Bud Isaac's Skokiaan

Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

Here's a different kind of steel tune. Skokiaan was written by Zimbabwean musician August Musarurwa. Skokiaan refers to an illegal self-made alcoholic beverage typically brewed over one day. Within a year of its 1954 release in South Africa, at least 19 cover versions of "Skokiaan" appeared. Here's Bud Issacs version:

https://archive.org/details/78_skokiaan_bud-isaacs-and-his-cryin-steel-guitar-august-msarargwa_gbia0396289a/_78_skokiaan_bud-isaacs-and-his-cryin-steel-guitar-august-msarargwa_gbia0396289a_02_2.3_CT_EQ.flac

I also dig this steel-less Calypso version:

https://archive.org/details/78_skokiaan_alix-combelle-et-son-grand-orchestre-a-msarurgwa_gbia0428822b
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Joe Goldmark · From: San Francisco, CA 94131

Always liked that tune, in fact Jim Campilongo and I cut a copycat version just because we dug it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JARmhq2KUs

Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

I had forgotten that one Joe. Well done!
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Levi Gemmell · From: New Zealand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tylkdu4dpA0

Non-pedal, but a great "surfin' steel" rendition recorded here in Auckland, New Zealand in 1965.

Maurice Chan can be seen playing an early Fender 1000 in the photo below, and I imagine that's what he used to record this. He went on to play in a prominent local band called the Sounds Unlimited in 1966.

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Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

Thanks, Levi. Cool version!
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Richard Argus · From: Perth, Western Australia,

Josh Graves did a great version (Lloyd Green in there as well)

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