Jorma Kaukonen
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American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Doug MacLeod
- Been so long
- The Guitar of Jorma Kaukonen: Detailed Analysis of 8 Classic Songs and Instrumentals (Guitar Listen & Learn : Homespun Music Instruction)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-12-23
americanbluesfolkhot tunajefferson airplanerock
Discography
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- 52,921
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Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Born in Washington, D.C., the son of Beatrice Love (née Levine) and Jorma Ludwig Kaukonen, Jorma Kaukonen had Finnish paternal grandparents and Russian Jewish ancestry on his mother's side. Kaukonen was a founding member of the popular psychedelic San Francisco-based band Jefferson Airplane, which scored two Top 10 radio hits in 1967 w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ludwik
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Educated at
- Jackson-Reed High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- psychedelic rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.jormakaukonen.com
- Image
- Jorma Kaukonen.jpg
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- Jorma Kaukonen
- member of
- Hot Tuna
- date of birth
- 1940-12-23
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- birth name
- Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr.
- name in native language
- Jorma Kaukonen
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