{"id":7023,"date":"2025-11-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-jorma-kaukonen-of-jefferson-airplane\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:00:00","slug":"5-albums-i-cant-live-without-jorma-kaukonen-of-jefferson-airplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-jorma-kaukonen-of-jefferson-airplane\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Albums I Can\u2019t Live Without:\u00a0Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/222A8636_1.jpg\" width=\"1584\" height=\"1056\" alt=\"Jorma Kaukonen. (Credit: Vernon Webb)\"><figcaption>Jorma Kaukonen. (Credit: Vernon Webb)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Jorma Kaukonen<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/11\/deep-cut-friday-world-turning-by-fleetwood-mac\/\">Deep Cut Friday: \u2018World Turning\u2019 by Fleetwood Mac<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/11\/40-greatest-musicians-of-the-last-40-years-40-to-31\/\">THE 40 GREATEST MUSICIANS OF THE LAST 40 YEARS<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/11\/my-chemical-romance-uk-openers\/\">My Chemical Romance Set Euro Support Lineup<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best known for<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. And, husband and world traveler and general philosopher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current city<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Athens, Ohio\u2026 Home of Ohio University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Really want to be in<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0My dream city is Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. I would be drinking espresso and enjoying the local seafood caught that day followed by a fabulous dessert, then a walk by the water on the pebble beach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excited about<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0My new album,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jormakaukonen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">75 \u00bd Wabash Avenue<\/a>\u00a0out on Records Store Day\/Black Friday. This is a recording from 1965 that never saw the light of day until July of this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My current music collection has a lot of<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Americana. Currently I cannot get enough of Willie Watson, Gillian Welsh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And a little bit of<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Always the blues. Dave Specter out of Chicago who is a friend\u2026just love his playing, T-Bone Walker w\/ Dizzy Gillespie Jazz at The Philharmonic \u2013 Live in the UK 1966.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preferred format<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Streaming is so convenient but there\u2019s nothing like vinyl.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-five-albums-i-can-t-live-without\"><strong><u>Five Albums I Can\u2019t Live Without:<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1\">1<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-harlem-street-singer-blind-gary-davis\"><strong><em>Harlem Street Singer<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Blind Gary Davis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rev.-Gary-Davis-%E2%80%98Harlem-Street-Singer-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649165\"><\/figure>\n<p>In 1960 I was a student of Ian Buchanan who transliterated Rev. Davis\u2019 guitar work to me in a way I could understand. When the album came out, listening to it in my dorm room at Antioch College changed my life! So much of my early career rested on tunes I learned off this album!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2\">2<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-can-tell-john-p-hammond\"><strong><em>I Can Tell<\/em>, John P. Hammond<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1228\" height=\"1186\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/I-Can-Tell-John-Hammond.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/I-Can-Tell-John-Hammond.png 1228w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/I-Can-Tell-John-Hammond-340x328.png 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/I-Can-Tell-John-Hammond-768x742.png 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/I-Can-Tell-John-Hammond-498x481.png 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1228px) 100vw, 1228px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI Can Tell\u201d and \u201cI Wish You Would\u201d featuring Robbie Robertson on guitar and Bill Wyman on bass. This was blues! This was rhythm and blues! This was more than authentic, if there is such a thing. I first heard these songs on a 45 rpm single on the Red Bird label. As soon as Atlantic picked John up and released these songs and more on the\u00a0<em>I Can Tell<\/em>album, you know I went right out and bought it!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3\">3<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-dirt-and-the-stars-mary-chapin-carpenter\"><strong><em>The Dirt and the Stars<\/em>, Mary Chapin Carpenter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"1246\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Dirt-and-The-Stars-Mary-Chapin-Carpenter-1290x1246.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Dirt-and-The-Stars-Mary-Chapin-Carpenter-1290x1246.png 1290w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Dirt-and-The-Stars-Mary-Chapin-Carpenter-340x328.png 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Dirt-and-The-Stars-Mary-Chapin-Carpenter-768x742.png 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Dirt-and-The-Stars-Mary-Chapin-Carpenter-498x481.png 498w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Dirt-and-The-Stars-Mary-Chapin-Carpenter.png 1528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mary Chapin Carpenter had been my Poet Laureate for many years. I could have picked almost any of her many albums but\u00a0<em>The Dirt and the Stars<\/em>\u00a0is the most recent one I have, hence here it is.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4\">4<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-king-of-the-delta-blues-singers-robert-johnson\"><strong><em>King of the Delta Blues Singers<\/em>, Robert Johnson<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"1252\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/King-of-The-Delta-Blues-Singers-Robert-Johnson-1290x1252.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/King-of-The-Delta-Blues-Singers-Robert-Johnson-1290x1252.png 1290w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/King-of-The-Delta-Blues-Singers-Robert-Johnson-340x330.png 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/King-of-The-Delta-Blues-Singers-Robert-Johnson-768x746.png 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/King-of-The-Delta-Blues-Singers-Robert-Johnson-498x483.png 498w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/King-of-The-Delta-Blues-Singers-Robert-Johnson.png 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\"><\/figure>\n<p>I was at Antioch College in 1961 when John Hammond brought these Robert Johnson cuts to Campus on a reel-to-reel tape before the album was released. I\u2019m not a Robert Johnson stylist, but these tunes were certainly a paradigm shift from the blues I was familiar with at that time!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5\">5<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-harder-they-come-jimmy-cliff\"><strong><em>The Harder They Come<\/em>, Jimmy Cliff<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1266\" height=\"1252\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Harder-They-Come-Reggae-Collection-from-the-movie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Harder-They-Come-Reggae-Collection-from-the-movie.png 1266w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Harder-They-Come-Reggae-Collection-from-the-movie-340x336.png 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Harder-They-Come-Reggae-Collection-from-the-movie-768x760.png 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/The-Harder-They-Come-Reggae-Collection-from-the-movie-498x492.png 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1266px) 100vw, 1266px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Soundtrack album from the movie of the same name. In 1972 Jerry Garcia stopped by my house on Yerba Buena Ave. in San Francisco with this album in hand. \u201cYou\u2019ve gotta check this reggae stuff out! You\u2019ve never heard anything like it!\u201d Jerry was right on both accounts. The movie, \u201cThe Harder They Come\u201d was playing at a local art theater at the time so I listened to the album and immediately went and saw the movie. This is fundamental reggae at its best<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorma Kaukonen. 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