Jorma Kaukonen
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"Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr." is an American blues, folk music/folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.

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If I could bottle that and teach it, it would be great, ... We're always springing something new on each other. We also always leave space for each other.

That's where the rubber meets the road. You get sharper when you have to play for someone else, not just for yourself.

We do a wealth of stuff (live), drawing from over the years.

I was basically a blues-folky kind of guy, Jack came from various R&B things in D.C., everybody was coming from a different place. And Grace didn't sound like anybody else.

Our fans have been with us a long time; they just don't stay up as late.

Vanessa! Is Torrington acoustic?

My dad was president of the Finlandia Foundation for a number of years and there was a period of time when he tried to get me in. I'm glad I finally got in.

I have been teaching guitar all of my playing life. I really needed to do this. Where the ranch is now there were only prickly bushes and poison ivy. It has exceeded our wildest expectations for me and my blues-picking buddies.

But I'm a rock 'n' roller. I will always sound like me.