Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna was an American psychedelic rock band, formed by Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen as an acoustic spin-off of
Jefferson Airplane. Their original name was
Hot Shit. Casady and Kaukonen added Will Scarlet on
harmonica and recorded
1970's
Hot Tuna, which was followed by a long-series of well-received albums that played only to a small and devoted cult following. They are often considered a forerunner of modern
jam bands like
Phish or
Dave Matthews Band.