Hoppkorv

by Hot Tuna

Overview

Unlike recent Hot Tuna albums, Hoppkorv found the group acting less as a mouthpiece for guitarist Jorma Kaukonen's compositions and more as a heavy rock cover band, handling such familiar material as Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy" and Chuck Berry's "Talkin' 'Bout You," although "Watch the North Wind Rise" was one of Kaukonen's better tunes. Even on the originals, the tempo had picked up, the arrangements were shorter; nothing here ran as long as five minutes, and the sound had been filled out by the occasional addition of keyboards, second guitar, and background vocals. So, Hoppkorv was closer to a straightforward pop/rock album than many Hot Tuna releases, and for that, predictably, it got higher marks from critics, who appreciated the variety, and lower marks from Tuna fans, who found less music to boogie to. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/11/2012
Label:	Culture Factory
UPC:	0850703003514
Rank:	45733

Tracks

1. Santa Claus Retreat
2. Watch the North Wind Rise
3. It's So Easy
4. Bowlegged Woman, Knock Kneed Man
5. Drivin' Around
6. I Wish You Would
7. I Can't Be Satisfied
8. Talking 'Bout You
9. Extrication Love Song
10. Song from the Stainless Cymbal

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Hot Tuna   Primary Artist
John Sherman   Guitar

Technical Credits

Bobby Rush   Composer
Billy Boy Arnold   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Jorma Kaukonen   Composer
McKinley Morganfield   Composer
Norman Petty   Composer
Rev. Gary Davis   Composer
Buddy Holly   Composer
Muddy Waters   Composer
Calvin Carter   Composer
Bo Carter   Composer
Nick Buck   Composer