| Hot Tuna discography | |
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| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 14 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
This is a discography for the American blues band Hot Tuna. In addition to 7 studio albums and 14 live albums, the group has released many of their live concerts directly for sale on iTunes.
| Year | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
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| 1972 | Burgers | 68 | ||||||||
| 1974 | The Phosphorescent Rat | 148 | ||||||||
| 1975 | America's Choice | 75 | ||||||||
| Yellow Fever | 97 | |||||||||
| 1976 | Hoppkorv | 116 | ||||||||
| 1990 | Pair a Dice Found | — | ||||||||
| 2011 | Steady as She Goes | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
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| US [1] | ||||||||||
| 1970 | Hot Tuna | 30 | ||||||||
| 1971 | First Pull Up, Then Pull Down | 43 | ||||||||
| 1978 | Double Dose | 92 | ||||||||
| 1992 | Live at Sweetwater | — | ||||||||
| 1993 | Live at Sweetwater Two | — | ||||||||
| 1997 | Live in Japan | — | ||||||||
| 1999 | And Furthurmore... | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
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| 1984 | Splashdown | — | ||||||||
| 1985 | Historic Live Tuna | — | ||||||||
| 1996 | Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic | — | ||||||||
| Classic Hot Tuna Electric | — | |||||||||
| 1997 | Splashdown Two | — | ||||||||
| 2010 | Live at New Orleans House: Berkeley, CA 09/69 | — | ||||||||
| 2019 | Bear's Sonic Journals: Before We Were Them [2] | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
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| 1972 | Fillmore: The Last Days | — | ||||||||
| 1977 | Flight Log | — | ||||||||
| 1978 | The Last Interview? | — | ||||||||
| 1979 | Final Vinyl | — | ||||||||
| 1995 | Trimmed & Burning | — | ||||||||
| 1996 | In a Can | — | ||||||||
| 1998 | The Best of Hot Tuna | — | ||||||||
| 2006 | Keep on Truckin': The Very Best of Hot Tuna | — | ||||||||
| 2011 | Setlist: The Very Best of Hot Tuna Live | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Album | Artist | Collaborators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Blows Against the Empire | Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship | Marty Balin, Jack Casady, Joey Covington, Peter Kaukonen |
| 1971 | If I Could Only Remember My Name | David Crosby | Casady, Jorma Kaukonen |
| Bark | Jefferson Airplane | Casady, J. Kaukonen, Will Scarlett | |
| Sunfighter | Paul Kantner & Grace Slick | Casady, Covington, Creach, J. Kaukonen, P. Kaukonen | |
| Papa John Creach | Papa John Creach | Nick Buck, Casady, Covington, J. Kaukonen, Pete Sears, Sammy Piazza | |
| 1972 | Black Kangaroo | Peter Kaukonen | Buck & Covington |
| Long John Silver | Jefferson Airplane | Casady, J. Kaukonen, Piazza | |
| Filthy! | Papa John Creach | ||
| 1973 | Thirty Seconds Over Winterland | Jefferson Airplane | Casady, Creach, Kantner, J. Kaukonen |
| Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun | Paul Kantner, Grace Slick & David Freiberg | ||
| 1974 | Manhole | Grace Slick | Casady, P. Kaukonen, Sears |
| Quah | Jorma Kaukonen | Casady | |
| 1979 | Jorma | Bob Steeler | |
| 1980 | Blue Star | Nick Gravenites | Covington, Greg Douglass, Sears |
| Extended Play | SVT | Buck, Casady | |
| 1981 | Barbeque King | Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts | Michael Falzarano |
| 1983 | Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra | Paul Kantner | Casady, Sears |
| 1986 | KBC Band | KBC Band | Balin, Casady, Kantner |
| 1989 | Jefferson Airplane | Jefferson Airplane | Balin, Casady, Kantner, J. Kaukonen, P. Kaukonen |
| Transverse City | Warren Zevon | Casady, J. Kaukonen | |
| 1994 | Embryonic Journey | Jorma Kaukonen | Falzarano |
| 1995 | Deep Space/Virgin Sky | Jefferson Starship | Balin, Casady, Kantner |
| Magic Two | Jorma Kaukonen | Falzarano | |
| The Land of Heroes | |||
| 1996 | Christmas | ||
| Mecca | The Memphis Pilgrims | Falzarano, J. Kaukonen, Sears, Harvey Sorgen | |
| 1998 | Too Many Years | Jorma Kaukonen | Falazarano, Sears |
| Rusted Root | Rusted Root | Casady, Falzarano, J. Kaukonen, Sears, Sorgen | |
| 1999 | Windows of Heaven | Jefferson Starship | Balin, Casady, Kantner |
| Greatest Hits: Live at the Fillmore | |||
| Love Will See You Through | Phil Lesh and Friends | J. Kaukonen, Sears | |
