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Topic: Hawaiian Room - Scotty's 2004 - Big Success! |
Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2004 9:53 am |
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The Hawaiian Room at Scotty's 2004 was a big success. Players included Billy Robinson Kayton Roberts, Bobby Black, Roy Ayers and Bill Stafford.
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association was represented by member/players: L.T. Zinn, Doug Smith, Gerald Ross, Floyd Alexander, Sharon Denny, Chris Kennison, Chuck Lettes and Margie Mays.
We received many compliments on the relaxed, mellow, low volume and informal atmosphere in our room. Each player delivered a stellar performance.
Here are a few photos:
Hawaiian Room at Scotty's 2004
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 6 Sep 2004 11:24 am
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Gerald, do you always play with your legs crossed?
Looks like y'all had some fun. |
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Paul Warnik
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Illinois,USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2004 11:25 am
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Gerald-we ever figure out-What Happened to Jody?  |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2004 3:58 pm
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Paul,
I don't know what happened to Jody Carver. He was scheduled to play for us an hour or so after he was inducted into the SGHOF. Either he disappeared or was mobbed by well wishers. He never made it to the Hawaiian room.
Either way, I was walking around looking for him with money in my hand. I wanted to buy a copy of his "Hot Club Of America" CD reissue. I never found him.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
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Paul Warnik
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Illinois,USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2004 6:01 pm
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Gerald-I was able to briefly introduce myself and shake Jody's hand while he was still up along the stage but they were ushering people away so I asked him to please stop by the Peterson booth so that we could get a picture and possibly an autograph on my guitar-But he did not make it there either-I got his Hot Club CD from Herb S-He had them at his booth and was selling them for Jody-perhaps Herb still has some-I'm sure he would mail order one to you-See you in the "Dirty City"  soon  |
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Roy Ayres
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Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Sep 2004 7:28 am
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I want to thank L.T. Zinn for inviting me to play a set in his Hawaiian show. When he called me a couple of weeks before the convention and asked if I would like to play a set, I told him I hadn't played a Hawaiian song for over 40 years and I only knew one in the first place -- "Hawaiian Sunset" -- and that was because it was my mother's favorite. He said the invitation still held anyway, so I got out my L.T. Zinn and Bill Stafford albums and started trying to copy some of their wonderful stuff. I managed to muddle my way through a few of those beautiful old Hawaiian songs, and I am really honored to have shared the stage with such great steel guitatists. The last one I played was a tribute to the great Jerry Byrd, which included a poem my wife, Laurie, wrote and a melody I put together as background. Thanks L.T. for one of the highlights of the convention for Laurie and me.
And thank you, Scotty, for getting Jerry's permission for us to use his name in the song, which we titled "Master of Touch and Tone, A Tribute to Jerry Byrd."
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Browse my Photo Album and be sure to sign my Guest Book.[This message was edited by Roy Ayres on 07 September 2004 at 08:31 AM.] |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2004 8:51 am
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| I went to see the dancing girls but it was a fiasco as they could not play more than a few seconds of their backing tracks CD. They should have used a live band. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2004 9:00 am
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Earnest,
Yes you are right. Linda Evans and her dance troupe did attempt to use taped music to back their performance and the technology failed them. Their CD backup kept skipping and cutting out.
It's a shame. The musicians present knew all the tunes the troupe were planning on performing. They could of danced to live music.
So it goes.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
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Jeff Au Hoy
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Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 7 Sep 2004 12:02 pm
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Last edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 20 Jan 2018 8:25 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Travis Bernhardt
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 7 Sep 2004 3:46 pm
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I liked the low volume also. And L.T. Zinn is the man.
-Travis |
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Travis Bernhardt
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 7 Sep 2004 3:50 pm
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Oh yeah, and one thing I'd like to see would be some acoustic playing, in the style of Sol Hoopii or Benny Nawahi. For me, it's the best Hawaiian music--and I'm sure you guys can play that stuff.
-Travis |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 8 Sep 2004 8:11 am
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Jeff, I couldn't agree with you more! We played a big Hawaiian feast some years back; had the real Hawaiian musicians but the dancers and log bangers (no disrespect intended here) and drummers.....all did their act with a ghetto buster with about four inch speakers and some shrill recorded music that was just a horrible let down for the audience. Folks just sat there in horror and gaped. THe performers were excellent but the music in a box was absolutely the worst it could have been.
Oh well.......... |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2004 8:26 am
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Regarding dancers and canned music...
In a way I can understand why a dance troupe would want to perform to canned music. If their dance moves are precisely choreographed to a specific arrangement then a live band will not suffice unless the band rehearses in advance with the dancers.
But rehearsing together only goes so far.
A band with a guitar, uke and acoustic steel just won't cut it if a dance number requires all the dancers to raise their flaming torches, form a circle and shout when a 20 ft. long bamboo log (which you don't have) is struck three times.
I still prefer live music accompaniment with dance.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
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Bob Snelgrove
From:
san jose, ca
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Posted 9 Sep 2004 3:47 pm
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Thanks so much for the "Hawaii Room"
The highlight of my trip. Thanks so much. Bobby Black and L.T. .......priceless
bob |
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Graham Griffith
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Tempe, N.S.W., Australia
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Posted 10 Sep 2004 3:06 am
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I've worked with dancers with my Hawaiian group "Hoola" and it has to be rehearsed to get correct tempos for their dances. It was a lot of work ... these days we just play the tunes and direct the client to native dancers that dance to their own drummers (or recording) ... in the corporate world you have to distance yourself from the act with less integrity.
Graham |
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Evelyn Whitney
From:
Muskegon, MI 49441 USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2004 6:02 am
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Roy and Travis,
It was a pleasure to have Roy on the Hawaiian Show in St Louis. Thank you, Roy.
Also, to you Travis, thank you for the kind words. I appreciate your friendship.
Leonard T. Zinn |
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