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Hot Tuna — Candy Man
Album: First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
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Total ratings: 1495









Released: 1971
Length: 5:43
Plays (last 30 days): 1
Well candyman said been here and gone
Well candyman said been here and gone
Candyman said been here and gone
Wish I was in New Orleans sittin' on a candy stand

Well candyman said
Salty dog
Well candyman said salty dog
Well candyman said salty dog
I can't be your salty dog and I won't be your candyman

Run to the corner get the baby some beer
Run to the corner get the baby some beer
Run to the corner get the baby some beer
Wish I was in New Orleans sittin' on a candy stand

Well candyman said been here and gone
Well candyman said been here and gone
Candyman said been here and gone
Wish I was in New Orleans sittin' on a candy stand
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 bam23 wrote:

Hot Tuna has been on my mind today, as I am reading Jorma Kaukonen’s autobiography that I found it a free library. As soon as Bill started his introduction, somehow I knew what was coming. Weird



I told Jorma I read his book. He said it has a happy ending, and it is a good thing.
It was recently noted that Hot Tuna will stop the electric shows at the end of 2023.
my hometown and longtime friend, justin guip, plays drums with Hot Tuna. he's amazing. 
Hot Tuna has been on my mind today, as I am reading Jorma Kaukonen’s autobiography that I found it a free library. As soon as Bill started his introduction, somehow I knew what was coming. Weird
 Dapps wrote:

Awesome, thanks Bill   🛐



yeah it is
Awesome, thanks Bill   🛐
Can we hear Van Halen's Ice Cream Man after this?
Long time, thought the line was:
Run to the corner get my babies in bed.
Personally, I'm down for a tuna melt, but hot tuna isn't really my bag...
Mahalo.
CLASSIC!!! ICONIC!!!
So many memories of the Chateau Liberte, their early light shows,  the Dobbies  before they were famous, Tuna, bell bottoms, joints and negotiating mountain roads afterwards.  
Ahhhh,
Papa John for the win
 lizardking wrote:

you're asking about Lazarus...and HE is a great RP regular, with an odd rating philosophy (if he likes it he rates '10', if not, he rates '1') - and good question; where are you Lazarus?  I hope he's OK. 

I recently started listening to RP on a daily basis after about a 7 year hiatus.  My last job was too busy and I didn't have time to listen to music with my headphones, one of the reasons I quit that job (the other being that it really sucked, was way too stressful as I was working on creating medical insurance products that met the ACA (aka Obamacare) requirements) and boy am I glad to be back!

I missed hearing from several RPosters, including my local friend 'HippyChick' and many others, including our dearly departed.  And now I'm worried about Lazarus.



Looks like the last post from Lazarus was about three years ago. Hope he is ok and only listening to classical music.


 cbrandtbuffalo wrote:

Back in college a guy I knew hated tuna, but his mom sent him cans every week in care packages. So he'd end up with all this tuna and he didn't want it. So he had a yearly tuna party with all sorts of events like tuna eating, tuna can bowling, tuna juice drinking (hey, it was college). It made for an interesting party and everyone got a can of tuna as a parting gift.




Clearly a fishy tail.
now why cant more bands sound like this

hell man...thats
hank williams
A bass guitar solo! You don't hear many of those, I like it
 wildmanfromSB wrote:
didnt these guys want to be HOT SHIT but had to settle for HOT TUNA? 
 
They did both.
didnt these guys want to be HOT SHIT but had to settle for HOT TUNA? 
Find the quarantine concert series from the Fur Peace Ranch for some great music from these  guys
 Get yer freak on 
Maybe it's just memories of college, but Hot Tuna always makes me Happy.  
Roman Candy?
Nice bass solo. Interesting and funky, but not too flashy. Just a solid solo.
Have all the Tuna records Used to love em live with Papa John
Great bass solo! Why haven't I heard it before? 
Juicy... Hot Tuna... Yum!

This doesn't sound anything like Sammy Davis, Jr.



  
It doesn't sound like the music to a horror movie either. 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/candyman/


Researching urban folklore, a University of Chicago student snoops around the housing projects of Cabrini Green to find more about the legend of the Candyman who supposedly appears (whenever one looks into the mirror and repeats his name five times) to slash his victims with a metal hook. Only after she witnesses the atrocities herself, does she believe he exists. To her horror, he wants her to join him in his afterlife dimension. This unsettling feature is based on a short story by Clive Barker.
I remember early '90s show with michelle shocked/bruce cockburn/hot tuna/bob wier & wasserman scaring the children, detroit not even sold out at small outdoor theater.....!
I search in vain for Dave Van Ronk.
 chinaski wrote:
Where's that chick who posts something like "everybody in my hotel room be dancin'  like bowlegged muleskinners" or something like that?

