Where does the time go? As the old saying goes, “the days are long but the years are short!” So don’t waste time now, get to a Hot Tuna show this summer! Jorma and Jack will be celebrating 50 Years with long lost songs, special guests and big jams! Check out the schedule below.

Make sure and get your HT 50 Anniversary poster, limited edition, signed by Jorma, Jack and artist Kevin Morgan. Look for them at the shows!

07/26/19 Floyd Fest Floyd, VA Electric Hot Tuna

07/27/19 Floyd Fest Floyd, VA Acoustic Hot Tuna

08/15/19 The Capitol Theatre Port Chester, NY Electric Hot Tuna also The David Bromberg Quintet

08/16/19 Paramount Theatre Asbury Park, NJ Electric Hot Tuna also The David Bromberg Quintet

08/17/19 Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY Electric Hot Tuna also Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams

08/20/19 College Street Music Hall New Haven, CT Electric Hot Tuna also Dave Mason

08/21/19 The Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA Electric Hot Tuna also Dave Mason

08/23/19 Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA Electric Hot Tuna also Dave Mason

08/24/19 Sherman Theater Stroudsburg, PA Electric Hot Tuna also Dave Mason

08/25/19 Warner Theatre Washington, DC Electric Hot Tuna also Dave Mason

08/27/19 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC Electric Hot Tuna also Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

08/28/19 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC Electric Hot Tuna also Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley.

08/30/19 The Caverns Pelham, TN Electric Hot Tuna also Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

08/31/19 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA Electric Hot Tuna

09/01/19 Graceland Soundstage at Elvis Presley’s Memphis Memphis, TN Electric Hot Tuna

09/04/19 Sheldon Concert Hall St. Louis, MO Electric Hot Tuna also Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

09/05/19 Gillioz Theatre Springfield, MO Electric Hot Tuna also Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

09/06/19 Knuckleheads Kansas City, MO Electric Hot Tuna

09/08/19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO Electric Hot Tuna Opening for Dark Star Orchestra. 5pm.

09/10/19 The Rialto Theatre Bozeman, MT Electric Hot Tuna

09/11/19 The Wilma Missoula, MT Electric Hot Tuna also The David Bromberg Quintet

09/13/19 Moore Theatre Seattle, WA Electric Hot Tuna also The David Bromberg Quintet

09/14/19 Revolution Hall Portland, OR Electric Hot Tuna also The David Bromberg Quintet

09/15/19 McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR Electric Hot Tuna also The David Bromberg Quintet

The Owsley Stanley Foundation presents its third chapter: Bear’s Sonic Journals: Before We Were Them, Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady, Veterans Memorial Building, June 28, 1969, available now on CD. This live concert recording features recently discovered and previously unreleased music from Jefferson Airplane’s fabled guitar and bass players before they became known as Hot Tuna.

This live concert recording features recently discovered and previously unreleased music from Jefferson Airplane s fabled guitar and bass players before they became known as Hot Tuna. Jorma and Jack are joined by Joey Covington on drums, and this intense, hard-driving muscle trio creates a sonic landscape to rival Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. This is essential listening for fans of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane, with more than 70 minutes of music, including versions of the classic blues songs Rock Me Baby and Come Back Baby, as well as the familiar Airplane tune Star Track. Additionally, the set list includes 4 fully-formed, rare songs that were named by Jorma and Jack for the first time for this release — 49 years after they were played!

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I am in awe of the unbridled fury of will Jorma and I had to explore and search out our developing musical landscape together. Every day truly was a new adventure for our young hearts.
-Jack Casady

Be sure to mark your calendars and save the date, it’s going to be a party! A birthday party for our favorite bassist! Hot Tuna will be doing two acoustic shows April 5 – 6, 2019 to celebrate Jack’s 75th Birthday. We hope you all can make it. It’s gonna be one of a kind!

After a looonng couple of months of national craziness, everybody deserves a little relief. We can’t wait to get together and share some music, love and happiness! So we’re hitting the road to make the holiday time even better! Check out the schedule below to see when we’re in your neighborhood! Hope to see you soon!

11/21/18 The Beacon Theatre New York City, NY Electric Hot Tuna
11/23/18 Waterville Opera House Waterville, ME Acoustic Hot Tuna
11/24/18 Tupelo Music Hall Derry, NH Acoustic Hot Tuna
11/25/18 The Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT Acoustic Hot Tuna
11/27/18 The City Winery Washington DC Acoustic Hot Tuna
11/29/18 The Gordon Center for the Performing Arts Owings Mills, MD Acoustic Hot Tuna
11/30/18 The Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta, OH Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/01/18 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/03/18 Music Box Supper Club Cleveland, OH Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/05/18 The Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne, IN Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/07/18 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL Acoustic Hot Tuna
Two shows. 7pm & 9:30pm
12/08/18 Hopkins Center for the Arts Hopkins, MN Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/09/18 Barrymore Theatre Madison, WI Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/11/18 Delmar Hall St Louis, MO Acoustic Hot Tuna SOLD OUT
12/12/18 Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/14/18 Boulder Theater Boulder, CO Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/29/18 Freight & SalvageBerkeley, CA Acoustic Hot Tuna
12/30/18 Freight & Salvage Berkeley, CA Electric Hot Tuna
12/31/18 Freight & Salvage Berkeley, CA Acoustic & Electric

