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A chat with Jack Casady

June 14, 2020 by JeffersonAirplane

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Recently, Elaine Diehl had the opportunity to interview Rock Hall of Famer Jorma Kaukonen about his career, including his bands Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. He mentioned that his good friend and bandmate, bassist Jack Casady, would be a good one to talk with about music and his career, so that’s what Elaine has done. Join her for this conversation with one of the most influential bass players in rock history. Click on the link above to listen!

Jack Casady’s 10 best bass performances

January 20, 2020 by JeffersonAirplane

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Read the whole story here: https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-casadys-10-best-bass-performances

In the hands of Jack Casady, the teen-aged bass guitar soared to unprecedented new heights via the aptly-named Jefferson Airplane and the soon-to-emerge Hot Tuna, in the late ’60s.

In the ensuing 50 years, Casady has continued to leave his indelible mark on bass line construction via taste, tone, dynamics, melodicism, groove, and feel with everyone from Jimi Hendrix, David Crosby, SVT, and Warren Zevon to Gov’t Mule, Rusted Root, Peter Rowan, and of course, various editions of the unstoppable Hot Tuna.

We thought it was high time to look back at Casady’s low-end legacy.

What would make your list?

Hot Tuna reissues Burgers!

January 13, 2020 by JeffersonAirplane

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Pre-Order Hot Tuna’s 1972 Classic Burgers On 180-gram Translucent Blue Or Purple Swirl Vinyl! In-Stores February 28th!

The legendary Bay area rock superstars Hot Tuna have continually scored now for almost five decades a plethora of wonderful recordings throughout their incredible career. At first an experimental side project during their tenure with Jefferson Airplane, co-founders Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady soon created a full time Hot Tuna, giving the music world a whole new approach to blues, country blues, gospel, jazz fusion, and all things rock with their magnificent artistry and musicianship which is unparalleled to this day.

Celebrating their phenomenal 1972 timeless masterwork, Burgers will be released for the first time ever on 180-gram translucent blue vinyl and purple swirl vinyl. These releases feature painstakingly recreated original gatefold cover art with brand new liner notes by Hot Tuna founders Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. Impeccably mastered from the original Grunt tapes, Burgers includes the classic tracks, “Water Song,” “Keep On Truckin,'” “99 Year Blues,” and “Highway Song” featuring special guest David Crosby.

Pre-order Burgers on 180-gram translucent blue vinyl here – https://www.fridaymusic.com/product/FMLP333/hot-tuna-burgers-180-gram-blue-vinyl-limited-anniversary-edition-gatefold-cover?cp=80419_80859

Pre-order Burgers on 180-gram purple swirl vinyl here – https://www.fridaymusic.com/product/FMLP332/hot-tuna-burgers-180-gram-purple-swirl-vinyl-limited-edition-gatefold-cover?cp=80419_80859

Hot Tuna’s Stop at Woodstock 50 Brings Jorma Kaukonen Full Circle: Exclusive Interview

April 10, 2019 by JeffersonAirplane

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Jorma Kaukonen will never forget taking the stage with Jefferson Airplane before almost half a million people during the original Woodstock on Aug. 17, 1969, at a dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y.

In Been So Long: My Life & Music, Kaukonen’s candid and compulsively readable autobiography from last fall, the guitarist said the experience was like an an excursion into a parallel universe “whose portal opened unbidden and closed just as mysteriously, leaving a vivid memory.”

Billed as “3 Days of Peace and Music,” Woodstock is far from the only highlight in Kaukonen’s career. With Jefferson Airplane, he composed enduring songs like “Embryonic Journey,” his fingerstyle tribute to blues and gospel singer the Rev. Gary Davis. Kaukonen’s arrangement of the folk standard “Good Shepherd” combined acoustic picking, electric shredding and alternative tuning, and has influenced countless guitarists. Later, he formed the offshoot band Hot Tuna with childhood friend and Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady, prefiguring the Americana genre – and they are still touring today.

Woodstock ’69 Artifacts Headed To Museum 50 Years Later

March 15, 2019 by JeffersonAirplane

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A bass guitar and handwritten song lyrics will be among the artifacts related to the original Woodstock concert heading to a museum for display.

The museum at the site of the concert in upstate New York says it will open for the 2019 season on March 30 with an exhibit marking the concert’s 50th anniversary.

The Museum at Bethel Woods says the exhibit will include instruments, clothing, equipment, art and photography. Highlights include a bass guitar and a tunic from Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane and handwritten lyrics for “Goin’ Up the Country” by Alan Wilson of Canned Heat.

The famous three-day concert kicked off Aug. 15, 1969, in Bethel, New York.