Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic Explained

Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic
Type:	live
Artist:	Hot Tuna
Cover:	ClassicHotTunaAcoustic.jpg
Released:	1996
Recorded:	April 30, 1971
Venue:	KSAN (San Mateo, California)
Genre:	Blues rock
Label:	Relix
Producer:	Michael Falzarano Leslie D. Kippel (executive)
Prev Title:	Live at Sweetwater Two
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Classic Hot Tuna Electric
Next Year:	1996

Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic is a Hot Tuna album released in 1996 and is an expansion of the A-side of the previous vinyl release Historic Live Tuna. The B-side of the previous release was expanded as Classic Hot Tuna Electric and released at the same time as this album. The tracks are taken from a live acoustic performance played on KSAN radio in 1971.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Never Happen No More" (Blind Blake) – 6:08
2. "Candy Man" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 4:35
3. "New Song (for the Morning)" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 5:08
4. "Hesitation Blues" (Traditional) – 5:17
5. "Been So Long" (Kaukonen) – 4:22
6. "Oh Lord, Search My Heart" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 4:45
7. "Uncle Sam Blues" (Traditional) – 5:24
8. "Space Jam" (Jack Casady, Kaukonen) – 0:26
9. "True Religion" (Traditional) – 7:09
10. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Davis) – 9:58

Personnel

• Jorma Kaukonen – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Jack Casady – bass
• Papa John Creach – violin
• Sammy Piazza - drums

Production

• Michael Falzarano – producer
• Leslie D. Kippel – executive producer
• Jorma Kaukonen archives – photography
• Relix archives – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: William . Ruhlmann . Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic . AllMusic . October 20, 2018.