STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - HOT TUNA - BURGERS

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Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. A week ago today (12/23/21)  Washington, D.C. born vocalist/guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, best known for his work in Jefferson Airplane and it's offshoot side project Hot Tuna, celebrated his 81st Birthday. Happy belated Birthday Jorma ! With him in mind we spotlight the third studio album from Hot Tuna, Burgers. Burgers was released in February of 1972 on the Grunt label and produced by Jorma Kaukonen. It reached #68 on the Billboard 200. No singles were released.

1. "True Religion" Jorma Kaukonen 4:42

2. "Highway Song" Kaukonen 3:14

3. "99 Year Blues" Julius Daniels 3:58

4. "Sea Child" Kaukonen 5:00

Side two

1. "Keep On Truckin'" Blind Boy Fuller 3:40

2. "Water Song" (instrumental) Kaukonen 5:17

3. "Ode for Billy Dean" Kaukonen 4:49

4. "Let Us Get Together Right Down Here" Rev. Gary Davis 3:27

5. "Sunny Day Strut" (instrumental) Kaukonen 3:14

Jorma Kaukonen – guitars, lead vocals

Jack Casady – bass, vocals, eyebrow
Papa John Creach – violin, vocals

Sammy Piazza – drums, tympani, other percussion, vocals

With :

Nick Buck – organ, piano on "True Religion" and "Keep On Truckin'"
Richmond Talbott – vocals, slide guitar on "99 Year Blues"

David Crosby – vocals on "Highway Song"

Production :

The Unknown Engineer (Joe Lopes) – recording engineer

The Masked Mixer – mixer
Betty Cantor – mixer

Bruce Steinberg – design, photography
Allen Zentz – assistant engineer
The Mighty Maurice (Pat Ieraci) – assistant engineer

Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco

A Fishobaby Production