Hot Tuna and Charlie Musselwhite - Live at the Belly Up (2020)

Hot Tuna is an American blues band formed in 1969 by former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. Although it has always been a fluid aggregation, with musicians coming and going over the years, the band’s name has essentially become a metonym for Kaukonen and Casady’s ongoing collaboration. Stage appearances were initially integrated within the Airplane’s performances on the same bill. During one of the Airplane’s rest periods, the duo began to appear in their own right, often as a rock trio with the then Airplane drummer, Joey Covington. Having had the name Hot Shit rejected (Kaukonen has since refuted this), they settled on Hot Tuna and released a self-titled debut as a duo, with a guest appearance from harmonica player Will Scarlett. The set was drawn largely from traditional blues/ragtime material by Jelly Roll Morton and the Rev. Gary Davis, with Casady’s booming and meandering bass lines interplaying superbly with Kaukonen’s fluid acoustic guitar. By the time of their second album, another live set, they were a full-blown rock quartet with the addition of violinist Papa John Creach (b. John Henry Creach, 28 May 1917, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 22 February 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA) and Sammy Piazza on drums. This line-up nailed the perfect combination of electric and acoustic rock/blues for which Casady and Kaukonen had been looking.

Track List:
[04:58] 01/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man (Live)
[05:41] 02/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - If This Is Love (Live)
[05:46] 03/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - Crying Won't Help You (Live)
[05:05] 04/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - If I Should Have Bad Luck (Live)
[05:05] 05/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - Where Hwy 61 Runs (Live)
[07:55] 06/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor (Live)
[08:39] 07/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - Come Back Baby (Live)
[05:14] 08/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - Hit Single #1 (Live)
[06:30] 09/09. Hot Tuna & Charlie Musselwhite - Baby What You Want Me To Do (Live)