Burgers (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Burgers
Type = Album
Artist = Hot Tuna


Released = February, 1972
Recorded = November - December, 1971 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 37:21
Label = Grunt
Producer = Jorma Kaukonen
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifexq85ldae link]
*Rolling Stone (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/hottuna/albums/album/120936/review/5941306/burgers link]
Last album = "First Pull Up, Then Pull Down" (1971)
This album = "Burgers" (1972)
Next album = "The Phosphorescent Rat" (1973)

"Burgers" is the third album by Hot Tuna, the Folk rock off-shoot of Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and Papa John Creach. It was the band's first studio album, the previous two being live recordings. "Water Song" and "Sunny Day Strut" are instrumentals composed for this album. In 1996, RCA released the CD box set "Hot Tuna in a Can" which included a remastered version of this album, along with remasters of the albums "Hot Tuna", "First Pull Up, Then Pull Down", "America's Choice" and "Hoppkorv".

Track listing

ide One

#"True Religion" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 4:42
#"Highway Song" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 3:14
#"99 Year Blues" (Julius Daniels) – 3:58
#"Sea Child" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 5:00

ide Two

#"Keep On Truckin'" (Bob Carleton) – 3:40
#"Water Song" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 5:17
#"Ode for Billy Dean" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 4:49
#"Let Us Get Together Right Down Here" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 3:27
#"Sunny Day Strut" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 3:14

Personnel

*Jorma Kaukonen - guitars, lead vocals
*Jack Casady - bass, vocals, eyebrow
*Papa John Creach - violin, vocals
*Sammy Piazza - drums, tympani, other percussion, vocals

Additional Personnel

*Nick Buck – organ, piano on "True Religion" and "Keep On Truckin'"
*Richmond Talbott – vocals, slide guitar on "99 Year Blues"
*David Crosby – vocals on "Highway Song"

Production

*The Unknown Engineer (Joe Lopes) – recording engineer
*The Masked Mixer – mixer
*Betty Cantor – mixer
*Bruce Steinberg – design, photography
*Allen Zentz – assistant engineer
*The Mighty Maurice (Pat Ieraci) – assistant engineer
*Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
*A Fishobaby Production
*Reissue Liner Notes: William Ruhlmann

References

*cite album-notes |title=Burgers |bandname=Hot Tuna |year=1972 |format=Vinyl back cover|publisher=Grunt Records |publisherid=FTR-1004 |location=New York City|mbid=