JORMA KAUKONEN - Hesitation Blues

Un standard, Repris par Hot tuna !

[@dono1606]

Wow how blessed our we to still have these two w/ us still strong & playing!

[@paulsiegel9746]

Jack is the ultimate hippie. love it

[@fishmanpa]

Back in the 70's.. I'm thinking '77, I went to a show at the Cherry Hill Ice Arena in NJ. The opening act was the Jan Hammer Group and Hot Tuna was the headliner. It was small crowd in a small venue considering. Jan Hammer was amazing and then Hot Tuna took the stage. They played 3 sets. Electric, acoustic and what started off as electric became a request session. I moved down from my seat on the side to the floor and joined a group of fans that wanted to hear "Hesitation Blues". We all yelled it out and frankly, it was one of the best versions I've ever heard. Great tune and musicianship!

[@chordchaser]

I saw Hot Tuna and Jorma solo many times and that must have been a great show! Once I saw Jorma on the Circle Line "Music Cruise" a gig they were putting on around pier 84 that sailed up under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges and then circled back around Manhattan. I also saw him play on Pier 84 Jack Bruce from Cream opened that one... so many great Hot Tuna shows around NYC, he loved playing there. Waiting with some friends in front of the Lonestar Cafe on 13th street when he pulled up on a Harley, got off and walked onto the stage and started playing.... what an entrance!

[@reallyel]

Cool ! He never stopped playing, he warmed up for hours , he called me and asked if he should still come, it was snowing, I said yes, we'll be here. He came just before 10 for a 7 PM show, but no one complained. Jorma said wake me up when you want me to get off stage, I smiled and said , don't worry.

[@reallyel]

Great to hear this again, he played at my club in the 80's "Pursuit of Happiness Cafe" in Liberty, NY He rehearsed and rehearsed like no one else, Thanks Jorma and thank you !

[@timoflea8417]

Saw them one night in 1972, at the Hollywood Palladium. Topped a bill that included Wishbone Ash and New Riders of the Purple Sage. Damn fine night, 'twas

[@eijakaikkonen5662]

🌪WoW❣

[@lisaglynne]

Wow! This rendition is 40 years old and still sounds as good as when I first heard it in the 60'S!!! A true classic!

[@lonesomejohnnie]

Love Hot Tuna, always will. Jorma is one of the best finger style Blues players period. Had the privilege to see him solo and w/ Jack many many times, and would do so again

[@ShammShamm]

I've seen everybody from aerosmith to led led zeppelin and black oak arkansas to neil young and the only autograph I've ever thought about seeking out was Jorma's.Truly the salt of the earth!A working man's musician.Thank you,brother.

[@GreenManalishiUSA]

This performance is pure gold

[@mightybeeb]

these guys are American Rock and Roll/Blues.....great Musicians

[@MaryAnneRosato]

No words. Just beautiful.

[@wiscgaloot]

I saw these two play at Luther's in Madison WI almost exactly 20 years ago. A great show!

[@noff27]

I saw Hot Tuna many a time in the 70's. Fantastic shows!!! Glad to see Jorma still doing what he loves so much!

[@stuart2071]

Still doing it, too!

[@rumandsoda]

Hot Tuna embodies so much of what the very best American music experience is all about. they are the timeless, real, and true to the music.

[@104Bosco]

2 most underrated musicians out there yet playing. The Nucleus of Airplane's gigs

[@nikkythanh]

Toute ma jeunesse de 58 ans est revigorée - L'humilité de ces créatifs me lifte enfin le cerveau - Nul besoin de +++ tant leur entente et leur capacité sont grandes - merci

[@chanceburger3169]

First time I saw them was 1978 at the Warner theater in what is now a rat run city DC an I was addicted, awesome band

[@curien1000]

Jack and Jorma are two great (but underrated) musicians. Hot Tuna should be in the R&R Hall of Fame (of course Jack and Jorma already are anyway...) Thanks for posting. This is a great song - Jorma is so talented!

[@rollastoney]

Not underrated

[@mctavish23]

Love this. Thank you.

[@chordchaser]

Jorma joined the airplane while basically an acoustic "coffeshop" player, he became the lead guitar player by default because of his overall talent. He contributed greatly to the use of effects and the acid sound of the 60s, but he also became a pretty damn good lead player. Get a copy of the live album DoubleDose from Hot Tuna and you will be blown away by his work on the electric. And Jack is an awesome bass player, they were friends from high school in DC. Thanks for the post!

