Classic Hot Tuna Electric Explained

Classic Hot Tuna Electric
Type:	live
Artist:	Hot Tuna
Cover:	ClassicHotTunaElectric.jpg
Released:	1996
Recorded:	July 3, 1971
Venue:	Fillmore West (San Francisco)
Genre:	Blues rock
Label:	Relix
Producer:	Michael Falzarano Leslie D. Kippel (executive)
Prev Title:	Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Splashdown Two
Next Year:	1997

Classic Hot Tuna Electric is a Hot Tuna album released in 1996 and is an expansion of the B-side of the 1985 vinyl release Historic Live Tuna. The tracks were recorded at a live electric performance on July 3, 1971, at the Fillmore West auditorium in San Francisco.^[1]

The A-side of Historic Live Tuna was expanded as Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic and released at the same time as this album.

Another song from the Fillmore West concert, "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning", was included in the album .

Track listing

1. "Intro by Bill Graham" / "Never Happen No More" (Blind Blake) – 6:24
2. "Candy Man" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 5:56
3. "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning" (Davis) – 7:39
4. "Uncle Sam Blues" (Traditional) – 5:40
5. "John's Other" (Papa John Creach) – 6:00
6. "Rock Me Baby" (Traditional) – 8:30
7. "I Know You Rider" (Traditional) – 7:28
8. "Come Back Baby" (Lightning Hopkins) – 9:14

Personnel

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

Production

• Michael Falzarano – producer
• Leslie D. Kippel – executive producer

Notes and References

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