Live at Sweetwater
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Live at Sweetwater is a live Hot Tuna
album recorded in 1992 at Mill Valley, CA. It was their first new recording made for Relix Records, although they had previously released older performances with Relix (Splashdown
, Historic Hot Tuna). Appearing on the album with Hot Tuna was Bob Weir
of the Grateful Dead
, blues-singer Maria Muldaur
, and keyboardist Pete Sears
who ended up staying with the band for ten years. In 2004 Eagle Records re-mastered and re-released the album with several added tracks, and some previous tracks shortened in length.
Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna is an American blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane. It plays acoustic and electric versions of original and traditional blues songs.- Jefferson Airplane side project :...
album recorded in 1992 at Mill Valley, CA. It was their first new recording made for Relix Records, although they had previously released older performances with Relix (Splashdown
Splashdown (album)
Splashdown is a Hot Tuna album released in 1984 containing the tracks from a previously unreleased live acoustic performance that had been played on the short-lived radio station WQIV in the mid-1970s...
, Historic Hot Tuna). Appearing on the album with Hot Tuna was Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
of the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
, blues-singer Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur is a folk-blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s...
, and keyboardist Pete Sears
Pete Sears
Peter 'Pete' Sears is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues...
who ended up staying with the band for ten years. In 2004 Eagle Records re-mastered and re-released the album with several added tracks, and some previous tracks shortened in length.
1992 Relix Records Track Listing
- "Winin' Boy Blues" (Jelly Roll MortonJelly Roll MortonFerdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
) – 5:07 - "Great Change" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 3:15
- "Down and Out" (Cox) – 3:17
- "Embryonic JourneyEmbryonic Journey (instrumental)The acoustic instrumental Embryonic Journey composed by Jefferson Airplane / Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen originally appeared as the ninth track on Jefferson Airplane's second album Surrealistic Pillow but has been often anthologized, and multiple takes were released as an album also entitled...
" (Jorma KaukonenJorma KaukonenJorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...
) – 2:16 - "Trouble in MindTrouble in Mind (song)"Trouble in Mind" is a slow eight-bar blues song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones. The song was recorded in 1924 by singer Thelma La Vizzo with Jones providing the piano accompaniment...
" (Traditional) – 3:20 - "Bank RobberBankrobber"Bankrobber" is a song, and single by The Clash. The song was not released on any of their studio albums, instead appearing on their compilation Black Market Clash...
" (Strummer, Jones, Campbell) – 4:30 - "I See the Light" (Kaukonen) – 6:38
- "I'll Be There For You" (Michael FalzaranoMichael FalzaranoMichael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been working as a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues band that he founded in 1986.Having signed...
, Kaukonen) – 3:38 - "I Belong to the Band" (Davis) – 3:42
- "Maggie's Farm" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 6:10 - "Genesis" (Kaukonen) – 5:20
- "Ice Age" (Kaukonen) – 6:18
- "Pass the Snakes" (Kaukonen, Falzarano) – 7:56
2004 Eagle Records Track Listing
- "Winin' Boy Blues" (Jelly Roll MortonJelly Roll MortonFerdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
) – 5:06 - "Great Change" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 3:06
- "Down and Out" (Cox) – 3:16
- "I Know You Rider" (Traditional) – 4:41
- "Embryonic Journey" (Jorma KaukonenJorma KaukonenJorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...
) – 2:18 - "Trouble in Mind" (Traditional) – 3:15
- "Bank Robber" (Strummer, Jones, Campbell) – 4:30
- "I See the Light" (Kaukonen) – 6:37
- "I'll Be There For You" (Michael FalzaranoMichael FalzaranoMichael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been working as a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues band that he founded in 1986.Having signed...
, Kaukonen) – 3:13 - "True Religion" (Kaukonen) – 4:37
- "I Belong to the Band" (Davis) – 3:38
- "Maggie's Farm" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 5:59 - "That's Alright Mama" (Arthur CrudupArthur CrudupArthur "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known outside blues circles for writing songs such as "That's All Right" , "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine", later covered by Elvis Presley and dozens of other artists.-Career:Arthur Crudup...
) – 2:26 - "Been So Long" (Kaukonen) – 3:46
- "Genesis" (Kaukonen) – 4:41
- "Ice Age" (Kaukonen) – 6:18
- "Pass the Snakes" (Kaukonen, Falzarano) – 5:52
Personnel
- Jorma KaukonenJorma KaukonenJorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...
– lead guitar, vocals, dobro, table steel guitar - Jack CasadyJack CasadyJack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. First playing as a lead guitarist with the Washington D.C...
– bass - Michael FalzaranoMichael FalzaranoMichael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been working as a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues band that he founded in 1986.Having signed...
– rhythm guitar, vocals, mandolin, harmonica
Additional Personnel
- Maria MuldaurMaria MuldaurMaria Muldaur is a folk-blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s...
– vocals - Pete SearsPete SearsPeter 'Pete' Sears is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues...
– keyboards - Bob WeirBob WeirBob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
– rhythm guitar, vocals
Production
- Production team from Jorma's Hillside Farm Productions
- Rick Sanchez – engineer
- Ira Wilkes – king roadie and production coordination
- Remote truck at Sweetwater from The Plant Recording StudiosRecord Plant StudiosThe Record Plant was a series of three famous recording studios which were founded by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone, beginning in New York City in 1968. The next year, Kellgren and Stone opened a second studio in Los Angeles. In 1972, the company expanded again with a third location in Sausalito,...
- Gabra Management – management
- Steve Martin (William Morris Agency) – booking agent
- Vanessa Lillian, Gabra Specialities – design layout
- Jorma Kaukonen – liner notes
- Carl Studna – cover photography
- Barry Berenson – photography
- Recorded live at Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA on January 27 and 28, 1992