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.
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| Released | March 13, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | August 5–6, 1977 at Theatre 1839, San Francisco Wally Heider Studios (overdubs) | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Label | Grunt | |||
| Producer | Felix Pappalardi Don Gehman (associate) Gail Collins (associate) | |||
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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.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Winin' Boy Blues" | Jelly Roll Morton | 5:57 |
| 2. | "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" | Reverend Gary Davis | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Embryonic Journey" | 1:56 | |
| 4. | "Killing Time in the Crystal City" | 6:35 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Wish You Would" | Billy Boy Arnold | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Genesis" | 4:16 | |
| 3. | "Extrication Love Song" | 4:26 | |
| 4. | "Talking 'Bout You" | Chuck Berry | 5:34 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Funky #7" | Kaukonen, Jack Casady | 8:49 |
| 2. | "Serpent of Dreams" | 6:43 | |
| 3. | "Bowlegged Woman, Knock Kneed Man" | Bobby Rush, Calvin Carter | 4:51 |
| No. | Title | Writer(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 Morganfield | 4:58 |
Personnel
Side A
- Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, acoustic guitar
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
- Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Double Dose - Hot Tuna | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- "Jorma Kaukonen 1984".
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