Effective period / Period of releases: 1970 - 2014

Members: Skoota Warner, Joey Covington, Sammy Piazza, Nick Buck, Papa John Creach, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Bob Steeler, Pete Sears, Greg Douglass, Barry Mitterhoff, Michael Falzarano, Shigemi Komiyama, Willow Scarlett

Founding members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen started Hot Tuna as a Jefferson Airplane side project in 1969, when Grace Slick was recovering from throat node surgery that had left her unable to perform. They made up a trio with the harmonica player Willow Scarlett. For early performances, Paul Kantner and the drummer Joey Covington joined in. In the 1970s, Hot Tuna became a full-time band, and the style became more rock oriented. For their second LP, fiddler Papa John Creach and drummer Sammy Piazza joined the band. Later, the band changed to a power trio with Bob Steeler on drums.