Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
Possibly the best way to get an unvarnished understanding of the rock ‘n’ roll hippie culture of the 1960s is from an insider, who’s had decades to process and understand that era himself. Jorma Kaukonen, guitarist for Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane, offers that kind of retrospective in his new autobiography Been So Long: My Life and Music. Kaukonen’s life has taken quite a few turns.
Most rock stars have unlikely origin stories, and Kaukonen is no exception. To put his journey in context, consider the case of one of his contemporaries, Janis Joplin, about whom Kaukonen writes, “The first time I met Janis, I realized that I was in the presence of greatness.
” No disrespect, but it’s a safe bet Joplin was not thinking the same thing…
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