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Jazz & Blues
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Jorma Kaukonen

At Old Town School of Folk Music

Lincoln Square, Chicago

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A founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna unfurls decades of American roots music and blues during a solo concert performance at Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall.

Sunday, April 25, 7:00 PM

Jorma Kaukonen

San Francisco psychedelic rock guitarist, American roots blues/folk

Headliner


Jorma Kaukonen is a pioneering San Francisco psychedelic‑rock guitarist and folk‑blues swami, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy recipient who founded Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, and is renowned for his fingerpicked acoustic folk and blues as well as electric wailing performances.

What are you into?

  • Rock Hall inductee
  • Jefferson Airplane founder
  • Hot Tuna member
  • Maurer Concert Hall
  • Old Town School of Folk Music
  • Lincoln Square
  • Chicago

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