A LIFE IN PICTURES

Jorma’s journey: Kaukonen takes off.

1 Badges of honour: young scout Jorma keeps his eyes peeled for danger. 2 “I’d never met anybody like that”: Jorma accompanies Janis Joplin, 1962. “She took her place in the universe as a blues singer seriously.” 3 Cover stars: Jefferson Airplane become the faces of the new Californian rock, Life magazine, June 1968. 4 Airplane, circa 1970 (from left) Marty Balin, Jack Casady, Paul Kantner, Jorma, Grace Slick, Spencer Dryden. 5 Hot Tuna, 1972: (from left) Casady, Papa John Creach, Kaukonen, Sammy Piazza. 6 The Chet Baker years: Jorma at the Automatt studios, San Francisco, June 1980. 7 “Grace was a maverick. She had no verbal boundaries whatsoever” Jorma gets a grip on Slick. 8 “We’re not telepathic, but we read each other well”: childhood friends Casady and (right) Kaukonen, their Hot Tuna is still tasty…

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