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Paul Zahl. Nick Buck. SVT was an American power pop / new wave band based in San Francisco in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their bassist, Jack Casady, had played in both Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. [1]
Hot Tuna is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 by former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen (guitarist/vocals) and Jack Casady (bassist). [3] Although it has always been a fluid aggregation, with musicians coming and going over the years, the band's center has always been Kaukonen and Casady's ongoing collaboration.
Feb 24, 2022 · 50 Years Later: Revisiting Hot Tuna’s Confident & Hearty Third LP ‘Burgers’. Just as the eponymous debut of Hot Tuna created the template for the Jefferson Airplane offshoot in its acoustic format, the fifty-year-old third album by the group, Burgers, defines the band in electric form. Its very first track “True Religion” actually ...
SVT: A Rock Band That Believes in Blend. Jack Casady’s new band, which sports the unlikely name SVT, played a hard-edged and high-energy pair of sets Sunday night to a small but enthusiastic house at the Old Waldorf. The band, which includes keyboard player Nick Buck (formerly with Casady in Hot Tuna), guitarist/lead vocalist Brian Marnell ...
Feb 24, 2016 · Hot Tuna began during a hiatus in Jefferson Airplane's touring schedule in early 1969 while Grace Slick was undergoing recovery from throat node surgery that had left her unable to perform. Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Paul Kantner, and new drummer Joey Covington played several shows around San Francisco including the Airplane's original club, The Matrix, before Jefferson Airplane resumed ...
Keyboardist Nick Buck signed on for 1978's Double Dose, but Hot Tuna subsequently announced their breakup, closing out the first phase of their career with 1979's Final Vinyl. In the wake of the group's demise, Kaukonen released a solo LP, Jorma, and later joined the new wave unit Vital Parts; Casady also fronted a new wave group of his own, SVT.
Hot Tuna. Formed as a side project by two Jefferson Airplane members, they became a solid blues-rock unit with a cult following on the jam band circuit. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1970s - 2020s. Formed. 1969 in San Francisco, CA. Genre.