Jack still delivers solos just like that today. Man oh man what fun.

 

 
you're asking about Lazarus...and HE is a great RP regular, with an odd rating philosophy (if he likes it he rates '10', if not, he rates '1') - and good question; where are you Lazarus?  I hope he's OK. 

I recently started listening to RP on a daily basis after about a 7 year hiatus.  My last job was too busy and I didn't have time to listen to music with my headphones, one of the reasons I quit that job (the other being that it really sucked, was way too stressful as I was working on creating medical insurance products that met the ACA (aka Obamacare) requirements) and boy am I glad to be back!

I missed hearing from several RPosters, including my local friend 'HippyChick' and many others, including our dearly departed.  And now I'm worried about Lazarus.


 SinisterDexter wrote:

This doesn't sound anything like Sammy Davis, Jr.



 


 cbrandtbuffalo wrote:
Back in college a guy I knew hated tuna, but his mom sent him cans every week in care packages. So he'd end up with all this tuna and he didn't want it. So he had a yearly tuna party with all sorts of events like tuna eating, tuna can bowling, tuna juice drinking (hey, it was college). It made for an interesting party and everyone got a can of tuna as a parting gift.

 
Very creative.   I fondly remember tuna parties in college, but mine were nothing like this.{#Boohoo}{#Devil_pimp} {#Bananajam}
Where's that chick who posts something like "everybody in my hotel room be dancin'  like bowlegged muleskinners" or something like that?

Jack still delivers solos just like that today. Man oh man what fun.
I've taken in 56 Jorma / Hot Tuna concerts over the years coast to coast from the legendary five hour shows up 'til now. Can't wait until the next one.
Back in college a guy I knew hated tuna, but his mom sent him cans every week in care packages. So he'd end up with all this tuna and he didn't want it. So he had a yearly tuna party with all sorts of events like tuna eating, tuna can bowling, tuna juice drinking (hey, it was college). It made for an interesting party and everyone got a can of tuna as a parting gift.
Reminds me of New Paltz in the early 70s for some reason. What a scene up there back then
 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote:
Boppin' along. Yay, thanks for this blast from the past.
 
I thought I was going to hate this but it kind of gets you, doesn't it?
Boppin' along. Yay, thanks for this blast from the past.
been thinkin bout playin bass  , great solo!!
Jorma and Jack, Sammy and Papa John deliverin' again! Hot Effin' Tuna!  Thanks Bill!   https://jormakaukonen.com/tour.php
Sharon Lois and Bram time, for the kiddies - Hot Toona for the rest of us.
 pkimbrel wrote:
I had a buddy in college who had his own special recipe. He'd mix up a can of tuna and baked beans and nuke it for about 2 minutes. Horrific smell. He's married. His recipe is dead.
 
That ain't a recipe, that's a lack of imagination. I'm guessing the wife put an end to that "food" out of love or a sense of self-preservation. 
 sub-arctic wrote:


My brother used to do the same with a can of mackerel in tomato sauce and sliced banana.
  

 A banana?!? with mackerel?!? Are these people trapped in a post-apocalyptic wasteland? 
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:

This doesn't sound anything like Sammy Davis, Jr.



 

{#Clap}{#Clap}
 SinisterDexter wrote:

This doesn't sound anything like Sammy Davis, Jr.



 
sinister, but funny : )
woo-hoooo!
This song was a total wash......until the bass solo - very nice.  That still doesn't make it good overall! I really don't EVER need to hear this song again.
nice bass solo! {#Bananajam}
Just not enuf bass solos in music these days !
Ok but now you gotta at least make 3 candy references in a row... c'mon... you can do it !
(last tune was Chocolate Jesus)

Good to hear this song again, it's been a while since I heard it.

This doesn't sound anything like Sammy Davis, Jr.


 a_genuine_find wrote:
{#Stupid} I wonder what made 5 people rate this '1'? {#Stupid}
 
I think that album cover might help, inasmuch as any album cover can.  It's most unpleasant.

{#Stupid} I wonder what made 5 people rate this '1'? {#Stupid}
 black321 wrote:
Why'd it take so long to dust off this gem?