| 2000 | Sharin' in the Groove: Celebrating the Music of Phish | Various artists | Casady, J. Kaukonen |
| 2001 | Jorma Kaukonen Trio Live | Jorma Kaukonen | Falzarano, Sears |
| The Long Haul | Pete Sears | Casady, Falzarano, J. Kaukonen | |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile | Mark Isham | Casady, J. Kaukonen [3] |
| 2003 | Dream Factor | Jack Casady | J. Kaukonen |
| 2006 | The King James Sessions | Michael Falzarano | J. Kaukonen, Sears |
| 2007 | Stars in My Crown | Jorma Kaukonen | Barry Mitterhoff |
| 2008 | We Are All One | Michael Falzarano | J. Kaukonen, Sears, Sorgen |
| 2009 | River of Time | Jorma Kaukonen | Larry Campbell, Justin Guip, Mitterhoff, Teresa Williams |
| Moonalice | Moonalice | Casady, Sears | |
| 2010 | Hippie Uprising | Various artists | Douglass, Sears |
| 2013 | Love for Levon | Campbell, Guip, J. Kaukonen, Mitterhoff | |
| 2014 | I Got Blues for Ya | Michael Falzarano | Mitterhoff, Sears |
| 2015 | Ain't In No Hurry | Jorma Kaukonen | Campbell, Casady, Falzarano, Guip, Mitterhoff, Williams |
| Vignettes | Skoota Warner | Casady, J. Kaukonen | |
| 2018 | Ace of Cups | The Ace of Cups | |
| 2020 | A Kaleidoscope Christmas | Michael Falzarano | Casady, J. Kaukonen, Sears |
Hot Tuna is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 by former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen (guitarist/vocals) and Jack Casady (bassist). Although it has always been a fluid aggregation, with musicians coming and going over the years, the band's center has always been Kaukonen and Casady's ongoing collaboration.
John Henry Creach, better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Charlie Christian, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Nat King Cole and Roy Milton.
Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist Jack Casady, and as of early 2019 has continued for 50 years. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 54 on its list of 100 Greatest Guitarists. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Jefferson Airplane.
John William Casady is an American bass guitarist, best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane became the first successful exponent of the San Francisco Sound. Singles including "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" charted in 1967 and 1968. Casady, along with the other members of Jefferson Airplane, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Michael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been 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.
Jefferson Airplane is the eighth and final studio album by San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, released on Epic Records in 1989. Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady all returned for the album and supporting tour, though Spencer Dryden did not participate. The album and accompanying tour would mark the last time Jefferson Airplane would perform together until their 1996 induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
America's Choice is the fifth album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, recorded in 1974, and released in 1975 as Grunt BFL1-0820. The album was also released in Quadraphonic as Grunt BFD1-0820. The first of the "Rampage" trilogy albums recorded by the now power trio, it marked a major shift in musical direction by the group. With new drummer Bob Steeler, Tuna now performed in a predominantly hard rock style, leaving the earlier band's mixture of electric and acoustic material.
Hot Tuna is the debut album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, released in 1970 as RCA Victor LSP-4353. It was recorded live at the New Orleans House in Berkeley, California in September 1969. It peaked at #30 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Burgers is the third album by Hot Tuna, the folk rock offshoot of Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and Papa John Creach, released in 1972 as Grunt FTR-1004. It was the band's first studio album, the previous two being live recordings. "Water Song" and "Sunny Day Strut" are instrumentals composed for this album. Hot Tuna did not release the song as a single until June 1982. In 1996, RCA released the CD box set Hot Tuna in a Can which included a remastered version of this album, along with remasters of the albums Hot Tuna, First Pull Up, Then Pull Down, America's Choice and Hoppkorv.
