Live at Sweetwater [Live]

Hot Tuna | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 1992)
• Original Release Date: November 17, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Relix
• ASIN: B000000SU3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #491,981 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Whinin' Boy Blues

2. Great Change

3. Down and Out

4. Embryonic Journey

5. Trouble in Mind

6. Bankrobber

7. I See the Light

8. I'll Be There for You

9. I Belong to the Band

10. Maggie's Farm

11. Genesis

12. Ice Age

13. Pass the Snakes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot Sweet Tuna!, November 20, 2001

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Nicholas J. Guetti - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Sweetwater (Audio CD)

I first saw Hot Tuna play the Pine Street Theater in Portland, OR on New Year's Eve '87-'88 and they were my favorite band for the next five years or so. They still are one of my favorites, but back then it was just Jorma Kaukonen (fingerstyle acoustic guitar & vocal) & Jack Cassady (bass) and I will never fully get past that period. "Live at Sweetwater" is a take from Tuna's transitional period between that lineup and the present fully electric one. I saw a show from around this period, and the CD made me look forward to it with high hopes. Unfortunately, the show REALLY ...... Fortunately, it was nothing like the CD. Regardless, I don't like Michael Falzarano (rhythm guitar, vocals, mandolin) as a musician, and maintain that his addition to the band was a very weird decision.

Nevertheless, this is my favorite acoustic Tuna release that I've listened to so far. Pete Sears (now also part of the regular lineup) shines like a crystal waterfall on piano, and Jorma & Jack sound better than a sigh blown away by a cool evening summer breeze. Many of the songs are Tuna standards, and I won't bother to review them all individually; suffice it to say that this should be the one you get if you only get one. Some unusual (for Tuna) blues songs include Rev. Gary Davis's "Great Change", my all-time favorite version of "Down and Out", "Trouble in Mind" and a startling Dylan song, "Maggie's Farm" featuring Maria Muldaur (who is sadly patronized in that she only sings backup) and the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir on lead vocal! 'Nuff said. Grab it immediately, Tuna fans and good music enthusiasts alike!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My all time favorite Hot Tuna Album, August 29, 2011

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Paul in Boston "Paul in Boston" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live at Sweetwater (Audio CD)

This is a very "comfortable" album. Well worn with few surprises. Just a lot of fun and good music by people that seem to enjoy being-playing together.

I have a "deep" collection of Hot Tuna and this is my favorite album. It should be noted that this is "mellow" Hot Tuna. If you are looking for shades of the Jefferson Airplane, "Phosphorescent Rat" may be a better choice.

5.0 out of 5 stars TUNA LIVE!, June 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Live at Sweetwater (Audio CD)

Hot Tuna is an amazing live band, and their Sweetwater concert really shows it. They rate up there with the Dead. Buy any live Tuna CD and go to any concert of their's any chance you get!