''Too Hot to Handle'' is a
Jorma Kaukonen acoustic solo album recorded live at the New Haven Symphony Hall on July 20, 1984, and at an unknown location on November 18, 1984. It was released on
Relix Records
''Relix'', originally and occasionally later ''Dead Relix'', is a magazine that focuses on live and improvisational music. The magazine was launched in 1974 as a handmade newsletter devoted to connecting people who recorded Grateful Dead concer ...
. Kaukonen's wife at the time, Margareta Kaukonen, composed some of the tracks with him and is credited as "Malles Meje."
"Too Many Years" and "Ice Age" were later re-recorded with
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to ac ...
for their
eponymous reunion album. The former was again re-recorded for Kaukonen's 1998 album ''
Too Many Years
''Too Many Years'' is a Jorma Kaukonen studio album released in August, 1998. It was his last studio album on Relix Records. Michael Falzarano returned to play guitar and help produce (as he did on the previous Kaukonen solo album). He also sang ...
''.
Track listing
Side A
#"Broken Highway" (Malles Meje,
Jorma Kaukonen) – 5:16
#"Too Many Years" (Kaukonen) – 4:43
#"Radical Sleep" (Meje, Kaukonen) – 4:13
#"Killing Time in the Crystal City" (Kaukonen) – 6:44
Side B
#"Ice Age" (Kaukonen) – 5:54
#"Walkin' Blues" (
Robert Johnson) – 3:37
#"Death Don't Have No Mercy" (
Rev. Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis (born Gary D. Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina and blind since infancy, ...
) – 6:22
#"Too Hot to Handle" (Meje, Kaukonen) – 5:01
Personnel
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Jorma Kaukonen – acoustic guitar, vocals
Notes and references
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Jorma Kaukonen albums
1985 albums
Relix Records albums