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''Live at Sweetwater Two'' is a live
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album recorded at the same time as the album, '' Live at Sweetwater'', but contains no tracks from the previous release. The live performances feature
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of the
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, blues-singer
Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1942) is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song " Midnight at the Oasis" and h ...
, and keyboardist
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. Also included is the previously unreleased studio track "
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" from the '' Pair a Dice Found'' sessions. In 2004 Eagle Records re-mastered and re-released the album with several added tracks, and without the studio track included.


1993 Relix Records track listing

#"
Hesitation Blues "Hesitation Blues" is a popular song adapted from a traditional tune. One version was published by Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, and Art Gillham. Another was published by W.C. Handy as "Hesitating Blues". Because the tune is traditional, many ...
" (Traditional) – 5:28 #"Dime for Beer" (
Jelly Roll Morton Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe ( Lemott, later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American blues and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Morton was jazz ...
) – 3:01 #" Death Don't Have No Mercy" ( Rev. Gary Davis) – 5:23 #"99 Year Blues" (
Julius Daniels Julius Daniels (November 20, 1901 – October 18, 1947) was an American Piedmont blues musician. His song "99 Year Blues" appeared on the box set ''Anthology of American Folk Music'' and has been covered by Jim Kweskin, Chris Smither, Johnny Win ...
) – 4:54 #"
San Francisco Bay Blues "San Francisco Bay Blues" is an American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller. Fuller first recorded the song in 1954, which was released by the World Song label in 1955. A " one-man band" renditi ...
" (
Jesse Fuller Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". Early life Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta, United States. He was sent by his moth ...
) – 4:03 #"
Blue Moon of Kentucky "Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a waltz written in 1945 by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, the Blue Grass Boys. Some think the origins may trace back to "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon", a similar waltz recorded 15 years prior by ...
" (Monroe) – 4:44 #" Ain't Got No Home" (Guthrie) – 4:21 #"
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl "Good Morning, School Girl" is a blues standard that has been identified as an influential part of the blues canon. Pre-war Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica pioneer John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson first recorded it in 1937. Subsequently, a ...
" (Traditional) – 5:21 #"Third Week in the Chelsea" (
Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane, and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist ...
) – 4:34 #"My AK-47" (
Michael Falzarano Michael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues b ...
) – 5:29 #"Parchman Farm" (
Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...
) – 9:13 #"
Endless Sleep "Endless Sleep" is a "teenage tragedy" pop song written and originally recorded by rockabilly singer Jody Reynolds in 1957. Background Reynolds wrote the song in 1956, after listening to Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", and first performed it ...
" (Reynolds) – 3:13


2004 Eagle Records track listing

#"Hesitation Blues" (Traditional) – 5:24 #"Dime for Beer" (
Jelly Roll Morton Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe ( Lemott, later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American blues and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Morton was jazz ...
) – 2:54 #"Trial by Fire" (
Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane, and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist ...
) – 4:30 #"Death Don't Have No Mercy" ( Rev. Gary Davis) – 5:23 #"99 Year Blues" (
Julius Daniels Julius Daniels (November 20, 1901 – October 18, 1947) was an American Piedmont blues musician. His song "99 Year Blues" appeared on the box set ''Anthology of American Folk Music'' and has been covered by Jim Kweskin, Chris Smither, Johnny Win ...
) – 4:54 #"San Francisco Bay Blues" (
Jesse Fuller Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". Early life Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta, United States. He was sent by his moth ...
) – 4:01 #"Too Many Years" (Kaukonen) – 3:47 #"Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Monroe) – 4:33 #"Ain't Got No Home" (Guthrie) – 4:20 #"Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Traditional) – 5:16 #"Walkin' Blues" (
Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later generations of musicians. Although his r ...
) – 4:14 #"Third Week in the Chelsea" (Kaukonen) – 4:36 #"My AK-47" (
Michael Falzarano Michael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues b ...
) – 5:29 #"Parchman Farm" (
Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...
) – 7:41 #"
Folsom Prison Blues "Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, based on material composed by Gordon Jenkins. Written in 1953, it was first recorded and released as a single in 1955, and later included on his debut studio album ''John ...
" (
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) – 6:10


Personnel


Live tracks

*
Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane, and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist ...
– lead guitar, vocals, Dobro, table steel guitar *
Jack Casady John William Casady (born April 13, 1944) is an American bass guitarist, best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane became the first successful exponent of the San Francisco Sound. Singles including " Som ...
– bass *
Michael Falzarano Michael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues b ...
– rhythm guitar, vocals, mandolin


Additional personnel

*Keith Corsaan (2004 release) – saxophone *
Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1942) is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song " Midnight at the Oasis" and h ...
– vocals, tambourine *
Pete Sears Peter Roy Sears (born 27 May 1948) is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than six decades, he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock ...
– piano, accordion *
Happy Traum Harry Peter "Happy" Traum (May 9, 1938 – July 17, 2024) was an American folk musician who started playing around Washington Square in the late 1950s. He became a stalwart of the Greenwich Village music scene of the 1960s and the Woodstock m ...
– guitar, vocals *
Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead ...
– guitar, vocals


Studio track

*
Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane, and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist ...
– lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals *
Jack Casady John William Casady (born April 13, 1944) is an American bass guitarist, best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane became the first successful exponent of the San Francisco Sound. Singles including " Som ...
– bass *
Michael Falzarano Michael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues b ...
– rhythm guitar *Harvey Sorgen – drums


Production

*Production team from Jorma's Hillside Farm Productions *Rick Sanchez – engineer *Ira Wilkes – king roadie and production coordination *Remote truck at Sweetwater from The Plant Recording Studios *Gabra Management – management *Steve Martin (William Morris Agency) – booking agent *Vanessa Lillian, Gabra Specialties – design layout *Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady – liner notes *Carl Studna – photography *Recorded live at Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA on January 27 and 28, 1992


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Live At Sweetwater Two Hot Tuna live albums 1993 live albums Relix Records live albums Eagle Records live albums