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Hot Tuna Hoppkorv Release Date: 1976 Label: RCA Records Unlike recent Hot Tuna albums, Hoppkorv found the group acting less as a mouthpiece for guitarist Jorma Kaukonen's compositions and more as a heavy rock cover band, handling such familiar material as Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy" and Chuck Berry's "Talkin' 'Bout You," although "Watch the North Wind Rise" was one of Kaukonen's better tunes. Even on the originals, the tempo had picked up, the arrangements were shorter; nothing here ran as long as five minutes, and the sound had been filled out by the occasional addition of keyboards, second guitar, and background vocals. So, Hoppkorv was closer to a straightforward pop/rock album than many Hot Tuna releases, and for that, predictably, it got higher marks from critics, who appreciated the variety, and lower marks from Tuna fans, who found less music to boogie to. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Santa Claus Retreat Kaukonen 4:14 2 Watch the North Wind Rise Kaukonen 4:41 3 It's So Easy Holly, Petty 2:37 4 Bowlegged Woman, Knock Kneed Man Carter, Rush 3:10 5 Drivin' Around Davis, Buck 2:57 6 I Wish You Would Arnold 3:20 7 I Can't Be Satisfied Morganfield, Waters 3:56 8 Talking 'Bout You Berry 3:33 9 Extrication Love Song Kaukonen 4:17 10 Song from the Stainless Cymbal Kaukonen 4:04 Releases: Year Type Label 2001 CD RCA Records 1996 CD RCA Records

Group Members: Jorma Kaukonen Jack Casady Sammy Piazza Harvey Sorgen Willow Scarlett More >> Similar Artists: The Grateful Dead Jorma Kaukonen Papa John Creach Jefferson Airplane The Other Ones More >>

Influenced By: Mississippi John Hurt Ramblin' Jack Elliott Lightnin' Hopkins Rev. Gary Davis Blind Boy Fuller More >> Followers: Tea Leaf Green Mike Lawson Phish Umphrey's McGee Ekoostik Hookah More >>

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