Jorma Kaukonen gives Dan Erlewine a fingerpicking lesson

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6 жыл бұрын

After Dan Erlewine put new tuners on Jorma Kaukonen's Martin M-30, Jorma returned the favor by giving an impromptu lesson in fingerpicking! He also shows how he strings up his Martin.
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Photo of Fur Peace Ranch by Jorma Kaukonen
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@extremelydave 6 жыл бұрын

It's so nice to see someone from the 60's who made it thru in good shape. Jorma is the man. Thanks for all the music over all the years Jorma. Peace.

@65Superhawk 2 жыл бұрын

Jack too!!!

@philidor9657 Жыл бұрын

@@65Superhawk Jack is the man. As is tradition for bassists, he never gets the attention he deserves...but he's a killer musician and him and Jorma make a timeless team.

@4Naturalgreen Жыл бұрын

One of the all time greatest guitar players. Acoustic and electric. Rock and blues. A juggernaut of skill, talent, and class. Jorma Kaukonen. He gets better with age.

@bradleybrown8399 6 жыл бұрын

AMAZING! The guys shows up ALREADY wearing a mic

@EbonyPope 3 жыл бұрын

Professional musicians are always prepared. ;)

@wellshouston2869 3 жыл бұрын

i realize Im quite randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to stream new tv shows online?

@timothydaniels504 Жыл бұрын

Jorma is a fabulous teacher. His Homespun courses are classics.

@shermanhoman6666 6 жыл бұрын

The dynamic between two good friends, thing of beauty!

@vanrozay8871 6 жыл бұрын

Most StewMac viewers know Dan mostly as a guitar tech, but old Ann Arbor folks like me remember him as a very skilled blues player and damn good country/swing picker. Not as much a finger-picker as a flat-pick whiz, but smooth, i wanna tell ya. Modest guy, but turn him loose and watch out! He soloed on a demo I made for Electra Records, and I wouldn't have preferred Chet!

@gomez10969 6 жыл бұрын

you mean old A2 people?

@michaelsteven1090 5 жыл бұрын

Ann Arbor?..I was born there in '59..Was he there then?

@willmcgregor7856 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing. I wish there was daily stew mac vids

@johnparker7784 6 жыл бұрын

Jourma is a rip off artist. His Fur Peace ranch is all based on extreme greed.

@Baci302 6 жыл бұрын

Huh? How so?

@Pushyhog 6 жыл бұрын

Was drinking a beer in 70’s in small bar in santa monica with jorma, he had longer hair of course. I didn’t even knoe till he told me, i had never seen hot tuna. Hes got that smile.

@evilrob58 Жыл бұрын

He gets such amazing tones. Beautiful playing.

@jojomama4787 6 жыл бұрын

"When Jorma talks,people listen"!Love that guy...

@JohnEAdams 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan! Been a Jorma fan for 44 years, just saw him play a solo show a few months ago and it was off the scale!

@mikeadams4605 6 жыл бұрын

If you get a chance make sure and go see Jorma live. He is wonderful in a small venue....just a great player

@telebob5983 6 жыл бұрын

Have't had such an opportunity lately, but in 1988 or so when Jorma lived around Woodstock I saw him twice in a very intimate setting at the old Pursuit Of Happiness Cafe in Liberty, NY. On one of those occasions he played an old Fender LTD archtop! He did not disappoint.

@davidc3857 6 жыл бұрын

lol Been going to see Jorma & Jack since the early 70s, seen him play dozens & dozens of times, they never fails to put on a good show... except perhaps, the show he did in the Comack arena in Long Island NY in the late 70s, musta been in the 1976-77 area of time.... Lotta bad acid circulating the arena at that concert & there were some folks flipping our & having a fight in the parking lot throwing bottles, blood everywhere, ughh.... Aside from that particular show, I've never been disappointed by Jorma & Jack.... 😁 Got a chance to meet Jorma at one of his shows back in 1982, it was the night before I got married to my first wife... the marriage was a wash but meeting Jorma that particular night was cool....

@bradleysmith4409 5 жыл бұрын

I love the sound of Jorma's singing voice as much as I do his speaking. great guy! Thx Fellows!

@kennethparker1032 6 жыл бұрын

Many years ago I worked at Brooks Cameras in Stonestown (near SF State University in San Francisco). Jorma was a customer there (he is quite a good photographer) who would often hang out and chat with us for quite a long time. He was one of the first "celebrities" I ever met, and, without question, one of the nicest people. It is great seeing him hang out with Dan!

