Jorma Kaukonen News

Reviewed by: Les Gibson , on june 10, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: The album, a collection of blues and country acoustic songs, has a distinctive and new sound, considering the time it ...

The Wood Brothers' 2006 album Ways Not to Lose was filled with perfectly pleasant, jazz-influenced, hippie musings.

Hot Tuna is a rock band formed by Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen the Legendary song writers of Jefferson Airplane.

This site requires Flash 8. Download for free here. For more than forty years, the legendary duo of guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady has toured from coast to coast and around the world playing ... via Tahoe World

“Just the way it was when I saw - em 18 years ago”

Little Feat's concert at the Paramount on Saturday felt like a visit from a longtime friend. via Denver Post

“What we played sounded nothing like the originals. People used to ask me if we had stage fright, and now I say, we should have.”

Jorma Kaukonen observes that he and Jack Casady, his partner in Hot Tuna, could hardly be more different in personality. via The Aspen Times

“These are facts that a great many people do have trouble coming to grips with, I'm afraid”

Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady explain how they've stayed in Hot Tuna for 50 years without becoming cold fish by Dave Kirby It wasn't exactly a "press day" when we caught up to Jorma Kaukonen by phone last ... via Boulder Weekly

“He'll play a klezmer lick so you hear a lot of disparate stuff in our music”

With Little Feat. 7 p.m. Saturday at Jannus Landing, 16 Second St., St. Petersburg. $29.88 advance, $35 day of show, VIP $54.99. 898-2100; jannuslanding concerts.com. A former Siesta Key resident who developed ... via HeraldTribune.com

“I was involved in a lot of musical endeavors even then”

Guitar in hand, Rolf Sturm, who has performed in venues around the world with extraordinary artists like Jorma Kaukonen , members of the Grateful Dead, Buddy Cage, Eddy Arnold and Pat Boone, will play three ... via Dailyitem.com

Only a handful of artists are instantly recognizable by a single name. Madonna, Prince, Jay-Z, or Elvis might come to mind, but to a certain audience, the name "Jorma" defines a distinct musical integrity and ... via NPR

“Shall we start with what we discussed?”

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, beloved for his work with both early Jefferson Airplane and his ongoing efforts with bassist Jack Casady in Hot Tuna, could have started out with a bit of San Francisco Sound ... via LiveDaily

“We're here tonight because New Orleans is still totally [expletived]”

Nordic Voices, an ensemble that displayed some vocal pyrotechnics at Dumbarton United Methodist Church. via The Washington Post

ROCK/POP Jorma Kaukonen, The Ridgefield Playhouse, 8 p.m. Saturday The blues, rock and folk guitarist first gained notoriety for his work with '70s psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane and later, as ... via Norwalk Advocate

ROCK/POP Backstreet Boys, Webster Theatre, 8 tonight In many ways, boy bands never stood a fighting chance. Ridiculed for their popularity and fan base more than their music in the beginning and rarely given the chance to become men, male teen pop sensation doesn't bode well for the long haul. The Backstreet Boys have stood defiant (or stubborn, depending on your point of view) by refusing to go away. Thing is, their most recent discs - 'Never Gone' and 'Unbreakable' - don't have the hit X-factor of, say, 'I Want It That Way.' $45. Webster Theatre, 31 Webster Ave., Hartford. 860-525-5553. Read more

“It was just another summer where we were just having a really good time”

Issue date: 12/13/07 Section: Entertainment If you look up Hot Tuna , you will come across a story about the band wanting to be called Hot S***, but the record label pushed for a less-offensive name. via The Mirror Online

Jorma Kaukonen, one of the scheduled performers at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival. via Modern Guitars Magazine

Joe Veillette began his guitar-making odyssey 36 years ago when a broken headstock led him to abandon his architecture career and take up guitar building with legendary luthier Michael Gurian. via Acoustic Guitar

The first week in October, KCSB-FM sponsors 2 concerts at the Majestic Ventura Theater: college-radio mainstays, They Might Be Giants and former Jefferson Airplane & Hot Tuna member Jorma Kaukonen . via KCSB-FM Santa Barbara

Jorma Kaukonen's moved past Jefferson Airplane. Where: Rhythm Room Details: Jorma Kaukonen is scheduled to perform on Sunday, September 30. via Phoenix New Times