Pair a Dice Found

Pair a Dice Found
Studio album by Hot Tuna
Released	November 2, 1990
Genre	Blues-rock
Label	Epic
Producer	Jorma Kaukonen
Hot Tuna chronology
Historic Live Tuna (1985) Pair a Dice Found (1990) Live at Sweetwater (1992) Singles from Pair a Dice Found "Eve of Destruction" Released: November 26, 1990

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Pair a Dice Found is an album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna. Released in 1990, it was their first studio album since Hoppkorv in 1976. It was their only album recorded for Epic Records. Hot Tuna had contracted with Epic shortly after Jefferson Airplane had signed with the same record label and released the Jefferson Airplane reunion album.

Track listing

1. "It's Alright With Me" (Jorma Kaukonen)
2. "Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison)
3. "Urban Moon" (Randall Bramblett)
4. "Eve of Destruction" (P. F. Sloan)
5. "AK-47" (Michael Falzarano)
6. "Shot in the Act" (Scott Mathews, Ron Nagle)
7. "Brand New Toy" (Falzarano)
8. "To Be With You" (Falzarano)
9. "Flying in the Face of Mr. Blue" (Bramblett, Davis Causey, Bucky Jones)
10. "Love Gone Flat" (Falzarano)
11. "Bulletproof Vest" (Falzarano)
12. "Ken Takes a Lude" (Kaukonen)
13. "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller)
14. "Happy Turtle Song" (Kaukonen)

Personnel

• Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, lead guitars, rhythm guitars, lap steel guitar, dobro
• Jack Casady – bass, 4-string guitar, 5-string guitar, fretless guitar, background vocals
• Michael Falzarano – rhythm guitar
• Harvey Sorgen – drums
• Galen Underwood – keyboards, background vocals, rhythm guitar on "Urban Moon", "Shot in the Act", and "Flying in the Face of Mr. Blue", sequenced percussion on "Urban Moon"

Additional personnel

• Rick Danko – background vocals on "Parchman Farm" and "Eve of Destruction"
• The Phantoms (Charlie Staxx, Joe Veillette, Jane Veillette) – background vocals on "Urban Moon", "Brand New Toy", "To Be With You", and "Flying in the Face of Mr. Blue"
• Vanessa Lillian, Ginger Lee, Rick Sanchez – background vocals on "Bulletproof Vest"

Production

• Jorma Kaukonen – producer
• Rick Sanchez – co-producer, engineer, mixdown at Beartracks
• Michael Caplan – executive producer
• Harvey Leeds – executive producer
• Galen Underwood – production assistance
• Ira Wilkes – production coordination
• Harvey Sorgen – second engineer at Dreamland
• John Yates – second engineer at Dreamland
• Doug Rose – second engineer
• Carl Studna – cover photo
• Vanessa Lillian – art direction
• Howard Fritzson – design

References

1. Pair a Dice Found on Rolling Stone
2. Pair a Dice Found on deaddisc.com
3. Bashe, Patricia Romanowski; George-Warren, Holly; Pareles, Jon (1995). The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll. Fireside. p. 447. ISBN 0-684-81044-1.
4. Fenton, Craig (2006). Take Me to a Circus Tent: The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual. Infinity Publishing. p. 390. ISBN 0-7414-3656-6.
5. Tamarkin, Jeff (2003). Got a Revolution! The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane. Atria. pp. 356–357. ISBN 0-671-03403-0.
6. Prown, Pete (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar. Hal Leonard. p. 55. ISBN 0-7935-4042-9.
7. Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to More than 1200 Artists and Bands (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. p. 507. ISBN 1-84353-105-4.

Notes

1. Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Pair a Dice Found - Hot Tuna | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.