@shawnmann9491 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the memories of the Brooks store there. I went to SI and spent some time there!

@golds04 2 жыл бұрын

National treasure- both of them/ and Satcmo! Great. Ty to you both for all the smiles you bring to people. Keep those lamps trimmed and burning.

@progholio 6 жыл бұрын

2 masters of their craft on one screen, very cool!

@tomstern1681 5 жыл бұрын

That was super. Thank you so much for making this video. This was a joy to watch!

@mat900ft 6 жыл бұрын

What a privilege to see the master at work! And another book on my must buy list!

@JohnHorneGuitar 6 жыл бұрын

Another great video showcasing the world-class people in our little town.

@sarasarah1810 6 жыл бұрын

Nothing but luv for Jorma.💜💜💜 and Skip, Signe, Marty, Jack, Spencer, Mickey, and Grace. Ty for all the flights....many blessings to you and yours...great share btw tyvm.👏👏👏👏👏👏

@chord972 5 жыл бұрын

Book and audio ordered. Thank you! Jorma is a national treasure.

@anneglass8084 6 жыл бұрын

This really makes me smile. Two of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet as well.

@tonybeach4725 4 жыл бұрын

I love the videos and the history on this Channel.. always left with a smile after watching.

@AlexAbuyuan 6 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of going out the Fur Peace Ranch for a workshop and I have to say it was one of the best experiences in my guitar education journey. Food was awesome and the vibe was so cool - no one judges your playing and you feel free to learn without feeling any pressure. I recommend anyone interested should do it - get out there - you will not forget it. And he's such a cool dude as this video shows. Love it!

@gaetanb. 6 жыл бұрын

a monument!, thanks for this marvelous moment.

@georgebentley-ricardo9445 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing, outstanding and truly inspiring to me. Many many thanks.

@damnyankeex1 6 жыл бұрын

What great, down to earth guy Jorma is. Oh, and you too Dan! I'd love to see more celeb drop ins to the shop.

@dmyers9230 5 жыл бұрын

That was awesome, thank you both!!!

@bearthompson6506 Жыл бұрын

I've followed Dan to make a couple of uses but just stumbled across this one with Jorma. Just so special and really made my day. Thanks for posting the vid!

@dogh2o921 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jorma and Dan. Good stuff!

@williamchristian8389 3 жыл бұрын

I watch Jorma's Fur Peace Ranch every Saturday night live on youtube. One of my biggest joys of life!!! You should watch.

@swingset1969 6 жыл бұрын

I've met both the men either in guitar repair clinics or at Fur Peace, and I was privileged to stand in the company of craftsman who were generous with their knowledge.

@bradleybrown8399 6 жыл бұрын

it's magical,the way it goes from three strings to five then BACK to three!

@vicweast 6 ай бұрын

Child of the 60's here... LOVE Jorma & Jack's playing! They are icons... "If you don't know Jorma, you don't know Jack"

@textucker1158 6 жыл бұрын

A master sharing his music. Great player great man.

@organjoe 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is so great - THANKS!

@manuelgchapajr4472 6 жыл бұрын

On of America’s Rock and Roll Treasures! Thank You for all of your Great Music

@dblasterful 5 жыл бұрын

Just an awesome video, thank you

@miaouew 4 жыл бұрын

Watched this guy play at Woodstock (the movie, of course...I wasn't born until the late 80s) super cool to see him now!

@65Superhawk 2 жыл бұрын

Saw acoustic Hot Tuna 2/18/22 in Franklin, TN. Amazing. Ended with Water Song and it was as good as any from the 70s

@chefkdowg 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing, just wonderful

@gregmodelle7343 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are GREAT!

@knuckle47 6 жыл бұрын

My first exposure to Jorma and the Jefferson Airplane was back in 1970 at the Fillmore East when Jethro Tull had to cancel and they offered an exchange for Airplane tickets ! Long time ago. Dan, great job on the Orpheum, THANKS!

@bulldaagg 2 жыл бұрын

come for the tune up stay for the tunes THANK YOU fellas

@TomTobin67 6 жыл бұрын

There's not a lot of people I would pay for guitar lessons from but Jorma is one I would because he's a top notch musician.

@matthewkleinmann 6 жыл бұрын

Not only that, but Jorma has a way about him, he makes it look easy and I think if he were there in person he may impart parts of that on you.

