Hot Tuna Began as off-shoot project from Jefferson Airplane. Hot Tuna I (1970 - 1971) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals - b. December 23, 1940, Washington, D.C. - formerly with The Jefferson Airplane. Jack Casady - bass - b. April 13, 1944, Washington, D.C. - formerly with The Jefferson Airplane. Will Scarlet - harmonica Album: "Hot Tuna" (live) (1970) Hot Tuna II (1971 - 1972) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Will Scarlet - harmonica Papa John Creach - fiddle - b. May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; d. February 22, 1994, Los Angeles, California. Sammy Piazza - drums Album: "First Pull Up - Then Pull Down" (1971) Hot Tuna III (1972 - 1974) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Papa John Creach - fiddle Sammy Piazza - drums Album: "Burgers" (1972) Band officially splits from Jefferson Airplane.  Papa John Creach joins Jefferson Airplane, and later forms Zulu. Hot Tuna IV (1974 - 1975) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Sammy Piazza - drums Album: "The Phosphorescent Rat" (1974) Hot Tuna V (1975 - 1978) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Bob Steeler - drums Albums: "America's Choice" (1975) "Yellow Fever" (1975) "Hoppkorv" (1976) "Splashdown" (1984) - recorded in 1975. Hot Tuna VI (1978) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Bob Steeler - drums Nick Buck - keyboards Albums: "Double Dose" (live) (1978) "Final Vinyl" (1979) Group disbands.  Jorma Kaukonen joins Vital Parts.  Jack Casady forms SVT, and later joins KBC (with Paul Kantner and Marty Balin). Hot Tuna VII (1983) (Reformed) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Hot Tuna VIII (1986 - 1998) (Reformed) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Michael Falzarano - guitar/mandolin/harmonica/vocals Albums: "Pair A Dice Found" (1990) "Live at Sweetwater" (1992) "Live at Sweetwater Two" (1993) "Splashdown Two" (1997) Hot Tuna IX (1998 - ? ) Jorma Kaukonen - guitar/vocals Jack Casady - bass Michael Falzarano - guitar/mandolin/harmonica/vocals Pete Sears - keyboards Harvey Sorgen - drums Albums: "Live in Japan" (1998)  "And Furthermore" (live) (1999) Compilations: "Historic Hot Tuna" (1991) "Classic Acoustic" (1996) "Classic Electric" (1996) "Hot Tuna in a Can" (5-CD box set) (1996) "The Best of Hot Tuna" (2-CDs) (1998) "Platinum & Gold Collection" (2003) Jorma Kaukonen solo: "Quah" (1974) "Jorma" (1979) "Barbeque King" (1980) "Too Hot to Handle" (1985) "Magic" (live) (1985) "Magic Two" (1995) "The Land of Heroes" (1995) "Christmas" (1998) "Too Many Years" (1999) "Live" (2001) "Blue Country Heart" (2002) Links: Hot Tuna dot com - The Official Website of Hot Tuna! Take me back to the Index... Last Revised:  March 19, 2004 Copyright © 1999, 2004 by Gary S. Hartman.  All rights reserved.