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
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

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

Side A

Side B/C/D

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

Production

  • 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

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