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

I’ve got double dose on vinyl… Along with many other hot tuna albums!

[@DecriminalizeMarijuana]

Awesome comment, "If you don't know Jorma you don't know Jack." His fur peace ranch guitar camp is here in southern Ohio never got the chance to go yet would love too... ✌ 💘 & 🐟 👶

[@DecriminalizeMarijuana]

@@BaconTomatoCheese I just recently got hip to 🔥 🐟 I'm a drummer n love piazza and steeler man

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

@@DecriminalizeMarijuana Two awesome drummers…

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

@@DecriminalizeMarijuana I wore out TWO “ if you don’t know Jorma- you don’t know Jack” T-shirts, bought at hot tuna shows…

[@branconero4609]

HE made me to completely turn in to acoustic after i heard Embryonic Journey and Hesitation Blues - pure magic in just two hands -MAESTRO !!!

[@rik061154]

You don't know Jorma, you don't know Jack.

[@caniican]

I just recently pulled out my old phone as my real phone was in the shop and it had Hot Tuna albums loaded on it. I spent the week listening and going back in time to my high school and childhood the greatest times of my life so much joy to listen to these geniuses. And I did see a live acoustic Jorma Kaukonen show. So after literally 30 years of no Jorma in my ear now I'm overflowing with joy to listen to it and now found this great video! Priceless gem!. Seriously wondering if anyone on planet Earth is listening to Jorma and Jack. Amazing find. Right into the favorites for sure

[@gorddewhurst1330]

Just check out fur peace ranch

[@caniican]

@@gorddewhurst1330 Thanks friend. I found it last year and love it. I love old Jorma... like Grandpa telling deep life stories🎸🎶😁

[@alexal5235]

Grandioso, estupendo ,que bien tocado.

[@onlywhenprovoked]

wow look how young they are there. this is a great clip

[@slownoman]

Great tune, superbly done. About the date: I saw the Airplane a LOT from 66 on- starting before Grace Slick. The way these two look tells me it is not past 1970. A guess, but an educated one.

[@paulodonovana]

Jorma so accomplished ragtime/blues style, long worthy of recognition - great Kantner bass too

[@kristofferjackson3824]

thats casady on bass

[@104Bosco]

Yes, it's Jack Cassidy playing bass and yes Paul, you couldn't have said it any better than that.

[@TheSecondNature]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JORMA! YOU ARE 70 JUST ONCE! THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT MUSIC! WE LOVE YOU!

[@mellissadalby1402]

Love these guys. They are indeed my two Dads

[@jptulg]

Jorma, Hot Tuna definetly invented "unplugged", And no one is better! But as usual Jorma doesn't get the recognition as a trail blazer as one of the finest talents,songwriters and guitarists ever!!!

[@davidkey8172]

What were people doing then before the advent of electric guitars?

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

Great music. You must be young, though (and naive) to consider these cats the inventors of “unplugged” music. Coffee houses and small bars, had acoustic players for decades before. Country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed played unplugged in these settings. Even Elvis had his “sit-down” session in ‘68. I saw Brewer &Shipley in ‘67 in San Fran playing a then, undeveloped song called “One Toke Over The Line.”

[@jptulg]

@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 No I'm old. Sure there was acoustic music, "unplugged" is doing electric music acoustically...a Big difference

[@jptulg]

@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 And Naive?? LoL

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

@@jptulg of course there’s a difference, but if you’ve played in bands (I have since the 60’s) you’d know you can do an “acoustic set.” But these guys did not invent it.

[@georgeworthmore]

this is one of the performances that made me play guitar

[@dreamwell2020]

Highly articulated acoustic guitar playing with a way sophisticated electric bass accompaniment? That was something new.

[@mindfever6285]

that bass player adds an entire extra dimension too it, really good stuff

[@alessandrofiorentini6355]

my favorite band 🤗

[@ThePSPL]

These guys rock this tune!

[@NilezII]

I like Kaukonen. I think he is one of the most under-appreciated "signature sound" guitarists. Can you possibly imagine "Somebody To Love" without his lead-out?

[@andrewmair7371]

🤔~~~~~🦆 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Yeah, that lead-out is definitely iconic…🎸

[@martinherve2688]

Quel duo stratosphérique , j'ai toujours aimé écouté leur jeu envoutant !

