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Topic: Dwight Tokumoto....Blue Hawaiian Moonlight |
Norman Markowitz
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Santa Cruz, California
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Posted 25 Dec 2016 6:43 pm |
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We were in Hilo a couple of weeks ago and had the good fortune to see Diana Aki and along with her was Dwight Tokumoto. He has a beautiful tone on his Rick frypan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foYjmdB5b74 |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 25 Dec 2016 10:39 pm
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| Those Rickenbackers can't be beat at getting the authentic Hawaiian sound and Dwight brings out the best in it with a nice arrangement of Blue Hawaiian Moonlight. |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 26 Dec 2016 12:41 am
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I am a Big new fan! I have my tail between my legs that I'm saying "new".
Beautiful touch and guitar.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 26 Dec 2016 12:56 pm
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Nice to see the Milkman amp up there, too!
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 26 Dec 2016 1:05 pm
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That was superb, as are the other videos of the same show.
Thanks |
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Norman Markowitz
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Santa Cruz, California
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 26 Dec 2016 2:33 pm
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| She's great too! |
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Norman Markowitz
From:
Santa Cruz, California
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Posted 26 Dec 2016 2:45 pm
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| She is a legend of Hawaiian music. |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2016 12:45 pm
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What a nice touch and tone he has! His vibrato is very Byrd-like. The world needs more of this.  |
I agree. That was beautiful. Too bad the audience wasn't paying attention. I think I heard one person clap. |
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 27 Dec 2016 12:54 pm
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Very nice, indeed. And a great shirt too.
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Norman Markowitz
From:
Santa Cruz, California
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Posted 27 Dec 2016 3:24 pm
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Hi Bill, hope you are doing well.
There wasn't really an audience per se. They were providing entertainment at a big Christmas Holiday crafts fair at the convention center in Hilo, Hawai'i. Denise and I were in Hilo on vacation. I heard that there were going to be entertainers at the craft fair so I brought my camera and a monopod. They had three wooden benches set up in front of the stage enough for about 9 people. Everybody else was wandering the aisles shopping. They had the music on loudspeakers so it filled the huge space. It was like Hawaiian background music for Christmas shopping. Super fun!
One of the entertainers that came on later in the evening looked at us on the benches and referred to us as having tickets for the "Ace Hardware Seats". |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 31 Dec 2016 9:15 am
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That was wonderful !!! Could listen to him all day long.
thanks for posting that.
Doug, I agree with you...I was at an event once where a classical guitar player did "recuerdos de la alhambra", and at the end a guy sitting there said that was pretty good, but can you play the "Wildwood Flower" ??!! Goes right along with what you were saying, Doug.
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 5 Jan 2017 4:14 am
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I had heard that player's name before, but had never heard his playing. I'm blown away with how great he plays ! Very smooth !! 
Like said, I could listen to him all day !! |
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Jim Mckay
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 5 Jan 2017 12:04 pm
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Dwight played at the 2016 Maui Steel Guitar festival which I attended last April, and like everyone here I was very impressed.
Go to "Maui Steel Guitar Festival" and click on "Gallery" then click on "Youtube channel" and scroll down.
Dwight was a featured player with the Pros.
Lot of background noise with those videos but you won't be disappointed with Dwight's playing, that beautiful sound still comes through.
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