Double Dose is the eighth album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, and their third live album. The album was originally released as a double-LP as Grunt CYL2-2545. After their 1977 tour, Jorma Kaukonen moved on to a solo career and Jack Casady joined the new wave band SVT. Hot Tuna would not perform together again until 1983. The album had its highest peak at #92 on the Billboard charts.
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. During the recording, news of the Apollo–Soyuz mission returning to Earth after the first USA-USSR rendezvous in space reached the station, and the astronauts' radio transmissions were played at the same time as Jorma and Jack continued with "Police Dog Blues." The transmissions mixed with the song were preserved for this release as the last track of side 1. The album was Hot Tuna's first release on Relix Records, and one of the first Relix releases. Jorma Kaukonen was signed on as a solo artist to the label as well. In 1997 an expanded version of the album was released as Splashdown Two.
Historic Live Tuna is an album by the band Hot Tuna. It was released in 1985. Side A contains previously unreleased tracks from a live acoustic performance played on KSAN radio in 1971. Side B contains previously unreleased material from a live electric performance in 1971 recorded at the Fillmore West auditorium in San Francisco. The album was Hot Tuna's second release on Relix Records, and would be their last release until after the 1989 Jefferson Airplane reunion tour and reunion album, when they were signed to Epic Records for a short time before returning to Relix.
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.
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.
Magic is a live Jorma Kaukonen album containing performances of acoustic songs from Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna albums recorded during his solo tour of 1984. After a brief reunion tour in 1983 with Hot Tuna, Jorma had continued to play solo and eventually landed a contract with Relix Records. In addition to releasing Kaukonen's new solo recordings, Relix also released live Hot Tuna recordings from the 1970s, with the albums Splashdown and Historic Live Tuna. In 1995, Michael Falzarano remastered the album and produced a new version that Relix released as the CD Magic Two.
Jorma Kaukonen Trio Live is a live album taken from performances from Jorma Kaukonen's 1999 solo tour, and his last album for Relix Records. Performing with Kaukonen were Michael Falzarano and Pete Sears who had both played on his previous solo album, Too Many Years, and had performed with Hot Tuna on their last release, And Furthermore... After the release of this album, Kaukonen and Jack Casady began to perform as "Jack & Jorma, The Original Acoustic Hot Tuna" and Falzarano and Sears performed less frequently with Hot Tuna and Kaukonen's solo act, with Sears finally leaving in 2001 and Falzarano leaving in 2002.
Fillmore: The Last Days is a live album, recorded at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, California from June 29 to July 4, 1971. It contains performances by 14 different bands, mostly from the San Francisco Bay Area, including Santana, the Grateful Dead, Hot Tuna, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was released by Columbia Records in June 1972 as a three-disc LP. It was re-released by Epic Records in 1991 as a two-disc CD.
Steady as She Goes is a 2011 album by Hot Tuna, the band's first studio album since 1990. After Jorma Kaukonen recorded his solo album in 2009 at Levon Helm's studio in NY, he asked his new record company Red House if they would be interested in a Tuna album. The band started recording new tracks in November 2010 with the same producer and studio that Kaukonen used for River of Time and features the latest lineup of the band that formed in 2009 when Skoota Warner joined on drums. On March 11, 2011, Red House released "Angel of Darkness" as a free single. The album was released on CD and on iTunes April 5, 2011 and was released on vinyl in May. The album first charted on the Tastemaker and Independent album lists compiled by Billboard for the week of April 23.
"Keep Your Lamp(s) Trimmed and Burning" is a traditional gospel blues song. It alludes to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, found in the Gospel of Matthew at 25:1-13, and also to a verse in the Gospel of Luke, at 12:35.
Live at New Orleans House: Berkeley, CA 09/69 is an album by the American rock band Hot Tuna. As the name suggests, it was recorded live at the New Orleans House music venue in Berkeley, California in September 1969. It was released in April 2010.