tore up with a Harley Topper. Had an Electrovoice "Voice of the Theatre" Klipschorn speaker in the front room, 18" woofer, horn midrange/tweeter. Good Days, beer and BBQ.
Also put in a little doodad at the Matrix Club in the Marina that sent the sound round and round the room, speakers all over. Psychedelic, 'twas the mood...Signe Toly, Marty's sister, was singing jazz there. She sang with the Airplane for a while, but got pregnant, I think.
We also did quite a bit of motorcycling, Sunday Morning Ride. I was riding a BMW twin, I think a R50S, and Jorma a big single, maybe a Matchless, maybe a BSA Gold Star. The Jefferson Airplane didn't like the prospect of Jorma crashing, but he's as exact a biker as he is a guitarist. Still at it, but sadly Harley-Davidson is his brand now. They're very social...
We were born a month apart. I'm the older. Saw him in Spokane at a concert our underground newspaper arranged sub rosa. Very right wing town, noisy echoing school gym, Gonzaga I think. Crappy sound, good vibes.though. Also saw his Key West concert in '88, when he met his current wife, Vanessa. Our 3 year old boat-kid loved it.
Thanks for listening to an old fart talk. Hope you have many good memories!
Ormond Otvos Richmond CA ormond at mail com
Jeff Williams
I remember the first time I remember hearing Hot Tuna. I was about 14, around 1977. I was spending the night at my Grand Daddy's house in BFE, Alabama. The grand parents went to bed after dark. I sat in the old front porch swing with my radio playing real softly. I burned a pinner of Gold, and stared out over his small farm and wondered at the simple beauty of the stars. I started hearing a song that made me turn it up. I was air guitaring fiercely when Grandmother came out, asked me to turn it down. I kissed her goodnight and put it to my ear as I walked down to see the cows, chickens and pigs. A magical night for a young man.
jbrn
That sounds so magical!
Elizabeth Murray
The Quarantine Concerts with Jorma Kaukanon have been a savior during this past year. Saturday Nights and often times Jack Cassidy joins him. (Hot Tuna)
Susan LoForti
Absolutely the greatest boost !
Mindy Cheyanne
Amen!
Penny Bertsch
I somehow found this on my computer today. It was like going back in time. I love these guys! It actually brought tears remembering all the shows we have been to. It doesn't get any better than this.
Mindy Cheyanne
Fillmore...
BRIANHT1
Maybe no tears, James! So what, just making the point she became emotional. You think everyone who types lol actually does? You people need to chill!
Bruce Holloway
indeed
Penny Bertsch
@James Page Your right it did not bring tears I was to busy dancing !