Westhampton Beach - Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady are joined by Charlie Musselwhite and Jim Lauderdale to perform both the acoustic and electric programs of Hot Tuna Blues at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Sunday, January 30 at 8 p.m. in the Mollie Parnis Auditorium.

From their days playing together as teenagers to their current acoustic and electric blues, probably no one has more consistently led American music for the last 50 years than Kaukonen and Jack Casady - the founders and continuing core members of Hot Tuna. Kaukonen and Casady were friends and band mates in high school. When Kaukonen co-founded Jefferson Airplane, the iconic psychedelic band of the late 1960s, he invited Jack to join. The Kaukonen-Casady duo created much of the Jefferson Airplane's signature sound, and Kaukonen's lead and fingerstyle guitar playing characterizes some of the band's most memorable tracks. From their jam sessions, Hot Tuna was born, and the group has toured and recorded steadily since then for forty years.

Kaukonen and Casady will be joined throughout by two other legends: blues harmonica player Musselwhite and bluegrass master guitarist/songwriter Lauderdale.

With six Grammy nominations and 18 W.C. Handy Awards to his credit, Musselwhite is firmly entrenched in musical history. Called "the world's greatest living blues harmonica player" by New York Press Charlie has collaborated with Eddie Vedder, Tom Waits, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Gov't Mule, INXS, Mickey Hart, George Thorogood and personal friend and best man at his wedding, John Lee Hooker. Charlie's newest CD, "Rough Dried: Live at the Triple Door," is his first live album in 23 years.

Two-time Grammy-winner Lauderdale is one of the premiere Americana and Bluegrass artists in music today. He has hosted the Americana Awards for six straight years since 2002, when he was winner for the Americana Artist of the Year and the Song of The Year. 2002 also brought his first Grammy Award for "Lost in the Lonesome Pines" with Ralph Stanley.

Tickets are $85, $70, $55. You can purchase tickets online at www.whbpac.org, by phone at 631-288-1500, or by visiting 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach.