Hot Tuna Blues Tickets

This was the first time I had heard them play the electric. I had seen two other shows, but this one was the best show ever.

I'm tired of hearing electric Tuna leads being played on a mandolin or an electric guitar played like a mandolin. I appreciate that Jorma may not have the stamina or dexterity to play the lead solo's just get another guitarist not a madolin player. May be the last time I see them. It was a nice run though

While the music was good - we wanted to hear HOT TUNA! However, that was not to be. Very dissapointed.

THIS show rocked the still and motionless crowd. This WAS TRUE BLUES AT ITS BEST!!! The first set was Accoustic,which probably went over grate with the sit down crowd and it was amazing if your a pure blues loving person like myself. But the Tuna Fans wanted Tuna,They got electric the second set,And Charlie Waters came out with G.E. .AND jORMA AND JACK SHOWED THE North shore how the blues takes you away,With tunes from Waters new highway 61 and Ge's hot tunes written by the best Robert Hunter! And Then Jack hit it and scored on the base and Jorma Showed All in center that he still can rock it with the best. Tuna Fans and some of the rest of crowd finally showed some energy back to the stage on the oncore!!!!

I haven't seen Hot Tuna in about 10 yeares - and they are still great. Their guests - especially GE Smith, Charlie Musselwhite and Barry Midderhoff - helped to make the show memorable.

Great show, great venue, less blues than I expected from the title of the show.

Go see this show!!! Loved every second of these guys!!! They delivered the goods and then some!

First set acoustic. long break then electric set. Sound very good except vocals mostly unitelligible. Audience median age 50+. Everbody having a good, laid-back time. After the musicians left the stage about half the audience clapped (with restrained enthusiasm) for an encore. I did not think that they would come back, but Kaukonen. Cassady. G E Smith. the drummer and the mandolin player moseyed back on stage after a while. Cassady picked up his bass (almost as big as he is) while the others meandered around for a minute. Then Cassady started a tight, fast bass line. repeating it over and over. Jorma had not even picked up a guitar yet. Cassady played solo for about a minute--then everybody else joined in: Fast. tight--the audience is alive. Now Cassady is dancing while he plays--dancing all over the stage, for the whole 15 minute encore. Everbody got a solo, and everybody was fantastic--but CVassady stole the show. I as happy to have gone before the encore--I had not seen Tuna in over 30 years--but that encore made this one of the most memorable shows I have ever seen

Wonderful complement of guitars, mandolin, and harmonica. Some rousing vocals as well. From the first mostly acoustic style set to the later electric Blues stuff ( these guys can still rock out), this was a really enjoyable evening.

A huge disappointment of a show. The majority of the songs were led by Jim Lauderdale, a fine country and bluegrass musician I'm sure but not what I expected to hear on what is being touted as a "Hot Tuna Blues" tour. "Hesitation Blues" was Jorma's only nod to the musicianship made him a unique performer; none of his or Hot Tuna's definitive classics were played. No "I'll Be Alright Some Day", no "Embryonic Journey". Come on, it sounded like a 2nd rate country and western show at the county fair. The acoustics were lousy, vocals were indistinct. But that could have been overlooked if they had played some Hot Tuna Blues like the name and concert would suggest. Truth in advertising should require that this Hot Tuna Blues tour be renamed the "Bland Tuna Salad with a Southern Twang Tour". Took my son, a bass player, for what I expected to be a concert we could both enjoy on different levels. I expected to hear what Hot Tuna played/plays on their albums - the superb guitar and bass playing and rock & roll/blues/gospel music of two masters. What a huge let down - this was mostly middle of the road county music featuring Jim Lauderdale.