[@DavidCutler]

Best line... If you don't know Jorma, then you don't know Jack!!

[@precaryus]

I'm proud to say Jorma rode in my car and I played his custom Gibson guitar.

[@ezrabrooks7785]

FO ??????

[@tylerevans1700]

That's sick homie.. ☮️ 💕

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Classic embryonic Hot Tuna… And Jack playing his modified Guild StarFire bass - and of course, eyebrow

[@cpamacjd]

One of the greatest blues songs of all time

[@wildbill5670]

Loved every minute of this. Great job guys.

[@sugarhollowdaddy]

I saw these guys (with a mandolin player) in Austin, TX, two years ago, which makes these guys 60+years old. It was a small club and I was five feet from Jack. We shared a shit-eating smile that made my evening. Saw them at Woodstock (1969) and the Fillmore in 1970, but that was with crazy Grace and wimpy Marty. This music is straight forward and they still know how to jam. No hesitation t'all, folks.

[@artnouveau7633]

Jorma is 81 and Jack is 77

[@edosborn2135]

@@artnouveau7633 and i am 71. Still kickin' after all these years. Always room for some Hot Tuna!

[@artnouveau7633]

@@edosborn2135 im 68 years young Our generation grew up when music was the best.

[@francoisebeylie2923]

Un excellent duo quasi-symbiotique. Jack Casady est un bassiste que j'apprécie tout particulièrement.

[@lazonda]

Best version of this is with Janis Joplin singing and Jorma playing along. Amazing!!

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

“The typewriter tapes”…

[@boduke7397]

just saw jorrma two weeks ago. he was picking away.

[@sebytheman]

Simplement fantastique! Merci de l'avoir chargé!

[@jako134j]

i saw hot tuna bout a year ago, Jack cassidy was crazy!!! i swear ive never seen a 60+ year old guy jump that high with a bass guitar in his arms

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Still jumping in his late 70s

[@slownoman]

Hipper than hip. At their best (1966 to mid 67) the Airplane was the best San Francisco band around. Unfortunately, I'm old enough to have heard 'em all!

[@precaryus]

Yes, Jorma was telling me the story at Fur Peace Ranch 3 yrs ago. I believe he also liked the "Airplane" in the name as it reflected his love of aviation. He's big into RC Aircraft.

[@jaimenava]

man!... Jorma Kaukonen is awesome!!.. way ahead of his time when he played this 

[@hallucinogeniciivv6916]

this is a much older song tho... Just jormas take on it. its Great tho

[@IdealDanl]

written in 1914, according to wikipedia

[@fuzzstone65]

superbe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@josephullman7264]

Man. Could this guy play acoustic guitar. Between this, Water Song, and Embryonic journey if he never wrote another song he’d still be an immortal

[@kbenner]

Yep, I also got to see Hot Tuna a few years ago down here in West Palm Beach and like sugarhollowdaddy said they are still fantastic to hear in concert.

[@davemandaro2138]

Jack is still, too cool for school

[@michaelferry2733]

Day Of The Total Eclipse - No one ever eclipsed you in my mind Jorma. I love you so much. I've been trying to remember the name of that underground venue where I used to see you in Cambridge, MA. I'm watching the eclipse from coastal Maine. Where ever you are you're with me. I love you. Peace

[@jpds54]

Hot Fuckin' Tuna!! If you don't know Jorma, then you don't know Jack!! Thank you for putting this clip up.

[@Thinkingshop]

Love this song, love Jack back in the day! Wonderful clip - thanks for posting.

[@kontrapunkti]

Wonderful performance!

[@MyMoppet52]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This and Rev. Gary's are the best going. (in my personal opinion. I know we all have our own opinions.) I appreciate your posting this.

[@jptulg]

With out a doubt Jorma!! and he never sold out!!!

[@deweypug]

Its not who did it first, it is who did it best. Nobody did this as good, save perhaps the mighty Reverend...

[@TomReilly483]

I saw Jorma on the Circle Liner At night. It was awesome!

[@spikeBrown12]

Ha! I had the same fringe boots when I was 13! (maybe the same year)

[@paulcross149]

Stunning

[@GoldieBarrett]

So AWESOME! Always been a FAN!

