Live at Sweetwater
Hot Tuna
Pete Sears, Maria Muldaur, Bob Weir
Eagle Records (USA), 2004
1 CD
Catalogue #: 20051
EAN: 0826992005126
UPC: 826992005126
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Recorded live at Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California in 1992.
Includes previously unreleased bonus tracks.
Hot Tuna: Jorma Kaukonen (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro); Michael Falzarano (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Jack Casady (bass guitar).
Additional personnel: Maria Muldaur (vocals); Bob Weir (guitar); Keith Corsaan (saxophone); Pete Sears (keyboards); Wavy Gravy (background vocals).
Liner Note Authors: Jorma Kaukonen; Jack Casady.
Recording information: Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California (1992).
Every night any hardcore Hot Tuna fan goes to sleep, he/she should count their lucky stars for the Relix record label. The company has issued countless classic Tuna shows for mass consumption--although most of their shows circulate among fans as bootlegs, Relix Records offers certain shows in an improved sonic format, as evidenced by such releases as 1996's two part CLASSIC ELECTRIC and CLASSIC ACOUSTIC, as well as LIVE AT SWEETWATER parts one and two. The first edition (released in 1992) proved to be the first "unplugged" Tuna album featuring new material in nearly 23 years. Special guests Pete Sears, Maria Muldauer, and the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir join Hot Tuna stalwarts Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady for a set of acoustic blues recorded at Mill Valley, CA's Sweetwater Club in '92, featuring such highlights as "Winin' Boy Blues," "Embryonic Journey," and "Maggie's Farm."
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Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna began in 1970 as a side project of Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, who wanted to put aside psychedelia to explore their blues roots. Their format has frequently changed over the years (shifting back and forth from acoustic to electric), as has their personnel (the version of the band featuring fiddler Papa John Creach is beloved to fans), but their blues-rock sound remains consistent.
Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur got her start in the heady West Village folk scene of the early 1960s with the Even Dozen Jug Band (her bandmates included guitarist Stefan Grossman and future Lovin' Spoonful John Sebastian), and then enjoyed a few years with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, alongside her then-husband Geoff Muldaur. After their marriage split up in 1972, Muldaur focussed on a solo career, establishing an image as a sultry earth-mama chanteuse. Her first album, released in 1973, made a splash, spawning the classic pop hit "Midnight at the Oasis." Although subsequent albums and singles didn't go over as well with the public, Muldaur never stopped recording or touring, and later in her career adopted a jazzier, more timeless repertoire that suits her varied international audiences.
Bob Weir
Both with his legendary bandmates and on his own, Bob Weir did a lot more than just play Spock to Jerry Garcia's Kirk in the Grateful Dead. His voice, unusual guitar technique, and compositional abilities were important to the overall vision of the Dead from the 1960s on. His 1972 solo debut, ACE, is probably the finest outing by a member of the band, and he's been involved in numerous other non-Dead projects, including his own band Ratdog, a stint with Bay Area band Kingfish, duo performances with jazz bassist Rob Wasserman, and the Other Ones.
