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Topic: "Serenade Bleue": Solo on a Kona style guitar |
Peter Funk
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Posted 8 Jul 2013 1:57 am |
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Written and first recorded by Gino Bordin (1899-1977), italian born Parisian wizard of the Hawaiian guitar. He was the leading hawaiian steel guitarist in Paris during the 1930s.
Played on a Manzanita Kona-Style Guitar:
"SERENADE BLEUE"
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Les Cook
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Posted 9 Jul 2013 1:31 am
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Peter ....I enjoyed your version of Gino's tune very much indeed !
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Andy Volk
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Posted 9 Jul 2013 2:09 am
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Very nice, Peter. Gino deserves to be better remembered. I did an article for Fretboard Journal about him a few years back.
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Peter Funk
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Posted 9 Jul 2013 11:20 pm
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| Andy Volk wrote: |
I did an article for Fretboard Journal about him a few years back.
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Andy, this is interesting! Is there a possibility to get a (digital?) copy of it?
Greetings, Peter |
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Les Cook
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Posted 10 Jul 2013 12:22 am
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Last year this plaque was erected at the home in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in Provence where Gino retired to. The design used the artwork for the cd we put out "Gino Bordin-Virtuose de la guitare hawaïenne" which includes Gino's version of "Serenade Bleue" the tune Peter posted here
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Peter Funk
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Posted 10 Jul 2013 5:14 am
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Wow! Les, do you know the exact address of Gino's last home?
By chance, I will be in Provence (Gordes) next week for holidays and it would be funny to have a look at the plaque in real ... |
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Andy Volk
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Posted 10 Jul 2013 5:51 am
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| Is there a possibility to get a (digital?) copy of it? |
I don't have one but I'll see if I can get a PDF of the final piece, Peter |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 10 Jul 2013 6:38 am
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This is an excellent CD. More fine work from our friends at Grass Skirt Records!
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Les Cook
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Posted 10 Jul 2013 10:00 am
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| It's easy to find, Peter ...and in Gordes you're pretty close . The plaque is on the wall of the Grand Café de la Sorgue situated on the corner of Avenue de la République and Quai Jean Jaures. The café is owned by Gino's nephew ...a nice place to visit. |
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Peter Funk
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Posted 10 Jul 2013 1:47 pm
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| Les Cook wrote: |
| It's easy to find, Peter ...and in Gordes you're pretty close . The plaque is on the wall of the Grand Café de la Sorgue situated on the corner of Avenue de la République and Quai Jean Jaures. The café is owned by Gino's nephew ...a nice place to visit. |
 Thank you, Les. I will visit that place for sure!! |
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Les Cook
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Posted 10 Jul 2013 1:51 pm
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we'll be there in September. Bordin's grave is in the local cemetery too
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Peter Funk
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Germany
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Posted 5 Aug 2013 12:11 am
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... et voilá:
Wonderful holidays: After one week in the Provence, our family (wife, two sons, girlfriend of one of them, me) went hiking for another week in the Alps of southern France (with two donkeys carrying our luggage!), spent some days at the sea just south of Marseille and last but not least visited a Bluegrass Festival near Grenoble ...
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Les Cook
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Posted 5 Aug 2013 1:56 am
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| Excellent, Peter ...sounds like you had a fun trip. Pleased to see the plaque hasn't been ruined ! |
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