Where has the Candy Man gone?
 
Ask Guy Davis


Hot Tuna Higher Ground by ~JohannaStudios
Kieran John Delaney   ©2008-2010 ~JohannaStudios

Hot Tuna at Higher Ground



 WonderLizard wrote:
I would give a meaningful, useful part of my anatomy to play bass like Jack Casady.
 
Well, then give your ears.......... Because you obviously can't hear how terrible he sounds right here. He doesn't usually sound that bad, but on candy man........... {#Rolleyes}

Got Jack?
Got Jorma?
I had forgotten how good these guys were.
I would give a meaningful, useful part of my anatomy to play bass like Jack Casady.
Chocolate Jesus into Candy man.

Its a cliche segue, but that okay.


wow...just coming back on RP, caught this, amazing -
Good thing CD's came out, 'cos I wiped out at least 3 vinyl copies of this album.
And it was always played LOUD.
 slickskater52 wrote:
I was hoping for chocolate rain.
 
Is that a synonym for a hot carl?
Ick.

I was hoping for chocolate rain.
I watched Pappa John do his stuff in Washington DC around 1967 .. amazing to say the least. RIP Pappa John Creech!
Wow, Hot Tuna! That brought back memories. Used to be a D.J. and played this music out of a college radio station in the 70's. Yeah you whipper snappers we had music back then ;)
Violinist Papa John Creach first came to the notice of rock fans when he joined Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off group, Hot Tuna, in 1970. By that time, he was already in his early fifties, a veteran of jazz and blues associations, while his fellow bandmembers were still approaching 30. Nevertheless, using an electrified violin, Creach added a new psychedelic edge to the Airplane in its final days. The band split in 1972, by which time Creach had begun to release solo albums on its custom label, Grunt. The Airplane was reorganized and relaunched as Jefferson Starship, and Creach was with it through its million-selling Red Octopus album in 1975. He continued to make solo albums through 1992, when he released Papa Blues. Papa John Creach died of heart failure in 1994 at the age of 76. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Shesdifferent wrote:
Yuck!
Yeah... (shudders)
pkimbrel wrote:
I had a buddy in college who had his own special recipe. He'd mix up a can of tuna and baked beans and nuke it for about 2 minutes.
My brother used to do the same with a can of mackerel in tomato sauce and sliced banana.
I had a buddy in college who had his own special recipe. He'd mix up a can of tuna and baked beans and nuke it for about 2 minutes. Horrific smell. He's married. His recipe is dead.
Who can? Candy man can!
Jack takes a walk!
ce wrote:
First I noticed the nice string of similarly styled songs and then I saw the titles. Nice:
I was just coming in to comment on this exact same set... hilarious, IMO! What a train of thought... 12:46 pm - Hot Tuna - Candy Man 12:42 pm - Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus 12:37 pm - Over the Rhine - Jesus In New Orleans 12:35 pm - Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans
Shesdifferent wrote:
Yuck!
I second that!!!
Very hot (tuna)! Haven't heard this song in years. Thanks for getting my toes tapping Bill.
First I noticed the nice string of similarly styled songs and then I saw the titles. Nice:
2:56 am - Hot Tuna - Candy Man 2:52 am - Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus 2:47 am - Over the Rhine - Jesus In New Orleans 2:45 am - Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans
Does anybody know...if that's Papa John Creach on the fiddle?
Jorma is a disciple of Reverend Gary Davis. Back in the day I spent hundreds and hundreds of hours learning to fingerpick listening to this album and the first Hot Tuna album. I learned to soldier through most of them but, unfortunately, lacked the talent to give them the feeling of Jorma and Jack. Or, for the matter of that, Reverend Davis. Btw, my favorite tune from this album is "Been So Long."
Why'd it take so long to dust off this gem? Where has the Candy Man gone?
I guess you didn't like it Shesdifferent wrote:
Yuck!
Yuck!
Hot F'n Tuna!
Hot dog!! It\'s Hot Tuna. Gotta love it.
Excellent! \" Peidmont\" style flatpickin\'. Excellent!!
An absolute gem. For anyone who gives a hoot about real picking and American musical tradition, this old warhorse is it. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casaday played against each other like they were cosmically linked. Jorma\'s playing and singing (and teaching workshops) continue to seed this legacy. Wish I\'se down in New Orleans, just sittin on a candy stand. :D