Life is a thin thread

It’s a thin little hand on a hospital bed

It’s all the things you’ve left unsaid

Life is a thin thread

It’s a fine line between loving and not

Between holding it back or giving all that you’ve got

Feeling you’re free, thinking you’re caught

It’s a fine line

(Thin Thread by Connie Kaldor)

I was more than saddened yesterday to hear of Marty Balin’s passing. Jack and I were in Northampton, Mass. at the Academy Of Music and we were just getting ready to do our sound check. I knew that Marty had been sick and I knew in a general way that he had grievous issues but I did not really know what they were. Marty always kept a lot of shade on himself. I stood there in the little room in the wings, stage left… struck dumb. What can you say? We always say and hear, ‘I’m sorry for your loss,’ but what does that really mean? We say it. We have to say it and then in the confines of our hearts we try to process the sorrow and search for the words that really convey what we feel. It is an imperfect process.

Marty and I were young together in a time that defined our lives. Had it not been for him, my life would have taken an alternate path I cannot imagine. He and Paul Kantner came together and like plutonium halves in a reactor started a chain reaction that still affects many of us today. It was a moment of powerful synchronicity. I was part of it to be sure, but I was not a prime mover.

Marty always reached for the stars and he took us along with him.

I always felt that he was somewhat guarded… the quiet one. Perhaps that’s because I was one of the noisy ones… I don’t know. It’s probably not for me to say. His commitment to his visions never flagged. He was always relentless in the pursuit of his goals. He wrapped those he loved in sheltering arms. He loved his family. Times come and go but his passion for his music and his art was never diminished. He was the most consummate of artists in a most renaissance way. I always felt that he perceived that each day was a blank canvas waiting to be filled.

It was fortuitous that we were able to stay connected in a loose way over the years. He and his friends graced our stage at the Fur Peace Station in Ohio and he was able to join us at the Beacon Theater in NYC the year we celebrated Jack’s 70th birthday.

Very good stuff!

Coming to grips with reality is a process that starts at birth. I am always stunned when one of my friends passes and yet, it would seem that at some point we will all take that journey. It’s almost like, ‘How can this be? There are things I need to say.’ There were indeed things I needed to say and the fault for that lack lies on me and me alone. I don’t think any of us really think that we will live forever yet often that thought lies dormant in the back of our minds. At my age my world is starting to be surrounded by passing. I will miss my friends who rest on the banks of the River Of Time and I am reminded to make the most of every moment as I am swept downstream! Marty’s passing reaffirms the power of love, the power of family, the power of possibilities.

So many of our brothers and sister from that time are gone. Skip Spence, Spencer Dryden, Joey Covington, Paul Kantner, Signe Anderson and now Marty have all joined the Heavenly Band as Rev. Davis would say.

We were young together. I would like to think we made a difference. As for Grace Slick, Jack Casady and myself…

Now we are three…

Oh Yeah! The Electric Hot Tuna Tour with Steve Kimock starts August 25th with Nedfest. The Nederland Music and Arts Festival is an annual three-day outdoor music and arts festival in the music world’s renowned Nederland, Colorado. This year will be it’s 20th year, making it one of the oldest music festivals in Colorado and one of the older ones in the whole country, too. They host a wide range of music, from rock and roll to blues, bluegrass to folk and Americana, with a hint or two of jazz. Check out EHT on Saturday night and stick around for a solo set by Jorma on Sunday. Oh Yeah! Be sure to scoop one of these beautiful posters by Jay V Rizzi.

Check out the other dates for the Electric Hot Tuna Tour.

08/25/18 NedFest Nederland, CO Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

08/26/18 NedFest Nerderland, CO Jorma Kaukonen

08/28/18 Center for the Arts Jackson Hole, WY Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

08/30/18 The Neptune Seattle, WA Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

08/31/18 Revolution Hall Portland, OR Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

09/01/18 McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

09/02/18 The Mountain Winery Saratoga, CA Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

09/04/18 Crest Theatre Sacramenta, CA Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

09/06/18 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

09/07/18 The Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, NV Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

09/08/18 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Scottsdale, AZ Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

09/10/18 The Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

09/11/18 KiMo Theatre Albuquerque, NM Electric Hot Tuna w/ Steve Kimock

Just Announced! Electric Hot Tuna with Steve Kimock will be joining a stellar lineup for Jam Cruise 17 on January 15-21, 2019. You can pre-book cabins now. This a legendary experience, just check out the ship, the Norwegian Jade. It departs from Miami, FL and makes ports in Belize, Cozumel and Progreso, MX. Check out the line-up! Tickets go on sale May 16,2018.