Hot Tuna - 2023-09-18 State Theatre of Ithaca, Ithaca, NY (2023) [Official Digital Download]

Around 1958 Jack and I played our first gig in Charlotte Harbour’s basement in Washington, DC. I was the singer and played rhythm guitar and Jack played lead. I was 17 and Jack was 14…always ahead of his time. I cannot tell you exactly what songs we played, but for sure there were Buddy Holly songs, Conway Twitty songs, Jimmy Clanton songs; Just a dream, just a dream, All our plans and all our schemes. Who knew at that time what our musical dreams would become. Beyond our wildest dreams, I can tell you that. Sixty-five (count ‘em …65!) years of making music with my best friend.

To say that everything has changed would be an understatement. Throwing your instrument in the back of your ride and piling in with your bandmates is legend for every traveling musician. Since then, collectively we’ve probably played around 15,000 gigs. We’re not done counting yet. That said, it’s time to stop thinking of living as it was… indeed, into the future we must cross.

It has been said that the music Jack and I play was transformative and that we injected an energy into our sound full of constant improvisation taking the compass on a joyride. It is still our plan to continue in our original duo format. We are not retiring from touring, but the Electric lineup of this long-lived incarnation is going fishing for a while. The road may not go on forever, but the destination is still beyond the horizon. Friends, this is the year to catch us as ‘Electric Tuna.’ We will be inviting companions old and new to join us and we hope that you will too.

Our big tour is set for September 2023 with a special show at the end of July. Get your tickets for this historic run at selective venues in cities on the east coast.

TRACKLIST

1. Hot Tuna - Ain't in No Hurry (Live Set 1)
2. Hot Tuna - Been so Long (Live Set 1)
3. Hot Tuna - Day to Day Out the Window Blues (Live Set 1)
4. Hot Tuna - Talkin' Bout You (Live Set 1)
5. Hot Tuna - Ode for Billy Dean (Live Set 1)
6. Hot Tuna - Trial by Fire (Live Set 1)
7. Hot Tuna - Sea Child (Live Set 1)
8. Hot Tuna - Bowlegged Woman, Knock Kneed Man (Live Set 1)
9. Hot Tuna - Sales Pitch (Live Set 1)
10. Hot Tuna - I Don't Wanna Go (Live Set 1)
11. Hot Tuna - Hesitation Blues (Live Set 2)
12. Hot Tuna - Death Don't Have No Mercy (Live Set 2)
13. Hot Tuna - Come Back Baby (Live Set 2)
14. Hot Tuna - Letter to the North Star (Live Set 2)
15. Hot Tuna - Sleep Song (Live Set 2)
16. Hot Tuna - Good Shepherd (Live Set 2)
17. Hot Tuna - Ice Age (Live Set 2)
18. Hot Tuna - Invitation (Live Set 1)
19. Hot Tuna - Funky #7 (Live Set 2)
20. Hot Tuna - Water Song (Live Encore)



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