Been So Long: My Life and Music by Jorma KaukonenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I became interested in Jorma Kaukonen in his post Jefferson Airplane & Hot Tuna years--though I always liked Hot Tuna's tunes. Jorma Kaukonen just didn't register with me. I think my becoming more familiar with him was from some of his great Americana/blues solo work. That in turn got me more interested in his Hot Tuna years. I saw Jorma & Jack Cassady as the more recent incarnation of Hot Tuna at the House of Blues in Boston back in 2015/16 or so--along with Steve Earle. Loved when they played together at the end of the show. Also loved that G. E. Smith was playing in Hot Tuna then. Didn't realize Jorma had a Finnish background and spent many years growing up overseas, as his father worked for the State Dept.--including some years in Karachi, Pakistan! I'm giving his bio 3-1/2 stars in my Reading Log. Not bad, but not great--and I would have liked more transparency overall. Jorma doesn't hide that he had struggles, but he seemed to deal with them so casually. 
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