Respect for Jack Casady, not crazy about Hot Tuna

[chuck norriss]

YouTube - ‪Mann's Fate - Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady (Hot Tuna) 1969‬‏

I love the way he plays, I love his tone, I love his sig model but I never could get into Hot Tuna. Don't bite my head off.

Likewise, that Jaco kid was pretty good but I never liked Joni Mitchell. I skip her songs on Essential Jaco Pastorius

[Hoover]

Heh-heh. We need a thread on "Great Bassists In Crappy Situations"

...not!

[jbednarski]

Originally Posted by chuck norriss

YouTube - ‪Mann's Fate - Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady (Hot Tuna) 1969‬‏

I love the way he plays, I love his tone, I love his sig model but I never could get into Hot Tuna. Don't bite my head off.

Likewise, that Jaco kid was pretty good but I never liked Joni Mitchell. I skip her songs on Essential Jaco Pastorius

+1

[dougjwray]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Heh-heh. We need a thread on "Great Bassists In Crappy Situations"

...not!

I knew someone who actually thought McCartney was good only with Wings.

[GM60466]

I think the new Tuna CD has Grammy written all over again

[RBrownBass]

Originally Posted by dougjwray

I knew someone who actually thought McCartney was good only with Wings.

He was good with the Beatles, but IMO his playing improved in terms of creativity with Wings. Then again, I'm as big a Wings fan as I am of the Beatles' Paul compositions.

[tbirddad]

Originally Posted by Auriaprottu

He was good with the Beatles, but IMO his playing improved in terms of creativity with Wings. Then again, I'm as big a Wings fan as I am of the Beatles' Paul compositions.

Kinda agree - as the quality of composition decreased - the quality of creativity of the bass lines increased.

"Silly Love Song" anyone? Great bass line. Not so great song.

[RBrownBass]

Originally Posted by tbirddad

Kinda agree - as the quality of composition decreased

Paul's composition quality rose.

"Silly Love Song" anyone? Great bass line. Not so great song.

It's better than "Please Please Me", "Love Me Do", "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" combined. And you're right, it still isn't a great song.

But I'm talking about stuff like Goodnight Tonight, Another Day, So Bad (Don't know if that's considered Wings), Arrow Through Me, With A Little Luck, Band On The Run and Listen To What The Man Said. Can't list 'em all, but you get the picture, I hope.

[Lazylion]

Originally Posted by chuck norriss

YouTube - ‪Mann's Fate - Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady (Hot Tuna) 1969‬‏

I love the way he plays, I love his tone, I love his sig model but I never could get into Hot Tuna. Don't bite my head off.

Eh, you don't have to like anybody. Not even Jaco.

But I want to thank you for posting this for 2 reasons:
1. You reminded me of a great Hot Tuna show I saw at Cole Field House at Univ. of MD back in the 70s. Coincidentally, I was on the campus today for the first time since that show!
2. I watched the Youtube clip, then looked at a few other HT clips. Saw one of Jorma & Jack being interviewed about their experience at Woodstock, and a bunch of other interesting stuff.

[faivy]

+1 for Jack but I love Hot Tuna!

[chuck norriss]

I dig Jaco & Peter Erskine but not the rest of Weather Report. Erskine is phenomenal.
really nice touch check it out
YouTube - ‪Peter Erskine-Cocktail drum solo‬‏