I admit I had forgotten about them. I had never bought an album of theirs, only hearing them in the dorm.
They were a Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen project that went on for years.(Hey, I see they still tour.) Kaukonen was a part of the debate at the time of who was the greatest lead guitarist, with Hendrix and Clapton and a few others.
The fiddle player is Papa John Creach, who played with, well, everyone cool.
Tuna are old favorites of mine, and I still occasionally listen to their early albums. I saw them in concert about a year before the video above was recorded. I wish I could say they were great, but they were literally too loud to hear. All I could hear was an immense roar, now and then punctuated by a high note on the fiddle.
ReplyDeleteFAR OUT, Don!
ReplyDeleteI saw them at Keene State College in November 1970. They played the middle set between two Jefferson Airplane sets. Papa John Creach was great.
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