Long before MTV unplugged, Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady thought it would be cool to perform a few old blues as a set-breaking contrast to the Airplanes acid-and-revolution epiphanies. This novelty act of the psychedelic circuit evolved into Hot Tuna, and Jesse Blocks concert documentary, 25 Years and Runnin, celebrates the simple sustaining powers of blues, bars, and Tuna. Live at Sweetwater is the crux of this DVD, live performances of ragtime blues standards and Tuna originals that exemplify the free spirit thats kept Hot Tuna runnin all these years. |