@davidc3857 6 жыл бұрын

Go out to Fur Peace Ranch, he gives lessons out there in Ohio...

@TomTobin67 6 жыл бұрын

I live in southern California.

@davidc3857 6 жыл бұрын

Tom Tobin, That's not terribly far from the opportunity of a lifetime to be guided & taught by one of rock & rolls greatest guitarists.... I'm in Florida now but my have a house in Laurel Canyon in L.A. It's modest compared to many others there but some of the history of the surrounding homes in the canyon were once homes to some of some pretty choice & notable rockers... I'd really love to buy Peter Torks notorious party house in the canyon but we can't possibly afford that right now..... perhaps someday? Hehehe

@two-tone6934 3 жыл бұрын

That was awesome Thank you ,

@stonepaintertim 10 ай бұрын

great lesson - thanks

@Baci302 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks Stew! ... and Jorma! You're a genius. I love the way you teach. Hopefully, I'll get out to The Ranch one of these days.

@flaviodelladioband127 6 жыл бұрын

Great player Jorma!!!🎸

@henryewbaker 6 жыл бұрын

Great lick! Well explained. Added to my bag of tricks. 😁

@DrRussPhd 6 жыл бұрын

What a treat . . tyvm!

@JewittGuitars 6 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Wish I coulda been there.

@usmessenger3199 3 жыл бұрын

SO GREAT TO HAVE THIS VIDEO TO WATCH ,AND LEARN FROM ,TWO MASTERS OF THERE TRADE..🐟😎🎸🔊🎶☮️🎼 BOB.

@rb032682 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Thanks.

@DaveGardnerMusic 6 жыл бұрын

Super cool video! Those double-stops Jorma talks about are super useful in a lot of different styles of guitar playing.

@alexandreanonimous7056 6 жыл бұрын

Cool and interesting licks

@montaramike 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! a true legend

@chickengnawer 6 жыл бұрын

Great Gift! Great Pickin'! Thanks for the Share, Dan! B )

@HoldMeForever 5 жыл бұрын

That sounds heavenly!

@SOK314 4 жыл бұрын

That guitar sounds amazing 😍

@MsPareidolia 6 жыл бұрын

Super cool!

@daleskidmore1685 5 жыл бұрын

I've got a nice, happy smile on my face from that, thank you. I think I learnt the song a few years ago ( not as good as this, though ) will have to check my old song book. Thanks for sharing.

@mguerramd 2 жыл бұрын

Way back, around 1970, the first time my friends and I heard Jorma’s name, we didn’t quite get it. We thought he was “Norman Kakornan”! I still love to listen to “Water Song”

@stephenhenion8304 Жыл бұрын

This is like going back in t. i. m. e. I used to ask myself, how do they Do That!!!! So great after all the years ...

@jake33284 6 жыл бұрын

When these guys are gone they’re gone forever with all of their knowledge. I’m a metal head and have been forever but I respect the diverse walks of life that these guys have come from and lived. Dan you’re a legend.

@MichaelMcBride58 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@brucespruce4689 6 жыл бұрын

"Cant believe my friends let me go out dressed that" Lol even the real "hippies" thought they looked stupid. Great vid. I string in similar fashion. Always enjoyed Jorma's playing and his bluesy intuition. Honestly he is one of the most influential players on my playing style. I had a lot of Airplane and Hot Tuna in my collection. I never grow tired of listening to Volunteers and live versions of Rock Me Baby. Burgers is awesome too.

@buckbuck9225 6 жыл бұрын

Experience is EVERYTHING

@davidkeip4265 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, Just saw AC at Sly McFly’s on Cannery Row last weekend and he blew me away.

@RickDeevey 6 жыл бұрын

Gotta luv Jorma!

@davidferro2236 2 жыл бұрын

Watched a video of Jorma accompanying Janis on acoustic guitar singing blues, one with typewriter in background. Very young, one photo but playing & singing wonderful to hear.

@thomastommy1192 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing Awesome Video. I am a big fan. I have always wanted a small body Martin like that. I am a Martin man myself. I have always had the D35. I live three hours from the Martin Factory. I have been there a few times. A great guitar lesson. I think I will save this video. I would love to see more like it. Thank you so much for sharing the video. I hope you guys have a very Blessed Week.

