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Topic: Lovey Lui - live at the Waikiki Shell '73 |
Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2012 3:13 pm |
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Here's some extremely rare audio from a scarcely heard steeler from the last of the golden years of Hawaiian steel guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q8klCWi950
I'm sure the YT poster, Ronald Vaughn, stops by this forum on occassion, let's hope he adds his comments on this new treasure he's graciously provided.
I have some more Lovey Lui from a different '73 show, of higher sound quality, that I hope to put up asap. She really had her own style and obviously was a fine singer as well. Talent! |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 5 Jan 2012 8:06 pm
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Wow! Great historical find, Ron. I'll be looking forward to hearing your tracks of Lovey. Here is the only photo I have seen of her.
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Jan 2012 1:35 pm
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She does have the old-timey style...  |
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Norman Markowitz
From:
Santa Cruz, California
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Posted 6 Jan 2012 4:41 pm
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| She was part of The Richard Kauhi Quartette. Listed as a vocalist. |
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Bill Wynne
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 10:11 am
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| She was part of The Richard Kauhi Quartette. Listed as a vocalist. |
Actually, she wasn't. Lovey recorded one tune with Richard Kauhi Quartette - "When Your Lips Are Pressed To Mine" - and it was part of a trade. Richard wanted to record Lovey's composition "Haunani Mine." Lovey would agree only on the condition that she be allowed to record a vocal with Kauhi's group on one of her favorite tunes.
Lovey Lui was the steeler on most* of the recordings by Pauline Kekahuna and Her Hauoli Girls on the Waikiki Records label. (*The other steeler on sides by this group was Joe Custino.)
I may be rare, but I model much of my Hawaiian style playing after Lovey and Joe - both very much under-rated players, both focusing more on a chord-melody style than the single-string.
Nobody is yet able to tell me what tuning Lovey played to get the growling bass notes she got on most of her work with Auntie Pauline.
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 1:02 pm
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Great info, Bill. Copy and Paste to archive.
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