Album · Hot Tuna
Burgers by Hot Tuna
Burgers is an album by Hot Tuna, released in 1972. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Water Song”, on 3 lists with a best position of #597.
Burgers, Hot Tuna's third album, came out on Grunt in February 1972, and after two live records it was the Jefferson Airplane offshoot's first trip into the studio. Jorma Kaukonen produced it and sang and played guitar, with Jack Casady on bass, Sammy Piazza on drums and percussion, and fellow Airplane man Papa John Creach in the fold.
It's loose, woody folk-rock with the blues simmering underneath, the sound of a band playing for the pleasure of the groove rather than the crowd. Kaukonen's guitar and Casady's rumbling, melodic bass lock together like old friends swapping stories, and the 2 instrumentals written for the album, "Water Song" and "Sunny Day Strut", let them stretch out. Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums later placed it at number 748. The Phosphorescent Rat came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Burgers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Song | 3 | #597 | – | 2004–2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.