Peter Kaukonen (born Benson Lee Kaukonen on September 23, 1945) is an American guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the younger brother of Jorma Kaukonen from Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Peter Kaukonen has played, toured, and recorded with Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, Johnny Winter, Link Wray, Terry Allen, Ruthann Friedman (author of "Windy"), as well as his own band, Black Kangaroo.
Kaukonen plays both acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric bass, mandolin, bouzouki, lap steel guitar and piano. His influences are Chicago and Delta
blues, fingerpicking guitar,
New Age-style acoustic music,
rock and roll,
jazz and classical music.
Kaukonen's songwriting spans 40 years—from early power trio songs written for Black Kangaroo and covered by Jefferson Airplane to
instrumental compositions. He attended Stanford University.
Tracks:-------
01. Up Or Down - 3:49
02. Postcard - 5:20
03. What We All Know And Love - 4:48
04. Billy’s Tune - 4:56
05. Barking Dog
Blues - 4:05
06. Dynamo Snackbar - 3:56
07. Prisoner - 4:56
08. That’s A Good Question - 5:10
Bonus Tracks:09. Solid To The Ground - 3:32
10. Solitary Confinement - 2:32
11. Unsatisfaction Sex - 3:46
12. Up Or Down - 4:37
13. Kangaroo Kommercial - 0:33
Personnel:---------
Peter Kaukonen - guitars, bass, mandolin, keyboards, conception, director, producer
Larry Weisberg - bass (01,02)
Shelley Silverman - drums (01,02)
Nick Buck - organ (02), piano (02)
Mark Ryan - bass (03)
Joey Covington - drums (03,04,06,07), backing vocals (07)
Diane Earl - backing vocals (07)
Peter Marshall - bass (08)
Terry Adams - cello (08)
Jaime “Houndhead” Howell - producer
Originally released in 1972 on Grunt Records.
Track 9 to 12 recorded at Kangarecords, Mill Valley, CA, in 1978.
All thanks to original releaser