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Topic: Part III – History of Hawaiian Steel – by Merle Kekuku, etc |
Don Kona Woods
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 1:43 pm |
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On this video Merle Kekuku, Barney Isaacs, Jerry Byrd, and Alan Akaka give commentary.
Merle is probably more knowledgeable than others to give the history of Hawaiian steel guitar because was in the Hawaiian music scene longer than the other commentators. His uncle, Joseph Kekuku, invented the Hawaiian steel guitar.
Merle was also a Hawaiian steel guitar player, but he was generally known for his bass playing. He
occasionally played on the Hawaii Calls radio program as a bass player.
For a number of years, I was a part of a round robin tape club of Hawaiian steel guitar players, one of which was Merle Kekuku. He would always give detailed stories about Hawaiian musicians and some interesting history.
Merle Kekuku and Others
Aloha, 
Don |
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Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 10:09 am
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It has become evident there is an affinity for Jerry Byrd and what he has to say by the number of persons viewing and responding to Part I Some History of Hawaiian Steel Guitar – Jerry Byrd.
If this is the case, he has quite a bit to say in this video clip. He also does some playing.
Aloha,
Don
Last edited by Don Kona Woods on 26 Feb 2009 10:17 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Edward Meisse
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 10:11 am
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I wonder if there is a DVD of this stuff. The Ralph Kolsiana stuff looks interesting, too. But I'll have to watch it later.
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 10:15 am
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That Ralph Kolsiana stuff was from a documentary produced by Andy Volk called "Ralph Kolsiana: A Life in Hawaiian Music". I have that DVD.
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 10:31 am
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| I'm torn between being glad that Ralph is getting recognition and annoyance because the YouTube poster is violating the copyright. When Ralph asked me to do what I could with the raw tapes it was really right on the hairy edge of being releasable. The original footage was shot by an amateur on VHS so even editing it on a professional system could only take it so far. I decided the content outweighed the quality and did a limited DVD run. Unfortunately, DVD is a compressed medium and then taking that as a source for YouTube makes it look really like crap. I see the person who posted it is 80 years old and since it's out of print and gives Ralph some more long-overdue recognition, we'll leave it up there. |
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