It seemed like the perfect spin-off project for a major rock group, Jefferson Airplane's lead guitarist and bass player indulging in a genre exercise by playing a set of old folk-blues tunes in a Berkeley coffeehouse. The music seemed as far removed from the Airplane's acid rock roar as it did from commercial prospects, and thus, it allowed these bandmembers to blow off some steam musically without threatening their day jobs. In retrospect, however, it's easy to hear that something more was going on. Friends since their teens, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady had developed a musical rapport that anchored the Airplane sound but also existed independently of it, and shorn of the rock band arrangements and much of the electricity (Casady still played an electric bass), their interplay was all the more apparent. Kaukonen remained the accomplished fingerpicking stylist he had been before joining the Airplane, while Casady dispensed with the usual timekeeping duties of the bass in favor of extensive contrapuntal soloing, creating a musical conversation that was unique. These two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, along with good friend Barry Mitterhoff, bring a spirit of freewheeling fun that'll pervade the first, of many, concerts in Norwalk. Concert Tickets $27-$47
ACOUSTIC HOT TUNA - JILL SOBULE OPENING

WITH
JILL SOBULE
GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY CATHY KANE AND GREG YOUNG
DETAILS
in
Norwalk
at the Norwalk Concert Hall

Saturday, June 22nd
Doors @ 7:00 PM
Show @ 8:00PM

GENRE
Rock / Blues



TICKETING INFO
Price:$27-$47
Members Save:$2, $3, $4 /tckt

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It seemed like the perfect spin-off project for a major rock group, Jefferson Airplane's lead guitarist and bass player indulging in a genre exercise by playing a set of old folk-blues tunes in a Berkeley coffeehouse. The music seemed as far removed from the Airplane's acid rock roar as it did from commercial prospects, and thus, it allowed these bandmembers to blow off some steam musically without threatening their day jobs.

In retrospect, however, it's easy to hear that something more was going on. Friends since their teens, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady had developed a musical rapport that anchored the Airplane sound but also existed independently of it, and shorn of the rock band arrangements and much of the electricity (Casady still played an electric bass), their interplay was all the more apparent. Kaukonen remained the accomplished fingerpicking stylist he had been before joining the Airplane, while Casady dispensed with the usual timekeeping duties of the bass in favor of extensive contrapuntal soloing, creating a musical conversation that was unique.

These two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, along with good friend Barry Mitterhoff, bring a spirit of freewheeling fun that'll pervade the first, of many, concerts in Norwalk.

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