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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2013 12:52 pm |
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What is it?Who has it? And,where can I get some?
Jerry Byrd had an LP called "Steel Guitar Hawaiian Style".So he must have had it!So many steel players,so many different sounds.To me,Barney played somewhat of a swing style,do you agree?Not as swingin' as Duke Ching,I remember seeing him bounce all over his Quad StringMaster,was that Hawaiian Style?So many different styles,only one Hawaii!
I'm freaking out!!!!!!!
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 13 Jun 2013 12:56 pm
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There is no one "Hawaiian style" just as there is no one "country style". There are various styles that various players have which have in common Hawaiian characteristics. What these characteristics are is left up to the listener.
Go to http://www.mele.com and select the steel guitar genre to hear snippets of various artists.
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 13 Jun 2013 1:54 pm
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Hawaiian music was, and perhaps still is, the panorama of western folk and popular music influences on the Hawaiian perspective in any decade after about 1820. Prior to the 'renaissance' of the 1970s, the complete Americanization of the Island life seemed assured, and the music's Hawaiian elements had diminished to the almost unrecognizable. A good example of this erosion would be 'Tiny Bubbles.' For the serious student of Hawaiian steel guitar to find the essence, immersion in the vestige Hawaiian culture would be a privilege that is unlikely. Therefore, to find Hawaiian musical style,I believe it is necessary to listen to recordings from the wax cylinder,78 RPM, Microgroove vinyl. To my ear, the recordings of acoustic steel players before 1935 have the strongest Hawaiian flavor. That does not mean one must play like them, but that is where I hear it.
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