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Topic: Vintage Hawaii Steel Guitar - Alan Akaka with Jeff AuHoy |
Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 11 Mar 2009 11:44 am |
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Alan Akaka plays Hawaiian steel guitar – You get some classic Hawaiian steel playing with vamps, some violin effect, and harmonics. He is playing a Canopus Laptop Steel guitar YL-8S/ 8 Strings
Pomaika’i Keawe Lyman - Granddaughter of Genoa Keawe – carries on the tradition of her grandmother with the same style of singing. This singing style is a classic way that Hawaiian females vocalize,i.e. falsetto with yodeling
Gary Aiko is the son of Genoa Keawe, who sings with a very mellow voice and plays the bass guitar.
Jeff AuHoy on the rhythm guitar is playing all of those nice juicy chords for Pomaika'i.
Take a listen to some mellow Hawaiian music to soothe those tensions.
Vintage Hawaiian Steel with Vocal
Aloha, 
Don |
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Roy Thomson
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 11 Mar 2009 12:46 pm
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That is really "NICE" Don.
It is on my "To Play Again List".
Much talent there.
Gary Aiko played with Jerry Byrd on some
of his videos.
Alan's playing is true Hawaiian and the
Canapus looks and sounds great!
Thanks for posting this.
Roy
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 11 Mar 2009 12:59 pm
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Very nice, thanks for posting that link. I have such a soft spot in my heart for that music.
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2009 2:39 pm
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| That was truly beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing that with us Don. |
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Ulric Utsi-Åhlin
From:
Sweden
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 1:41 am
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Ship Au Hoy,that´s nice...I love Hawaiian Guitar &
Hawaiian Music...I don´t know very much of the history of it,and I can´t drop names of the idiom´s
innovators,but I encountered the sound of Hawaiian
Guitar early on,and it´s become more of a state of mind for me,triangulated between music,romanticism
& psychedelia...sweet...McUtsi |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 2:14 am
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Yes, that was really nice. I hadn't heard the grand daughter for a few years, and she really does a fine job. The back-up couldn't get much better. Gary is likely the best male singer in Hawaii right now. As usual, Alan plays beautiful.
Thanks Don  |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 4:14 am
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| She has impeccable intonation and tone and Alan's typical mastery of the style is evident. A very lovely piece. |
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Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 8:24 am
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Andy says of Pomaika'i
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| She has impeccable intonation and tone |
A little later in the video clip she sings the classic Hawaiian song, "Alika," which Genoa made famous. I believe that Pomaika'i tops here grandmother.
All of the steel guitarists going to the HSGA convention in Honolulu on April 28-30 will be able to hear this group at the Marriott. What a treat!! 
Aloha,
Don |
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 4:18 pm
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| The Steel Guitar looks like a vintage Gibson lap steel from the 40's. However I don't remember any having 8 strings. I wonder what kind of an amp he is using. Great tone and technique, a true replica of the early Hawaiian player sound. Reminds me of taking lessons in Los Angeles in 1943 from George Kaahiki. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 6:40 pm
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I hadn't seen a Canopus guitar with that style. It does look like an EH type Gibson though.
Of course Alan can make any guitar sound great!! |
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 7:04 pm
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Just beautiful all around. I love Hawaiian falsetto.
here's the guitar:
Japanese made Canopus YL8-S
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 10:58 pm
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Thanks Scott for posting the picture to clarify for Billy that it is indeed a Canopus rather than a Gibson.
If you take a look at the Canopus guitars at their website, one can see that they modeled most of their guitars to look Gibson and Fender-like.
Aloha,
Don
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