@vmat1000 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid!! JA fan since forever but loved the '03 (?) PBS special for Year Of The Blues, some of which found its way to college radio (KCSM). One segment offered Jorma and Jack as Hot Tuna doing 'something in the peoples key of G' which was a slammin' take of "Walkin' Blues".

@gregf438 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@plumbkow 6 жыл бұрын

Loved it

@Dustyfingers 4 жыл бұрын

Somebody to love and Greasy heart. thank you Jorma for ear service

@dennisharrell2236 5 жыл бұрын

It's a pleasure to find this video. The one album that had the most influence on me as a guitarist was Hot Tuna Live at New Orleans House. I spent literally hours figuring out how to play those songs. Seems so strange to see Jorma with short hair, though.

@rdesjean 6 жыл бұрын

Exceptional!!

@pontifex53 6 жыл бұрын

Hot Tuna Electric Aug. 30th in Seattle. Can't wait!

@markgordon4368 4 жыл бұрын

That's what a lifetime of learning a trade will do, that was riveting 👍

@mikemiller6628 6 жыл бұрын

Jorma knows his shit and seems like a really nice guy.

@flyingash Жыл бұрын

I've seen Hot Tuna several times in my 20s wonderful music

@wgemeinhardt 5 жыл бұрын

Who would’ve thought that your Jorma was such a good teacher… I had no idea. Nice,

@phreddcatt 6 жыл бұрын

This is just a beautiful snapshot of friendship.

@izzynutz2000 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome...!

@thomasmasgay6545 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Kaukonen, That's the first time I have ever knowingly seen anybody play an M-30. I was beginning to "fret" over the question if they really existed outside my home. The picture on left of screen is mine. There is one major difference between yours and mine, other than the fact that I wish I could make mine talk like you do!

@flaviomiotto1686 6 ай бұрын

Il mio mentore per il fingerpicking number one

@vvavie4858 4 жыл бұрын

“My wife and daughter might disagree with you there” 😂 3:30

@chipsterb4946 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve loved Jorma’s guitar playing since the Jefferson Airplane days. Don’t know how he does it, but there always seems to be a sense of humor in his acoustic picking. Burgers is a great album. Thanks Dan!

@JamieJobb Жыл бұрын

Bet that autobiography has a note or two on Rocky Williams -- who always found great music. In high school together in Miami, we often saw Fred Neil live at the Flick in Coral Gables or the Gaslight South in The Grove. Rocky was Jorma's best man.

@samerhaddad280 6 жыл бұрын

come back baby I wish you would...

@richw.6296 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@robkunkel8833 6 жыл бұрын

I like the Mr. Rogers approach to the production of this video but ... or even, if you remember, the 50s Mr. Wizard tv show. I will check on the book. Grace Slick and the Airplane were so much of me when I was young. Thanks all ... playing a banjo now but that keeps me always thinking about tuning. 🎉⛩

@siscoismyhomey 4 жыл бұрын

Jorma is the man!!

@filmusikchannel7596 10 ай бұрын

An idol Jorma

@kevinmonzel 6 жыл бұрын

one gold tuner is a classy look

@DelTangBrav 6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Monzel - But surely six are classier.☺☺☺ Being serious but to me it looks as if they couldn't find a perfect match for a broken one so fitted one of a different colour.(I've got a guitar with an odd tuner on it - for a similar reason - but it's the right colour and nobody notices - I didn't notice either until a few months after I'd bought it).

@RickDeevey 6 жыл бұрын

And I've been criticized for having different coloured bridge pins in my campfire Washburn. Scavenged from different sets. Those plastic ones just don't survive many string changes, especially on the thicker gauges.

@DelTangBrav 6 жыл бұрын

Rick - don't tell Kevin he might think that's very classy and want your mismatched bridge pins. ☺☺☺ I recall about 56 years ago when I broke my first bridge pin - they weren't readily available and I replaced it with part of one of those thin pencils that used to be in diaries. NOW THAT'S CLASS ! ☺☺☺

@tiki_trash 6 жыл бұрын

My OCD just can't let that happen.

@fenderstratguy 6 жыл бұрын

Matches his gold tooth 0:27

@mellissadalby1402 6 жыл бұрын

Jorma and Jack are my 2 Dads. Stew Mac is awesome!

@vocalion9519 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t generally go in for artist series guitars, but I’m falling hard for that Jorma Kaukonen model. It’s right along the lines of what I might ask for myself if I ordered one from the custom shop.