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Topic: 1975 article on David Kelii written by Jerry Byrd |
Andy Volk
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Jim Mckay
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New Zealand
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Posted 26 May 2020 12:32 pm |
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Great post Andy. Is the any CD remakes of the solo album that Jerry talked about of David Kelii?
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Andy Volk
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Posted 26 May 2020 1:03 pm
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I don't think so. Years ago, Basil Henriques linked to a download but haven't been able to find it.
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Nic Neufeld
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Posted 26 May 2020 3:28 pm
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There's a couple used copies on discogs...condition unknown of course...
https://www.discogs.com/David-Kelii-Hawaiis-Own-The-Supreme-Genius-Of-The-Steel-Guitar/release/5109871
David Kelii is someone, as a relative newcomer to the steel, that I've heard a lot -about- but not so much -of-. Most of the Hawaii Calls I have heard was after he left (leaving Jules in the top spot there). But I've heard his praises sung rather a lot (not least from my kumu Alan Akaka).
Jeff Au Hoy said he was probably the steeler on this George Kainapau album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blgmxg5q-Fw
That II V I vamp that he opens it with, on E Mama E, I've always heard that as a "Jules" cliche, but it seems Jules may have learned a few tricks from David! 
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Andy Volk
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Posted 26 May 2020 4:00 pm
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Keli'i is on some of the records you can hear on YouTube by Al "Kealoha" Perry & his Singing Surfriders. This was in his early career.
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 26 May 2020 5:24 pm
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Here's a list of a bunch of David's recordings---the ones I've kept.
Most of this is early 1950s on back.
As I recall, the 4 in the middle under his own name are from the Maple LP.
You should be able to find the "Akoni Lani" LP easily online.
You should be able to get a bunch of the Bell label stuff at:
https://archive.org/details/georgeblood
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Michael Greer
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted 27 May 2020 3:35 pm
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Andy
Thanks for posting...interested in David Kelii history.
I read somewhere that he spent some time in Las Vegas.
This guitar must have been left behind in Las Vegas as it surfaced in a pawn shop there a few years back.
If anyone recalls seeing David in Las Vegas would love if they could share.
This guitar is a double 6
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Nic Neufeld
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Posted 27 May 2020 4:05 pm
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That's the same one in the old reverb listing I showed above...I wonder who got it...hopefully someone who appreciates the history!
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David Matzenik
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Posted 27 May 2020 5:14 pm
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David Keli'i and Nalani Kele at the Conrad Hilton, Las Vegas, 1967. Got his foot on the VP.
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Mitch Drumm
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Posted 27 May 2020 6:38 pm
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The color group pic below is from the Stardust hotel in Las Vegas.
I assume it's the Koa guitar that we hear on some of the 1940s Hawaii Calls broadcasts. Maybe the National as well.
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Mike Anderson
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