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Derrick Mau

 

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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 2:24 am    
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Here's more "live" Hawaiian music from the islands.

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Eddie Cunningham

 

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Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 6:13 am     Beautiful music !! Beautiful Steel !!
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Derrick , VERY nice old Hawaiian song sounded soooo good !! Thanks for posting !! Eddie "C" ( the old geezer )
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Ron Simpson

 

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Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 6:41 am    
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Wonderful playing Derrick.
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Bill Creller

 

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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 8:13 am    
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That was terrific BUD! Really nice!!
You blew me away! Very Happy Very Happy
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Gerald Ross


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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 9:47 am    
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Is that you on steel Derrick? Very nice!
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Derrick Mau

 

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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 10:25 am    
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Hi Eddie,

Here's two more songs from the same session for you. Thanks for the recordings! Very Happy

Hi Gerald, I'm using my pre-war bakelite on this recording. Just joined this group after playing this session with them this past Sunday.

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Jeff Au Hoy


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Honolulu, Hawai'i
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 10:39 am     maika'i no
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Yeah Derrick! You play old school, Hawaiian style, and never too much. Can tell you're a Hawaiian player because you know the vocals and you play in the pockets. Beautiful.
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Don Kona Woods


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Hawaiian Kama'aina
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 10:45 am    
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Folks,

I do not believe that is Derrick Mau on steel, but rather it is David "Feet" Rogers. Wink

Nice job, Derrick.
Cool
Aloha no,
Smile Don
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Eddie Cunningham

 

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Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 10:49 am     Heavenly Chorus !!
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My Gawd Derrick , I am in absolute awe of the sounds and music on these three recordings !! I have never heard any better on a Bake. Rick. !! Those singers and your steel are a perfect match with the uke sounds . I think I have died and gone on to a far better world ?? Loved them !! Thanks !! Eddie "C" ( the old geezer )
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Rick Aiello


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Berryville, VA USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 12:27 pm    
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I really enjoyed those three songs !!! Laughing
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Adrienne Clasky

 

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Florida, USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 1:34 pm    
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That was beautiful. Thanks so much for posting.
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Bill Creller

 

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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2007 9:34 pm    
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That bakelite REALLY came through!! That has to be one of the best I have heard BUD !! Very Happy
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Derrick Mau

 

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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2007 3:35 am    
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Thanks everyone for the kind compliments. Bill, I'm actually plugged directed to the P.A. system on this recording.

Remember this recording session? Brings back a lot of memories. It was fun.

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Bill Leff


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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2007 8:15 am    
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Really nice Derrick. My favorite kind of lap steel playing!

Nothing beats the Rogers style for me, and I love the simple hula form, songs like "Puamana".
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Todd Weger


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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2007 10:24 am     Really nice!
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Derrick -- I love those. Thank you for posting. You have a great touch, and a very nice tone in your hands (the guitar tone ain't bad, either!) Very Happy

I really enjoyed that jam session recording of Wai O Minnehaha, too. You really get that Iona sound. When you do that gliss at around the 1:58 mark in the faster section, you NAIL it. The tone is just as sweet as pie, and the playing equally great.

What is the amp you're using in the jam session recording?

TJW
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Eddie Cunningham

 

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Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2007 12:23 pm     So much for "Fancy Amps !!"
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I see that Derrick said he just was plugged into the P.A. system !! So much for those fancy and heavy amps we lug around !! If he gets that kind of tone thru the P.A. maybe we should all do that and save our strength for more important things ?? IMHO !! Eddie "C" ( the old geezer )
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Derrick Mau

 

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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2007 12:31 pm    
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Todd,

This was recorded by Bill Creller using his 50's National amp. Bobby Ingano is on the steel this time with me on the archtop guitar. (Oct. 2004)

The recording was all for fun, so we didn't really take anything serious. I came up with the arrangement of "Home on the Range" before we took off to a faster pace. It fit right in perfectly. I forgot what steel Bobby was using for this as we had a whole bunch of steels that we were using that night. Maybe Bill can chime in if he remembers?
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Bill Creller

 

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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2007 12:46 pm    
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Bobby was playing my National New Yorker
at "Bills Analog Studio". which was a Radio Shack recorder hanging in front of my amp on rubber bands, really hi-tech!!
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Jeff Au Hoy


From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2007 3:57 pm     it's easy to strum across a 6th chord tuning but...
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Re: Minehaha, I think it's neat that although Bobby's playing the C6 tuning, he approaches it such that the tuning is sort of veiled... it really sounds like a hybrid of the old E7 and C#m tunings.

I notice this concept was employed even 50 years back by players like Jules Ah See. Even though his primary tuning was C6 (C13), oft times when he played melodies in the "old style" (e.g., "Aloha 'Oe" or "The King's Serenade") he'd mask the 6th tuning using simple 2 note harmonies and basic major chords... NO 6th chord strums. Or he'd just play it on another neck with the old Emaj voicing (tuning the second string of his E13 from C# down to B).
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