If Joaquin Murphy had made a Hawaiian Album

Billy Tonnesen · From: R.I.P., Buena Park, California

I used to hear Joaquin Murphy with Spade and Tex play an occasional Hawaiian song at the Riverside Rancho and on the radio broadcasts. IMHO I think Joaquin was as good a Hawaiian player as any that came down the pike. He had exeptional feeling, tone, and execution. I wish he had had the opportunity to make a Album of some of the classic Hawaiian songs.

Michael Johnstone · From: Sylmar,Ca. USA

He did do a Hawaiian record "Joaquin Goes Hawaiian" or some such thing - cassette only - Very rare - I have a couple of copies. It was made in the early 70s I think he told me. The recording quality wasn't all that good - too much reverb - but it was clear enough to hear every note Murph played.Not bad.

c c johnson · From: killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.

I have a cassette of Joaquins titled Hawaii Forever. Not much reverb. I wonder if it is a copy of yours under a different title. CC

Mitch Drumm · From: Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake

CC:

That's it. I think it is from 1972??

Here is the track list that someone posted years ago:

1. Hoo Manawa Nui
2. Hawaii Manawa Pu'a
3. Mai Kai Omole, Inu Kakou
4. Me Ka Mahalo
5. Ka'u
6. Pupule Ka Moa
7. Kihiko
8. Aole Pilikia
9. Hawaii Hana Hou
10. Pikaki
11. Hoo Mali Mali
12. Lapu'wale
13. Welakahao

I'm not a Hawaiian music expert, but from listening to it, I don't recognize any melodies and I would assume it is all original tunes made up for the session? None of those song titles above ring any bells to me, but I may well be in the dark.

I've often wondered who the other musicians were and recall thinking maybe Jimmy Wyble on guitar? It's a cheapo production with little information on the insert.

However, it is all we have of overtly Hawaiian recordings and I do really like it because it so identifiably Murphey.

c c johnson · From: killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.

thanks Mitch the titles are what I have so it must have been recut or some of the reverb taken off by an engineer. I have a list around here somewhere of the personell and I believe it was the guitar player that told me they made up the songs on the spot with the exception of Pikaki and one or two others. CC

Lee Jeffriess · From: Vallejo California

Mitch, it sounds like Roy Lanham on guitar, and pretty sure all the tunes are originals.
Ray Meyers is credited as the producer. Chas Smith has a T10 Bigsby that belonged to Ray, but I remember Chas telling me that when Jouquin saw the guitar he said it had originally been built for him, and he didnt get along with it so Meyers got it.
Billy, did you know Ray or Al Vernon?.
Lee

Billy Tonnesen · From: R.I.P., Buena Park, California

Lee:
I remember when Roy Lahnam arrived in So. Calif. with a group called the "Whiporwills". This four piece group knocked every one out with there almost semi pop arrangements and close harmonies. They worked for a while at the old "Cowtown" club on Vermont Ave. (Made popular by Wade Ray}. Yes, I did get to know Roy at this time.

I knew Al Vernon from when he first started. He had a six string lap steel and a small amp. He would strap these to himself and rode a MoPed and would come out to see me and the Ole Rasmussen band at a Dance Hall in what is now Commerce, Ca. We would always let him sit in for a few songs. Later on I heard that he was playing in Alaska. In later years I heard him playing and sounding just like Joaquin. He was a real nice person.

Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

Roy Lanham is way underappreciated. He was a fantastic chord melody guitarist and unlike many chord melody players, he was a great improviser at fast tempos. With Lanham on guitar, the Whippoorwills were amazingly tight and swinging. Their sound was kind of like an all-strings version of Manhattan Transfer. Doug Dalton played mandolin and Roy Lanham played guitar. If you've never heard this group, this is the CD to buy:

Link to CD on Amazon.com

Re Murph's Hawaiian record, by the time John McGann and I did our book of Murphey transcriptions, I thought I'd heard all the Joaquin there was to hear but I've never heard this record. I'd be very grateful and glad to pay if someone would make me a CD copy.

Lee Jeffriess · From: Vallejo California

Billy, thanks for your input.
I had heard that Al Vernon at some point in the late 50s/early 60s had been studying with Jouquin.
I think I have some of his playing on some Doug Mcguiness tunes, if its him, his playing is a pretty cool mix of Murphey,and Mooney (pedals).
Did you know Ray Meyers.
Lee

Don Kona Woods · From: Hawaiian Kama'aina

Jody Carver · From: KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED

Hey Guys,,when I was knee high to a champ amp, my dad worked at New York's Village Barn..I saw Gene Austin and his "Whipporwills" Gene composed a major hit back then a classic today..My Blue Heaven.Roy Lanham and Leo Fender were friends..this photo was taken in Anaheim when I was with Music Man..His recording of "Lover Come Back To Me is a Killer"

http://youtu.be/o4zGMXqfGsE

Rest in Peace Dear Friend

Jody

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

Hawaii Forever on Bandcamp.com
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Mike Neer · From: NJ

I posted a link to Hawaii Forever on my blog yesterday, as I was starting a series on my favorite steel recordings and that is one of them.
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