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John William Casady (born April 13, 1944) is an American bass guitarist, best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane became the first successful exponent of the San Francisco Sound. [1] Singles including "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" charted in 1967 and 1968.
Nov 30, 2022 · Long considered one of rock’s first bass heroes, Jack Casady has been thumping and plucking four-strings in front of audiences since the mid ‘60s – first as a member of the Jefferson Airplane, and then as part of Hot Tuna.
Jan 8, 2020 · In the hands of Jack Casady, the teen-aged bass guitar soared to unprecedented new heights via the aptly-named Jefferson Airplane and the soon-to-emerge Hot Tuna, in the late ’60s.
The legendary player behind Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna revisits his illustrious career on his 75th birthday. In 1969, the well-respected music critic Ralph J. Gleason interviewed 25-year-old Jack Casady for his book The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound.
Hot Tuna, featuring founding members of Jefferson Airplane Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, performs “Been So Long” live at the MIM Music Theater, as part of MIM's Global Masters Concert Series.
One of the finest bassists to emerge from San Francisco's psychedelic movement of the mid- to late '60s, longtime Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna member Jack Casady was also one of the first rock musicians…. Read Full Biography.
Aug 4, 2020 · For Jack Casady, once he discovered it, he never stopped reaching for it and it has made him a legend. From a psychedelic folk rock band called Jefferson Airplane that turned on a generation of music lovers, to Hot Tuna and it’s bluesy-folk sizzle, Casady has done nothing short of perfection on the bass guitar.
May 11, 2019 · The Jack Casady Interview. The locus of psychedelia was San Francisco, where peace and love were the watchwords more so than anywhere else, and where Jack Casady was a first-generation member of the psychedelic rock that shaped the latter part of the ‘60s. Jack’s lifelong pal, Jorma Kaukonen, enlisted him as the bassist of this band he was ...
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. History.
Explore Hot Tuna’s legacy, from their rich history and discography to the latest tour dates. Dive into the world of Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady.
