''Steady as She Goes'' is a 2011 album by Hot Tuna, the band's first studio album since 1990. After

Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bass ...

recorded his solo album in 2009 at Levon Helm's studio in NY, he asked his new record company Red House if they would be interested in a Tuna album.Robbins, Brian (January 27, 2011)
"The Tuna Is Hotter than Ever — ''Steady as She Goes'' with Jorma and Jack"
Jambands.com The band started recording new tracks in November 2010 with the same producer and studio that Kaukonen used for '' River of Time'' and features the latest lineup of the band that formed in 2009 when Skoota Warner joined on drums. On March 11, 2011, Red House released "Angel of Darkness" as a free single. The album was released on CD and on iTunes April 5, 2011 and was released on vinyl in May. The album first charted on the Tastemaker and Independent album lists compiled by '' Billboard'' for the week of April 23. Released as "Collector's Edition: Half-speed Mastered 180 Gram HQ Vinyl" with only a few hundred made, in gatefold form and including a Hot Tuna tattoo, as well as the CD version, it includes two LPs, with an etched portrait on side four. Each side without the etching has four songs.RHR LP 241

Recording

After years of releasing live albums, Kaukonen felt it was time to record a new electric studio album with the band when his current label for his solo work,

Red House Records Red House Records is an independent folk and Americana record label in St. Paul, Minnesota. The label was founded in 1983 by Bob Feldman after seeing a performance by Iowa folk singer Greg Brown. Origin The label is named for a farmhouse in I ...

, was interested.Olwell, Greg
"Hot Tuna: 50+ Years of Flavor Freshness"
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'', April 2011 Kaukonen started by writing one song, but with deadlines set and being locked in to studio time with the band, he collaborated and ended up writing six songs for the album. The band used Levon Helm's studio where Kaukonen had recorded his previous solo album, '' River of Time''.''Steady as She Goes''
Red House Records official press kit For the new album, Kaukonen decided to take the approach he used with Jefferson Airplane, letting others work out the charts for the rhythm section and concentrating on the lead guitar lines. Also to reflect back to Jefferson Airplane's style, Teresa Williams recorded harmony vocals similar to

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's on several tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

Hot Tuna

– vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

Jack Casady John William "Jack" Casady (born April 13, 1944) is an American bass guitarist, best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane became the first successful exponent of the San Francisco Sound. Singles including " S ...

– bass * Barry Mitterhoff – electric mandolin, acoustic mandolin *Skoota Warner – drums

Additional musicians

Larry Campbell Larry W. Campbell (born 28 February 1948) is a Canadian politician that served as the 37th mayor of Vancouver, Canada from 2002 until 2005 and since 2005 has been a member of the Senate of Canada. Before he was mayor, Campbell worked for th ...

– electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, fiddle, organ, vocals *Teresa Williams – vocals

Production

*Larry Campbell – producer *Justin Guip – engineer *David Glasser – mastering *Kevin Morgan – cover art

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Albums produced by Larry Campbell (musician) Hot Tuna albums Red House Records albums