Artist: Hot Tuna
Genre(s):
Rock
Rock: Blues
Discography:
The Phosphorescent Rat
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
Yellow Fever
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Live at Kenswick CD2
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Live at Kenswick CD1
Year: 2000
Tracks: 14
Live in Japan: At Stove's Yokohoma City
Year: 1998
Tracks: 14
Classic Hot Tuna Electric
Year: 1996
Tracks: 8
Classic Acoustic
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Double Dose
Year: 1995
Tracks: 14
Live at Sweetwater 2
Year: 1993
Tracks: 12
Live At Sweetwater
Year: 1992
Tracks: 13
Pair A Dice Found
Year: 1990
Tracks: 14
Historic Live
Year: 1985
Tracks: 8
Hoppkorv
Year: 1976
Tracks: 10
Splashdown Two
Year: 1975
Tracks: 14
America's Choice
Year: 1975
Tracks: 8
Burgers
Year: 1972
Tracks: 9
First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
Year: 1971
Tracks: 7
Hot Tuna
Year:
Tracks: 15
Funky
Year:
Tracks: 11
Begun as an acoustic spin-off of the Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna eventually became the full-time focus of creation members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen, rising as a democratic touring act of the 1970s. The 2 were lifelong friends, maturation up together in Washington, D.C., and playing in the chemical group the Triumphs. After heights school, guitarist Kaukonen and his government-service parents resettled to the Philippines, merely he returned to the U.S. in time for the advent of psychedelia, landing place in San Francisco and co-founding the Airplane in 1965. Bassist Casady united not long after, and together they helped lead the group to massive success during the late '60s.
Hot Tuna -- in the first place dubbed Hot Sh*t, much to the mortification of their label, RCA -- start began pickings cast in 1969, patch both Casady and Kaukonen were tranquil active members of the Jefferson Airplane; in fact, their first performances were sandwiched between regular Airplane gigs. As a threesome rounded out by mouth harp player Will Scarlet (and at times including Airplane members Marty Balin and Spencer Dryden), Hot Tuna debuted in 1970 with a low-key self-titled LP of traditional blues and ragtime recorded live at the New Orleans House in Berkeley; by the undermentioned year's more rock-inspired First Pull Up, Then Pull Down, their roster included violinist Papa John Creach, at the same time a full-time member of the Airplane, and drummer Sammy Piazza. Minus Scarlet, a third album, Burgers, appeared in 1972.
By the appearance of 1974's The Phosphorescent Rat, both Casady and Kaukonen had formally exited Jefferson Airplane; by this time Creach, world Health Organization elective to persist with the Airplane, was no thirster in the group. With 1975's America's Choice, Piazza as well was kaput, replaced by drummer Bob Steeler; Sensationalistic Fever appeared that same twelvemonth, with Hoppkorv following in 1976. Keyboardist Nick Buck signed on for 1978's Double Dose, but Hot Tuna after announced their separation, ending out the first phase of their career with 1979's Last Vinyl.
In the come alive of the group's dying, Kaukonen released a solo LP, Jorma, and after joined the new wave unit Vital Parts; Casady as well fronted a modern wave group of his own, SVT. In 1984, both returned to their roots: Casady joined beau Airplane alums Balin and Paul Kantner in the K.B.C. Band, spell Kaukonen reverted to the acoustic folks and blue devils of his formative long time. Finally, Casady and Kaukonen played a handful of club dates under the Hot Tuna aegis, re-forming on a more concrete basis in 1986; by 1990, their ranks included Michael Falzarano, a veteran of many early reunion shows. That class Hot Tuna released Twin a Dice Found, their first base accumulation of new studio material in over a decade; a serial of live releases followed, including 1992's Live at Sweetwater, 1997's Splashdown Two, and 1999's And Furthurmore... In the geezerhood to follow, Hot Tuna continued to play respective alive shows a class in assorted configurations. A single-disc best-of from the RCA geezerhood, Keep on Truckin', was released in 2006.
