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Topic: Mauna Kea aka White Mountain |
Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 15 Aug 2015 9:51 pm |
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Mauna Kea · Sung by Hawaii's Falsetto King-- George Kainapau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_DZ9JWhcr0
I Believe The Steel Guitar Player is Jules Ah See.
Derek Mau Can Tell Us Who The Steel Guitar Player is. 
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 15 Aug 2015 11:02 pm
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The steel guitarist is David Keli‘i.
The tuning sounds to me like a 6-string E13, high to low:
E
C#
B
G#
E
D |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 15 Aug 2015 11:09 pm
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| On second though, I think the tuning more likely has the C# on top with a low E bass note below the D. This would be an easy one string tune-down from the old E7 which David used extensively. |
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 16 Aug 2015 11:00 am
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| This solo has haunted me since I first heard it years ago on that Cord comp. I finally figured out it was David Keli'i as Jeff said, but only after some sleuthing and a lot more listening. I should have just asked! It wasn't apparent to me since it's slow, and didn't (to my ear) have his signature licks all over it, but the tone and style is still there. It's still one of my favorite breaks. Just gorgeous. |
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 16 Aug 2015 1:48 pm
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Just so you know the Internet is not International, that video is blocked here in northern Australia. This problem shows up often with Youtube. Fortunately, I have the Cord compilation Legends of Falsetto which is one of my all-time favourites. Michael Cord's contribution to the preservation of Hawaiian music was almost without peer. Vale MC.
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Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother. |
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George Macdonald
From:
Vancouver Island BC Canada
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Posted 16 Aug 2015 2:55 pm
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| Apparently not available in Canada either. |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2015 1:35 pm
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Eh Jeff! I'm working on this mele with Alan Akaka. Very beautiful!
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Jack Aldrich
Carter & ShoBud D10's
D8 & T8 Stringmaster
Rickenbacher B6
3 Resonator guitars
Asher Alan Akaka Special SN 6
Canopus D8 |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Aug 2015 8:03 pm
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| Not to detract from David K, but Jerry Byrd has a nice version of that tune.... |
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