An interview with Jorma Kaukonen: Looking back at it from this side of the mountain, it is hysterically funny

An interview with Jorma Kaukonen: Looking back at it from this side of the mountain, it is hysterically funny: “In a career that has already spanned a half-century, Jorma Kaukonen has been one of the most highly respected interpreters of American roots music, blues, and rock.” So states the biographic information from his online press kit. “That’s very flattering in a lot of ways,” he responded when I read that to him. “You know, […]

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