Jorma and Vanessa Kaukonen

Co-Founder, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna and Fur Peach Ranch

In a career that has already spanned a half-century, Jorma Kaukonen has been one of the most highly respected interpreters of American roots music, blues, and rock. A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a Grammy recipient, Jorma was at the forefront of popular rock and roll, one of the founders of the San Francisco sound and a progenitor of Psychedelic Rock. He is a founding member of two legendary bands, Jefferson Airplane and the still-touring Hot Tuna. Jorma Kaukonen is a music legend and one of the finest singer-songwriters in his field. He continues to tour the world bringing his unique styling to old blues tunes while presenting new songs of weight and dimension. His secret is in playing spontaneous and unfiltered music, with an individual expression of personality. In 2016, Jorma, Jack Casady and the other members of Jefferson Airplane were awarded The GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award for their contributions to American music.

Vanessa Kaukonen is a visionary leader with heart. Along with her husband, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted guitar player, Jorma Kaukonen and the excellent staff of the Fur Peace Ranch, she has realized a unique and successful concept in music and performing arts education. She has provided an experience for her clients that is incomparable to any other music camp and has encouraged them to attend multiple weekend workshops since 1998. Access to the best musicians/instructors in the business in the relaxed, yet highly-focused environment of the ranch has helped to make her clients better musicians and music instructors.