Mickey Mouse Tune

Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

The Polynesian Village at Walt Disney World was an annual destination ... every Dec. for me and my family.

Y'all might remember the little "scene" under the staircase in the lobby ... near the dress shops ... based on the 1937 cartoon short Hawaiian Holiday ...

I would stand there watchin' Mickey play Kaulana o Hilo Hanakahi ... till my mom would drag me away ...

I took my babies down last winter for their first Polynesian visit and was saddened to see that they removed the "scene" ...

I do have two pretty cool versions of this tune to remind me of those days ....

Here's Sol Hoopii ...

Here's Jerry Byrd ...

Every time I hear this song ... I fell like a little kid again ...

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Aiello's House of Gauss

My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield

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Jay Fagerlie · From: Lotus, California, USA

Hey Rick,
Your so quick!!!!
Link fixed!

Jay

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Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

The joys of dyslexia ...

Gerald Ross · From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Always one of my favorite Hawaiian steel tunes.

A totally bizarre tune though. To my ears it sounds like two songs glued together. The bridge has nothing to do with the verse, and vice versa.

The verse is very melodic and bridge is completely geometric .

I always fantasized that the bridge was an afterthought and created on the fly for the original recording of the tune. They needed something to bridge the verses to keep the song from being too repetitive.

It's always fun to go to Hawaiian steel guitar conventions and watch the pick-up bands try to do the walk down on the bridge to the abrupt STOP. It's never in synch. The walk-up is fine, but you can sense a feeling of panic coming from the stage as those chords start to descend.

Does anyone know the history of this tune?

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'

Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association

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Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

I think Lena Machado wrote it ...

I too ... was "taken a-back" by that middle section the first time I heard the complete song ...

Mickey only played the verse ...

Gerald Ross · From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

It's obvious that Mickey only played the verse. Look how calm he appears!

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'

Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association

Tony Harris · From: England

And he's not using a bar!Just his index finger - not the greatest for sustain...

Derrick Mau · From: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Lena Machado wrote this song.
It talks about the beauty of Hilo's famous landmarks.

Gary Boyett · From: Colorado

I didn't notice how he was playing. I was more interested in the babe in the skirt!!!

Gerald Ross · From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Did you notice that Mickey is doing a modified Hawaiian "Shaka sign" with his right hand?

Very clever of those Disney artists (who are now unemployed).
http://www.dreamonsillydreamer.com/

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'

Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association

Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

I'm tellin' y'all ... kids in the house or not ...

Its out on DVD now ... Hawaiian Holiday

Sol Hoopii is freakish-ly stunning as he "controls the Mouse's hands" ...

Sure worth the price ... of the whole DVD.

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Aiello's House of Gauss

My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield

Gary Boyett · From: Colorado

that picture does make some nice wallpaper though. Try it!

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Jeff Au Hoy · From: Honolulu, Hawai'i

I've never tried playing steel with piano accompaniment. I wonder if that opens up a bunch of intonation issues since the piano is equal tempered.

Is that Sol singing? Man, he's sure making "any-kine" with the words. Yikes.

(edited: whoops, got just and equal reversed)

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Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

That is Sol singing ... literally weeks before his death.

Thats off a compilation of mostly evangelical shows and home recordings.

Sol's blind here ... and the host of the show (Bud Tutmarc) makes a plea for donations to help pay Sol's rent.

The dialog is just too sad to listen to ...

As far as the piano goes ... my philosophy is ...

Even if the accompaniment is the ultimate in "Equal Temperament" ... the piano ...

A Just-Tuned instrument will only "sweeten" the mix.

The thirds, sixths, dominant & major sevenths of the piano are so "transient" ...

Their clash with their own root and your Just-Tuned Steel guitar ... is no biggie ...

Unlike the third of your frypan clashing with its own root ... if you were to tune ET

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Aiello's House of Gauss

My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield

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Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

Here are the sets ... if you are a Sol fan ... these are certainly well worth it.

I bought them both years ago as cassette's ...

Private Collection

Religious Recordings

They are all electric ... not very much "hot jazz" ... but some real pretty playin' ...

Seems he turned alot of "Hawaiian songs" into gospel tunes ... changing the words.

Check out his version of Indian Love Call ...

This is from a set of home recordings cut by Bud's dad Paul ... in their living room ...

After hearing this particular version ... Indian Love Call became my "signature song" ...

I hope Marc Records doesn't mind me puttin' these two up ... this set is on Ebay all the time ... and like I said ... a good $30 cheaper than when I bought the cassettes.

Bill Creller · From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)

Did I hear C#m on the Sol tune at the beginning of this thread Rick? Sounded like it.
BILL

Dan Sawyer · From: Studio City, California, USA

Rick, this has probably been covered before, but what tuning did Sol use for Indian Love Call ?

Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

Seems that he used C#m up till the end ...

I'm not very good at picking out tunin's and their variations off records ...

I play it in C6/A7 ...

Lots of folks here know Bud Tutmarc ... Sol's protege ...

I'm sure they can add stories about the "later days" of Sol Hoopii ....

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Aiello's House of Gauss

My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield

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Jeff Au Hoy · From: Honolulu, Hawai'i

I forgot to footnote that the clip of "Kaulana O Hilo Hanakahi" featuring Jerry Byrd on steel is of Danny Kua'ana and His Islanders.

Rick Aiello · From: Berryville, VA USA

Nani Hawaii ...

Rumor is ... it may be "Restored" by a record company from "Down Under" ...

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