Name: Hot Tuna
Start: 2025-01-24T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Variety Playhouse

HOT TUNA
FRI, 24 JAN 2025 at 08:00PM EST
Ages: All Ages
Doors Open: 07:00PM
OnSale: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 at 10:00AM EDT
Announcement: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 at 10:00AM EDT
For over 50 years Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, have
brought a wealth of emotions to their music through deep perceptions and
tremendous talent. Members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Grammy
recipients, they are always injecting fresh energy into their sound with
constant improvisation taking their musical horizons further. Guitarist
Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady were also at the heart of
Jefferson Airplane, another iconic group with roots in the 1960s. Over the
past five decades, they've released more than two dozen records as a band
and many more solo projects.
Long considered one of rock’s first bass heroes, Jack Casady has been
thumping and plucking four-strings in front of audiences since the mid ‘60s.
Casady's creativity is evidenced by his continually evolving bass solos in his
extensive library of songs and live performances and at 81 years of age,
Kaukonen remains at the apex of his skills, captivatingly singing in a husky
voice and humbly yet proficiently playing blues licks that rival the iconic
leads of many blues rock masters. Together, they are well-seasoned
musicians and musical treasures.
To some fans, Hot Tuna is a reminder of wild and happy times. To others,
the name will forever be linked to their own discovery of the power and
depth of American Blues music. To newer fans, Hot Tuna is a band that is
on the cutting edge of music.
This past October, Jefferson Airplane were given their own star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame, the ceremony of which was attended by the
band’s sole surviving members: Casady, Kaukonen, and Grace Slick.
Fittingly, the star is located right in front of Musician’s Institute.
Hot Tuna remains one of the most innovative Rock and Roll bands in
American music.