The Best of Hot Tuna

Infobox Album |
Name = The Best of Hot Tuna
Type = compilation
Artist = Hot Tuna


Released = 1998
Recorded =
Genre =
Length =
Label = RCA Records
Producer = Paul Williams
Bill Thompson
Reviews =
Last album = "Live in Japan"
(1997)
This album = "Best of Hot Tuna"
(1998)
Next album = "And Furthurmore..."
(1999)

"The Best of Hot Tuna" is a Hot Tuna compilation album released in 1998. It covers songs from all the Hot Tuna albums released on Grunt Records. Bill Thompson, former manager of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna helped select the songs for inclusion. The artwork on the cover is a painting of Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady made by Grace Slick. The album was released as a double CD.

Track listing

Disc One

#"Hesitation Blues" (Traditional) (from "Hot Tuna") – 5:05
#"Know You Rider" (Traditional) (from "Hot Tuna") – 4:07
#"Winin' Boy Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) (from "Hot Tuna") – 5:31
#"Mann's Fate" (Jorma Kaukonen) (from "Hot Tuna") – 5:20
#"Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" (Rev. Gary Davis) (from "First Pull Up, Then Pull Down") – 8:15
#"Candy Man" (Davis) (from "First Pull Up, Then Pull Down") – 5:48
#"Been So Long" (Kaukonen) (Studio Version) (from "Been So Long" single) – 3:45
#"Keep On Truckin'" (B. Carleton) (from "Burgers") – 3:40
#"99 Year Blues" (Julius Daniels) (from "Burgers") – 3:57
#"Ode for Billy Dean" (Kaukonen) (from "Burgers") – 4:50
#"Sea Child" (Kaukonen) (from "Burgers") – 5:00
#"Water Song" (Kaukonen) (from "Burgers") – 5:15
#"I See the Light" (Kaukonen) (from "The Phosphorescent Rat") – 4:15
#"Living Just for You" (Kaukonen) (from "The Phosphorescent Rat") – 3:18
#"Easy Now" (Kaukonen) (from "The Phosphorescent Rat") – 5:10
#"Sally Where'd You Get Yopur Liquor From" (Davis) (from "The Phosphorescent Rat") – 2:56

Disc Two

#"Hit Single #1" (Kaukonen) (from "America's Choice") – 5:13
#"Serpent of Dreams" (Kaukonen) (from "America's Choice") – 6:51
#"Sleep Song" (Kaukonen) (from "America's Choice") – 4:23
#"Funky #7" (Jack Casady, Kaukonen) (from "America's Choice") – 5:47
#"Hot Jelly Roll Blues" (Bo Carter) (from "Yellow Fever") – 4:21
#"Sunrise Dance with the Devil" (Kaukonen) (from "Yellow Fever") – 4:28
#"Bar Room Crystal Ball" (Kaukonen) (from "Yellow Fever") – 6:52
#"I Wish You Would" (Billy Boy Arnold) (from "Hoppkorv") – 3:10
#"Watch the North Wind Rise" (Kaukonen) (from "Hoppkorv") – 4:39
#"It's So Easy" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) (from "Hoppkorv") – 2:35
#"Song from the Stainless Cymbal" (Kaukonen) (from "Hoppkorv") – 4:02
#"Genesis" (Kaukonen) (from "Double Dose") – 4:27
#"Rock Me Baby" (Joe Josea, B. B. King) (previously unreleased) – 7:36
#"Extrication Love Song" (Kaukonen) (from "Double Dose") – 5:20

Personnel

*Jorma Kaukonen – guitars, vocals
*Jack Casady – bass
*Will Scarlett – harmonica
*Sammy Piazza – drums
*Papa John Creach – violin
*Bob Steeler – drums
*Nick Buck – synthesizer

Production

*Paul Williams – producer, compilation, tape research
*Bill Thompson – compilation, assistant
*Ray Loughren – assistant, sequencer
*Jim Cooperman – assistant
*Brian Mayer – assistant
*Bill Lacey – audio restoration
*Mike Harty – digital transfer
*Michael Drexler – digital transfer
*Dalita Keumurian – project director
*Dave Cohen – essay
*Tori Larkey – vault research
*Jack Rovner – creative director
*Henry Marquez – art direction
*Grace Slick – illustrations
*Mike Diehl – design

References

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