Double Dose (Hot Tuna album)

Double Dose is the eighth album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, and their third live album. The album was originally released as a double-LP as Grunt CYL2-2545. After their 1977 tour, Jorma Kaukonen moved on to a solo career and Jack Casady joined the new wave band SVT. Hot Tuna would not perform together again until 1983. The album had its highest peak at #92 on the Billboard charts.

Double Dose
Live album by
ReleasedMarch 13, 1978
RecordedAugust 5–6, 1977 at Theatre 1839, San Francisco
Wally Heider Studios (overdubs)
GenreBlues rock
Length77:58
LabelGrunt
ProducerFelix Pappalardi
Don Gehman (associate)
Gail Collins (associate)
Hot Tuna chronology
Flight Log
(1977)
Double Dose
(1978)
Final Vinyl
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The group recorded the album as a cost-saving alternative to a studio album. However the mixing process considerably raised the album's expense. Producer Felix Pappalardi heavily edited the concert tapes and had Kaukonen re-record his vocals for sides 2 through 4 at Wally Heider Studios.[2]

Track listing edit

All tracks written by Jorma Kaukonen, except where noted.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Winin' Boy Blues"Jelly Roll Morton5:57
2."Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning"Reverend Gary Davis3:08
3."Embryonic Journey" 1:56
4."Killing Time in the Crystal City" 6:35
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Wish You Would"Billy Boy Arnold4:20
2."Genesis" 4:16
3."Extrication Love Song" 4:26
4."Talking 'Bout You"Chuck Berry5:34
Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Funky #7"Kaukonen, Jack Casady8:49
2."Serpent of Dreams" 6:43
3."Bowlegged Woman, Knock Kneed Man"Bobby Rush, Calvin Carter4:51
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I See the Light" 5:49
2."Watch the North Wind Rise" 4:58
3."Sunrise Dance with the Devil" 5:38
4."I Can't Be Satisfied"McKinley Morganfield4:58

Personnel edit

Side A edit

Side B/C/D edit

  • Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitar
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Nick Buck – keyboards, backup vocal on "Talking 'Bout You"
  • Bob Steeler - drums

Production edit

  • Felix Pappalardi – producer
  • Don Gehman – associate producer, engineer, mixdown engineer
  • Gail Collins – associate producer
  • Allen Sudduth – assistant engineer
  • Ray Thompson – location engineer
  • Dennis Hertzendorfer – assistant mixing engineer
  • Sheilah "Sam" Taylor – assistant mixing engineer
  • Recorded live by Wally Heider Recording at Theatre 1839, San Francisco
  • Additional recording at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
  • Mixed and assembled at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami
  • Mastered at Sterling Sound by George Marino

References edit

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Double Dose - Hot Tuna | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Jorma Kaukonen 1984".