My brother, Jack, mentioned this guitarist in the comments of my last post. Liking the name, but not knowing who the hell he was, I went to see if I could find him on YouTube. There’s quite a few videos of his performances to watch, but here’s one for you:

I also looked Jorma Kaukonen up in Wikipedia. I didn’t know he was the founder of Jefferson Airplane. Here’s a bit from Wiki:

Kaukonen learned to play guitar as a teenager in Washington, D.C. But before moving to the DC area, Jorma and family lived in the Philippines as a “brat” as he followed his father’s career from assignment to assignment before returning to the place of his birth. But it was in DC that he and future Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady formed a band named The Triumphs. He departed Washington for studies at Antioch College where friend Ian Buchanan taught him fingerstyle guitar playing. Buchanan also introduced Kaukonen to the music of Reverend Gary Davis, whose songs have remained important parts of Kaukonen’s repertoire up to the present.

You can also visit his website. He’s still alive and well and rockin’ on. Go get some culture.