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Topic: Honolulu Rock And Rolla-----Ethel Nakada (1958) |
Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 29 Oct 2015 4:53 pm |
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Honolulu Rock And Rolla-----Ethel Nakada (1958)
This is my favorite tune By Ethel Nakada.
Jules Ah See does some fancy, Jazzy playing on this tune. I think Jules may be using the B-11 tuning here?
Very sophisticated steel playing for 1958.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJTpdSM1ItQ
(audio only)
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 29 Oct 2015 5:58 pm
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Thanks for that link, Roger.
She did a great version of Kaimana Hila as well.
How is it known that Jules is the steel player? |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 29 Oct 2015 11:43 pm
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I cannot think of a good enough superlative. Thanks for posting. Dig that crazy sound!
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 30 Oct 2015 3:42 am
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| I love this. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 30 Oct 2015 4:37 am
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Unmistakably Jules!
C13 for the intro and outro, E13 for the solo. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 7:05 am
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Awesome. Swinging!
Honolulu Rock and Roll. What a mine field for a native Japanese speaker to have to wade through.
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Bill Wynne
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2015 12:43 pm
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We know that is Jules not only because his style is unmistakable, but because the original liner notes indicate that the album was made in Honolulu with the Hawaii Calls orchestra including many of its members of that era - Jimmy Kaopuiki, Sonny Kamahele, Pua Almeida, Sonny Nicholas - arranged and directed by Benny Kalama. Twelve songs - every one of them as good as this one. (The album the YouTube poster references is some compilation album from decades later.)
There is a similar album from a few years later with the same personnel but with Tennessee Ernie Ford singing and Barney Isaacs on steel.
By the way, the song is obviously not Hawaiian. It was written for Eartha Kitt.
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2015 1:09 pm
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| That steel playing is da bomb! And not easy to replicate by a longshot (I tried and failed miserably...) |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 3 Nov 2015 11:59 am Another player..........
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| A musician named KABASHI also did some work on the islands. |
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Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 4 Nov 2015 9:28 am
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I hear some "Teddy Bear" in there, definitely some Hawaiian War Chant, and I think it sounds like Jules was familiar with Bill Haley...it has that sort of feel. Even thought it's a bit of a pastiche, I think he does a good job with it. I hear a subtle but real transition from swing to rock.
It reminds me of this song which take the same chordal approach, but with a swing rhythm: Andy Cummings and His Hawaiian Serenaders
Get Hep To Swing |
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 4 Nov 2015 3:01 pm
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It is interesting that Presley's Rock-A-Hula Baby did not come out before 1961. It certainly feels as if it was influenced by Honolulu Rock and Roll-a.
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 4 Nov 2015 3:40 pm
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https://www.google.com/search?q=honolulu+rock+roll+site:youtube.com
Follow the above link to a bunch of versions of the song. Some recent, some from 1956 when it first appeared.
The Mena Moeria Minstrels with Rudy Wairata on steel do a killer version. He was fantastic.
Not sure if the Les Paul and Mary Ford version is in the above link, but they did it too.
It must have made some noise at the time as hillbillies were doing it at the Big D Jamboree in Dallas in April 1956. I'd guess Joe Poovey heard Moon Mullican's version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LpdZo3nUD8
Here's another very similar song that is highly reminiscent of Bill Haley's band. I think this guy is from New Zealand or Australia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA1kH7OsN4A |
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