Founding members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen started Hot Tuna as a Jefferson Airplane side project in 1969, when Grace Slick was recovering from throat node surgery that had left her unable to perform. They made up a trio with the harmonica player Will Scarlett. For early performances, Paul Kantner and the drummer Joey Covington joined in. In the 1970s, Hot Tuna became a full-time band, and the style became more rock oriented. For their second LP, fiddler Papa John Creach and drummer Sammy Piazza joined the band. Later, the band changed to a power trio with Bob Steeler on drums.
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December 5, 2025
Masonic Auditorium
San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 5, 2025
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Skokie, Illinois, United States1. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
2. Where Have My Old Friends Gone(Frank Goodman cover)
3. Great Divide: Revisited
4. Letter to the North Star
5. Too Many Years(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
6. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
7. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
8. Sea Child
9. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
10. Take Your Time(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
11. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
12. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
13. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Water Song
November 4, 2025
The Ark
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States1. What Are They Doing in Heaven Today(Washington Phillips cover)
2. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
3. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
4. Take Your Time(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
5. I See the Light
6. Genesis(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
7. Flying Clouds(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
8. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
9. Day to Day Out the Window Blues
10. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
11. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
12. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
13. Letter to the North Star
14. Great Divide: Revisited
15. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
16. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Water Song
October 30, 2025
Grand Opera House
Wilmington, Delaware, United States1. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
2. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
3. Letter to the North Star
4. Take Your Time(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
5. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
6. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
7. Sleep Song
8. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
9. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
Printed as “Whining Boy Blues” on setlist10. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning(Blind Willie Johnson cover)
11. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
13. Living in the Moment(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
14. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Water Song
Not on printed setlistOctober 29, 2025
Bardavon Opera House
Poughkeepsie, New York, United StatesJorma & Jack, with Justin Guip - drums, & Ross Garren - harmonica
1. I See the Light
2. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
3. Great Divide: Revisited
4. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
5. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
6. Flying Clouds(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
7. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
8. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
9. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
10. I Know You Rider([traditional] cover)
11. Take Your Time(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
12. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
13. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
14. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out(Jimmy Cox cover)
followed by band introductions15. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
16. Water Song
October 27, 2025
Paramount Theatre
Rutland, Vermont, United States1. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
2. Great Divide: Revisited
3. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
4. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
5. I See the Light
6. Sea Child
7. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
8. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
Long intro duet Jack and Ross9. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
10. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
11. Day to Day Out the Window Blues
12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
13. Trouble in Mind(Richard M. Jones cover)
14. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Water Song
October 26, 2025
Smith Opera House
Geneva, New York, United States1. Where Have My Old Friends Gone(Frank Goodman cover)
2. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
3. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
4. Take Your Time(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
5. Day to Day Out the Window Blues
6. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
7. Letter to the North Star
8. Living in the Moment(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
9. Sleep Song
10. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
11. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
13. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
14. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
15. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
16. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Genesis(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
October 24, 2025
Mary Seaton Room
Buffalo, New York, United States1. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
2. Great Divide: Revisited
3. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
4. Song From the Stainless Cymbal
5. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
6. Take Your Time(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
7. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
8. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
9. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
10. Flying Clouds(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
11. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
12. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
13. I See the Light
14. Genesis(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
15. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning(Blind Willie Johnson cover)
September 24, 2025
MIM Music Theater
Phoenix, Arizona, United States1. What Are They Doing in Heaven Today(Washington Phillips cover)
2. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
3. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
4. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
5. Letter to the North Star
6. Too Many Years(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
7. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
8. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
9. San Francisco Bay Blues(Jesse Fuller cover)
10. Sea Child
11. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
12. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning(Blind Willie Johnson cover)
13. Highway Song
14. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
15. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
1. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
September 23, 2025
MIM Music Theater
Phoenix, Arizona, United States1. What Are They Doing in Heaven Today(Washington Phillips cover)
2. Great Divide: Revisited
3. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
4. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
5. Highway Song
6. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
7. Letter to the North Star
8. Sea Child
9. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
10. Day to Day Out the Window Blues
11. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
12. Living in the Moment(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
13. Trouble in Mind(Richard M. Jones cover)
14. Genesis(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
15. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
1. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
September 22, 2025
MIM Music Theater
Phoenix, Arizona, United States1. Requiem for an Angel(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
2. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
3. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
4. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out(Jimmy Cox cover)
6. Highway Song
7. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
8. Parchman Farm(Mose Allison cover)
9. Song From the Stainless Cymbal
10. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
11. Sleep Song
12. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
13. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
14. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
1. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
September 19, 2025
Strings Music Pavilion
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States1. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
2. Great Divide: Revisited
3. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
4. Letter to the North Star
5. I See the Light
6. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
7. Sea Child
8. Living in the Moment(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
9. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
10. Trouble in Mind(Richard M. Jones cover)
11. Parchman Farm(Mose Allison cover)
12. Sleep Song
13. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
14. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
15. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
1. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
September 18, 2025
Avalon Theatre
Grand Junction, Colorado, United States1. Don't You Leave Me Here(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
2. Great Divide: Revisited
3. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
4. I See the Light
5. Letter to the North Star
6. Too Many Years(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
7. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
8. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
9. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
10. Sea Child
11. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
13. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
14. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
15. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
September 16, 2025
The State Room
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States1. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
2. Requiem for an Angel(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
3. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
4. Letter to the North Star
5. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
6. I See the Light
7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out(Jimmy Cox cover)
8. Take Your Time(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
9. Sea Child
10. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
11. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
13. Song From the Stainless Cymbal
14. Highway Song
15. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
16. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning(Blind Willie Johnson cover)
1. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
September 14, 2025
Pine Creek Lodge
Livingston, Montana, United States1. True Religion
2. I See the Light
3. Great Divide: Revisited
4. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
5. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
6. Song From the Stainless Cymbal
7. Genesis(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
8. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
9. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
10. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
2. Trouble in Mind(Richard M. Jones cover)
3. Serpent of Dreams
4. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out(Jimmy Cox cover)
5. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
6. Sea Child
7. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
8. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
1. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
September 13, 2025
Wilma Theatre
Missoula, Montana, United States1. Great Divide: Revisited
2. Day to Day Out the Window Blues
3. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
4. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
5. Where Have My Old Friends Gone(Frank Goodman cover)
6. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
7. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning(Blind Willie Johnson cover)
8. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
9. Sea Child
10. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
11. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
12. Trouble in Mind(Richard M. Jones cover)
13. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
14. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
September 11, 2025
Bing Crosby Theater
Spokane, Washington, United States1. Where Have My Old Friends Gone(Frank Goodman cover)
2. Great Divide: Revisited
3. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
4. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
5. Letter to the North Star
6. Soliloquy for 2
7. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
8. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
9. Sleep Song
10. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
11. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
13. Trouble in Mind(Richard M. Jones cover)
14. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
15. Another Man Done Gone(Vera Hall cover)
16. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
September 10, 2025
Neptune Theatre
Seattle, Washington, United States1. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
2. Trouble in Mind(Richard M. Jones cover)
3. Great Divide: Revisited
4. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
5. Living in the Moment(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
6. Sleep Song
7. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
8. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
9. Parchman Farm(Mose Allison cover)
10. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
11. I See the Light
12. How Long Blues(Leroy Carr cover)
13. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
14. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning(Blind Willie Johnson cover)
July 19, 2025
Stuart's Opera House
Nelsonville, Ohio, United States1. Song From the Stainless Cymbal
2. Trouble in Mind(Richard M. Jones cover)
3. Letter to the North Star
4. San Francisco Bay Blues(Jesse Fuller cover)
5. Parchman Farm(Mose Allison cover)
6. Sleep Song
7. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
8. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
9. Uncle Sam Blues([traditional] cover)
10. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
1. Serpent of Dreams
2. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
3. Take Your Time(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
4. Soliloquy for 2
5. Sea Child
6. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
7. Hamar Promenade(Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson cover)
8. Roads and Roads &(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
9. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning(Blind Willie Johnson cover)
1. Water Song
July 18, 2025
Stuart's Opera House
Nelsonville, Ohio, United States1. Hesitation Blues([traditional] cover)
2. Been So Long(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
3. That'll Never Happen No More(Blind Blake cover)
4. Come Back, Baby(Walter Davis cover)
5. Trial by Fire(Jefferson Airplane cover)
6. Sea Child
7. Barbeque King(Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts cover)
8. Great Divide: Revisited
9. I See the Light
1. Highway Song
2. Winin' Boy Blues(Jelly Roll Morton cover)
3. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
4. Watch the North Wind Rise
5. In the Kingdom
6. Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover)
7. Where Have My Old Friends Gone(Frank Goodman cover)
8. Song From the Stainless Cymbal
9. Good Shepherd(Jefferson Airplane cover)
10. Ice Age(Jorma Kaukonen cover)
1. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning(Blind Willie Johnson cover)
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