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basilh


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Post  Posted 27 Dec 2004 5:17 pm    
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I Know..

but I'm wondering who else knows this band from 1937...





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http://www.waikiki-islanders.com

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Loni Specter


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West Hills, CA, USA
Post  Posted 27 Dec 2004 8:32 pm    
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Isn't that Tommy Smothers on the left?
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George Keoki Lake


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Edmonton, AB., Canada
Post  Posted 27 Dec 2004 8:53 pm    
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I think the steel player is
"Frets" McChord
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Gerald Ross


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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 27 Dec 2004 8:58 pm    
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Roland Peachey

or

Poland Reaching

That's definitely my Uncle Max on rhythm guitar (who BTW ran a very successful dry cleaning establishment before the war).


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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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basilh


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Post  Posted 28 Dec 2004 6:27 am    
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The steel player is Bill Cox, Archie Cox on bass (Usually Uke),Eric? on Guitar and Penny? on Ukulele..
Bill Cox from Small Heath in Birmingham, my father in-law (Pat's Dad) and founder member of "The Waikiki Islanders"
Basically that would mean that our family has been playing Hawaiian music for 67 years..

The newly re-formed Waikiki Islanders 1964,
Patricia Henriques , Basil Henriques and Barbara Henriques



The following year with Clive Morton on bass



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http://www.waikiki-islanders.com

[This message was edited by basilh on 28 December 2004 at 06:44 AM.]

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David L. Donald


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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
Post  Posted 28 Dec 2004 7:21 am    
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Geeze, you were playing out when I was 8....
I wouldn't even see Tommy Cass and his Sho-Bud in dad's studio for 2 more years...

So why is it you looked younger than me in Newbury...
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basilh


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Post  Posted 28 Dec 2004 8:17 am    
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I think you may need an Optician..or a German Shepherd and a White Stick and while you're at it maybe an Audiologist..!!
Baz
BTW your view of my performance at Newbury is not the same as Tony Madison of the PSGA who took me to pieces in the British Steelies November Magazine.. I'm glad you're not one of the audience that "I lost because of the large part of my alloted time that I took to set up my amplifier"..Strange.. because I didn't use MY amplifier, I provided it for Scotty and Sarah and John Fabian etc. and didn't want to alter their settings so I just pluged into the nearest available one. That took all of a minute..!!
Although I don't place much faith in his review.. he claimed I played tunes that both you and I know were played by others..
For instance "Moonglow" a tune I would NEVER play at a convention..You really should read Tony Madison's article It takes Sarah to task, as it does the sound crew...and the Liberty Ballroom bar staff..
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basilh


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Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 5:00 am    
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At Last I've managed to get some of Bill Cox's playing on to my web site..
http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/assets/multimedia/mp3/Islanders%20Broadcast/bbc1947.mp3

Baz
BTW if you like this then you can hear more of the 2nd and 3rd generation Waikiki Islanders broadcasts by looking here..
http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/assets/multimedia/mp3/Islanders%20Broadcast/?



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basilh


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Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 12:33 pm    
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David.. regarding me looking young at Newbury...I felt young.. You must have been wearing the same glasses as Tony Madison !!!
Baz
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basilh


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Post  Posted 20 Jan 2005 10:57 am    
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^^^^
Bill's Playing deserves to be heard
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