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Topic: Looking for newer high bass A albums |
Lloyd Graves
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New York, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2024 7:15 am |
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For reasons of variety and to reduce the amount of pops and crackles in my ears (from digitized 78s), I am looking to expand my Hawaiian music collection with recordings of "younger" artists - preferably people that play in high bass A. I prefer digitized versions of albums when possible.
There are two albums I cannot find copies of:
- The Emersons (I've tried the contacting both brothers on Facebook but got no answers)
- Ken and Bob, Escape to Jazz Island - I found one cd
If anyone knows where to buy these digitally, I would greatly appreciate any information.
FYI, my list includes Sebastian Mueller, the Hollywaiians, The Hula Bluebirds, Wheatley's Arcadians, the Boblo Islanders, and the Moonlighters. Are there others I should know about, and if so, where would I find them?
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Joe Cook
From:
Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 7 Apr 2024 5:07 pm
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| Those are all great, Lloyd! I love this music and would also like to hear more. There are some very talented players out there in the world! I'm particularly interested in high bass A as well. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Michael Miller
From:
Virginia
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Posted 8 Apr 2024 1:49 pm
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| I believe Brother Oswald played a high A tuning. He started out on lap steel and his solo work shows hawaiian and jazz influences. |
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Sebastian Müller
From:
Berlin / Germany
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Posted 9 Apr 2024 11:53 pm
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Hey Lloyd,
most of the stuff you mentioned is actually not A Hibass, it is either G (Low or Hibass) or C#minor in the case of the Mike Neer with the Moonlighters I guess. But who cares, A and G sound pretty similar.
Ken Emerson is using G Lowbass primarily , you can find many albums of him on Spotify. I am pretty sure you also have the Cheap Suit Serenaders on your radar , or ?
Aloha
Sebastian
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https://hawaiian-steel-guitar.com |
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Michael Miller
From:
Virginia
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Posted 10 Apr 2024 1:09 pm
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| And don't forget Bob Dunn. |
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Lloyd Graves
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 27 May 2024 1:49 pm
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I was at the Black Creek Fiddler's Reunion (old time fiddle times, mostly) this weekend and took my metal bodied Dobro (in high bass A) to a swing jam. I don't think I made an ass of myself, but that's not really the point.
I met a great fiddler, named Rafe Woman, who plays in the Slide Grinders, featuring a bunch of Hawaiian steel guitar. Most of what they play are old country and Cajun tunes, with one trad Hawaiian piece. Here's their Bandcamp page: https://slidegrinders.bandcamp.com/album/slide-grinders |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 27 May 2024 4:32 pm
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Me and my band are working on a new project. Maybe we will record something before the end of the year. I started the project on Tricone and the switch to my Gibson because I got bade experience with sound man but we experimented and decided that every next show will be 100% acoustic (Tricone for me) with a single Ear Trumpet Lab mic!
https://m.facebook.com/61553173221112/ |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 27 May 2024 5:18 pm
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| Michael Miller wrote: |
I believe Brother Oswald played a high A tuning.
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Agreed. Oswald's two featured instrumentals (The End Of The World & Sailin' On To Hawaii) on this classic album would seem to be played in high-bass A. |
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