From 1965 to 1972, Jack Casady stretched the art and technology of the electric bass faster and farther than anyone ever had before. Casady revolutionized the instrument and helped to create the 'San ...

Jack Casady, the iconic 1960s bassist, is a fairly shy guy. He has been the quiet partner in crime for five decades with the more effervescent Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Epiphone has unveiled a new signature bass guitar for Jack Casady, the legendary co-founder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.

In Part One of our interview with Jack Casady, we covered some of the teaching techniques he uses at Fur Peace Ranch workshops. Here the great bassist, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award from ...

Think for a moment about rock music’s preeminent bass players. John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, and John Paul Jones come to mind as the crème de la crème. But what of Jack Casady? One of the most talented ...

Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen started playing music together when they were teenagers growing up in Washington, D.C. Though there have been some interruptions along the way, they've really never ...

Bassist extraordinaire Jack Casady spent most of last year commemorating the 50th anniversary of his blues band (and Jefferson Airplane side project) Hot Tuna. “Yeah, you noticed,” he laughs. Lucky ...

Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen—one of rock’s most enduring and legendary guitar-and-bass duos—chat with Premier Guitar about beer bellies vs. rosewood guitar backs, active preamps vs. passive bass ...

Hot Tuna's Live at Sweetwater/Live at Sweetwater 2/Live in Japan (Mercury Studios, 2004) reaffirms the fluidity of personnel that's marked the veteran ensemble throughout its over fifty-year career.