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Topic: King Bennie Nawahi |
James Hartman
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 29 Mar 2012 9:05 am |
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He does with me. I love King Bennie and have always called him one of my favorites.
I used to perform Tickling the Strings with a band years ago and it was a blast.
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Kevin Brown
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Posted 29 Mar 2012 9:07 am
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| Me too, he's up there with Sol and many others, long time fan here, i tried to learn some of his licks on slide guitar before I switched to lap, bloomin nightmare !! |
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James Hartman
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2012 9:16 am
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| Well, hopefully I've exaggerated his obscurity. I have a vinyl copy of the King Bennie compilation Yazoo released. Fun stuff! |
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Les Cook
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Derbyshire, UK
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Posted 29 Mar 2012 12:26 pm
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Bennie was the greatest for me ![/img] |
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Tim Tweedale
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Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Posted 1 Apr 2012 10:07 am
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| Benny's one of my favourites too. I love "Honolulu Bound". Any titles in particular you'd recommend, Mike? Songs or albums? |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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James Hartman
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2012 12:32 pm
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Great stuff. I haven't spent a whole lot of time trying to play these tunes (as yet). The ones I've fooled around with seem to fall nicely in an A6 tuning. |
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Kev Conlon
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Leeds, England
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Posted 29 Jun 2013 5:29 am
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Having a revisit to Tickling The Strings...
Think Benny used High A Bass...and played in F...!!?
Any comments...or even Tab out there!!? |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 29 Jun 2013 6:00 am
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No question Bennie was a terrific player who deserves to be better remembered. I can't quite put my finger on it but his playing, for me, doesn't have the timelessness of Sol's. maybe it's his material or that 20's hokum vibe - don't know. If I recall, he suddenly went blind while driving his car. Sad.
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Kev Conlon
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Leeds, England
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Posted 29 Jun 2013 6:16 am
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| Kev Conlon wrote: |
Having a revisit to Tickling The Strings...
Think Benny used High A Bass...and played in F...!!?
Any comments...or even Tab out there!!? |
....just thought I'd try again..  |
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Bill Leach
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Cheshire, england
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Posted 29 Jun 2013 12:04 pm
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Hi Kev,
Stacey Phillips has tab for this one in his book "the art of Hawaiian Steel guitar", though it's not exactly how Bennie Nawahi played it.
I tried to work it out a while ago but was stumped by some of the low string parts. The only way I could figure it out is if he was playing a 7 string guitar in B tuning. 7 string guitars certainly weren't uncommon at the time.
It's usually stated that he was playing it on a National Triolian, but I'm not convinced this is the case.
I'd be interested if anyone knows for sure. |
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