Genre: Rock, Blues-Rock Country of disc production: EU Year of disc release: 2011 Publisher (label): Sony Music / Legacy Records / RCA Records / Grunt Records Catalog number: 8869101282 Country: USA Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac) Rip type: image+.cue Audio bitrate: lossless Duration: 03:47:15 Tracklist: 1970 - Hot Tuna: Live (01:09:37) 1972 - Burgers (00:37:45) 1973 - The Phosphorescent Rat (00:38:03) 1975 - America's Choice (00:44:57) 1976 - Hoppkorv (00:36:52) This American group was formed in the late 60s. At first it was just a side project from “Jefferson Airplane”, but over time it became a completely independent unit. The group was founded by two old friends, members of “Airplane”, Jack Casady (bass) and Jorma Kaukonen (itara, vocals). Jack and Jorma used to study together at the same Washington music school and both were fond of blues, listening to records of Jack’s older brother. While still teenagers, they created a local group “Triumphs”. Then their paths diverged for a while. The friends met only in “Jefferson Airplane”, which Casady joined as a bass player. After some time, without leaving this group, they began to perform as a duet. “Hot Tuna” (first “Hot Shit”) managed to give concerts in between “Airplane” performances. In 1970, Will Scarlett (harmonica) joined the duo, and Martin Bailyn and Spencer Dryden occasionally assisted the guys. That same year, their debut album, Hot Tuna, was released, recorded in New Orleans. The disc featured traditional ragtime blues. The following year, the album First Pull Up, Then Pull Down was released, which had a more rock sound. By the time their second album was released, they were already a quintet, which also included legendary violinist Papa John Crich and Sammy Piazza (drums). Scarlett left the team before the release of their third album, Burgers, which sounded even tougher. By 1973, when Phosphorescent Rat was released, Casady and Kaukonen had officially parted ways with Jefferson Airplane. Papa John Crich, on the contrary, decided to stay only with the Airplane. After the release of America's Choice in 1975, Piazza left Hot Tuna. Bob Stiller took his place behind the drums. The band released a few more records (the 1978 album featured keyboardist Nick Buck), and in 1979, it was announced that it had officially disbanded. Kaukonen went solo and then joined Vital Parts. Casady formed his own new wave band, SVT. However, in the late 1980s, the friends met again and began to play occasional shows under the name Hot Tuna. In 1990, guitarist and songwriter Michael Falzarano joined them. Hot Tuna also added drummer Harvey Sorgen to their ranks. With their participation, the band recorded a new studio album, Pair a Dice Found, in the last ten years. This album was followed by live releases. In 1992, keyboardist Pete Sears (ex-"Jefferson Starship") joined the band. Hot Tuna spent the late 90s not very active, occasionally touring and occasionally releasing live and old recordings