[@SkopTeocratico]

Oh great, I love this old Blues!

[@Pandasaures]

THIS IS AMAZING.

[@caderatliff3712]

Saw them at the Starwood in Santa Monica. Joints were being thrown on stage all night and Jack made sure everyone was taken care of ... _while_ he played! Great stuff.

[@aps510]

Jack looks so cool

[@SkopTeocratico]

I love this ancient Blues! Relax.

[@eliseereclus3475]

I have been listening to that for the last 45 years.

[@IknowRicky]

wow that great, thank you Jorma!

[@neocrimbrun]

I love this song ! BRAVISSIMI !

[@DNGFranco55]

non ho parole.

[@adamforeveryoung]

sweet.. remember these days well... and so thankful for them...

[@Tipi_Dan]

I love you both. Madly. My old buddies.

[@jimmied01]

Original 1970 vintage Tuna! I've never seen this clip before,just awesome,and my favorite tune from the first album. Jack playing the guild that was custom built by Owsley Stanley. I'd kill to see more of this era.

[@tombow2]

i love Jorma and I always learn something from his play. Hey, He will be in Pittsburgh soon (March 2nd). Ted

[@jptulg]

Got that right doen't get more genuine than Jorma and Jack...

[@travelinshoes]

oh and jack was thumping love this shit

[@BONGUSTHEDOG]

You are great Jorma; that's guitar playin'!

[@billholder1330]

Amazing - he got that bass back this year, it had been lost stolen for 46 years!

[@frontbum420]

Whats the story on the bass ?any sources?

[@jennifermarquard-clanton5664]

Congratulations on the reunion Jack✨👏

[@precaryus]

OK, little known fact #1 (Origin of the band name Hot Tuna) as relayed by Jorma to me at a Fur Peace Ranch conversation over coffee. They were playing the song "Keep on Truckin Mama" at one of their first post-Airplane gigs. At the line "what's that smell like fish pretty mama.." someone in the audience shouted out "That's Hot Tuna". Hence the name of the band going forward. #2 is origin of the name for Jefferson Airplane.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Ewww

[@viking1168]

The chorus and some of the verses are from If The River Was Whiskey--sung by the great South Carolina banjo picker Charlie Poole from the early 1900's.

[@choogwalda]

I heard it from Furry Lewis, and then RL Burnside. Always figured Furry came up with it, but maybe Charlie Poole was first. Im sure those lines got picked up and passed along from many sources over many years. Love those lines.

[@AnalogOpher]

He's got the same nasal quality in his vocals like Alvin Lee! Uncanny. That's a compliment btw.

[@CaseyBaldino]

Actually, like many guitarists, Jorma has his strengths and weaknesses. He was a natural on the acoustic, but a little less at home on electric (eg. Embryonic Journey-Surrealistic Pillow). That was by far the best playing on the ENTIRE ALBUM. Nuff said...

[@XxXxSabooxXxX]

This is so good. It is my dream to make great music like this

[@Mariekesone]

Jack Cassady plays that bass with the tentacles of an octopus!!! :-)

[@Jlipnicki]

That is some bass.

[@Cap683]

I’ve always noticed that that he keeps a very relaxed right hand position with the hand almost draped over the bass. I think that this help his dexterity.

[@alleneverhart4141]

@@Jlipnicki It all abow dat bass!

[@jptulg]

On you tube I just foung a clip from this set doing Manns Fate...excellent!

[@jumbosilverette]

Thanks for posting this. We are working on their version of this great blues standard -- of course not doing it justice, but we try.

[@dominiquedisse5391]

Génial

[@JimmyJoeLard]

filiphopo, of course! Why didn't I think of that? I'm glad you came along to explain it to me! You're one sharp dude.

[@zolf1988]

This is a fantastic tune! But it is so hard to play!!! I'm practicing every day but it's hard... Hot Tuna forever!

[@stephendaparma3303]

HTFKN2NA

[@gailmero3329]

awesome! I think I remember that!

[@CB-ck9dg]

Raw. Powerful. Enchanting. Masterful.

[@Ultranothing]

Outstanding!

[@StringsandWings]

If you don't know Jorma, you don't know Jack!

[@lh3428]

Both very impressive.

[@jennifermarquard-clanton5664]

What a duo then,now, forevermore...plus Jorma is pretty fine back then and now🌹love me some Jorma baby⚡️