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Topic: Eddie Bush's early records |
David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 21 May 2014 6:33 pm |
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This new CD is a compilation of 20 tracks remastered from the original 78 RPM records on various labels. The first thing that hits the listener is the exquisite vocal harmony of the trio. Once you have heard the Biltmore Trio you will instantly recognise other recordings of theirs. Someone must have been coaching them in Hawaiian pronunciation because they are better than most at the time. The songs were recorded between 1928 and 1934, a significant period in American music. Eddie Bush’s steel guitar work is accurate and tasteful establishing him as one of premier players of those days. The record also documents the transition from acoustic steel guitars to electric variety. It sound like Eddie went to a Rickenbacher Frypan for the later cuts. I usually think of Eddie Bush in connection with Harry Owens in the 1950s when musical tastes had changed. It is wonderful to hear these early tracks in such pristine condition restored by Bill Dalton. The excellent studio portrait on the jacket says it all.
Eddie Bush & The Biltmore Trio - CD Stylo Magic SM2002 and www.grassskirt.co.uk
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 21 May 2014 8:44 pm
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| Great news! Grass Skirt is the best. Eddie Bush and the Biltmore Trio were an outstanding combo. "Hard to Get Gertie" which kicks off the Honolulu to Hollywood comp has become a real favorite. Unlike you, I first became familiar with Eddie through the Trio, and so the later recordings by him seemed like a different person. |
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Norman Markowitz
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Santa Cruz, California
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Posted 22 May 2014 5:28 am
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If you are a fan of Eddie Bush, you may want to also check this out.
I have an LP in my collection by Eddie Bush put out on the Repeat Records label,RS 170-7 called "Beautiful, Beautiful Music" which has Eddie, Corliss Johnston on guitar, Mokulani on bass and John Berry on baritone violectra.
In doing a search I came across this site that has for sale the same album renamed and offering it for sale as a digital upload.
I like the emusic site and have used it to upload many albums.
http://www.emusic.com/album/eddie-bush/hawaiian-masters-hawiian-war-chant/11015053/ |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 22 May 2014 12:40 pm
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Thanks Norman, that LP is a real find. Love they way the site catalogues it in the New Age Genre. 
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 22 May 2014 12:51 pm
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Is that Eddie's lead vocal on the Owens classic Sweet Leilani?
I havn't heard much of his officially released work but I'm betting the treasure trove of Eddie on electric steel is his incredible radio work with the Harmony Hawaiians which had broad national airing after Dick McIntire left the band and show in the late '30s. Eddie masterfully continued the ethereal feeling Dick had developed, the shows, including those with McIntire, have mostly been preserved and can be found somewhere on this forum if I recall correctly.
He did a lot of Hollywood work post WW2 and did a few movies where he can be seen and heard playing; Party Girl from 1930 and with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Words And Music: Hollywood Revue of 1929, which shows the Biltmore Trio accompanying Joan Crawford, Love In The Rough, and Broadway Melody from 1929 during "The Birthday party" scene. During the 1940's and 50's a fellow named Dick Lang helped the Hawaiian musicians in Los Angeles set up The Polynesian Society. He also organized many luaus to raise money for the families of Hawaiian musicians who needed help with hospital bills or the rent or whatever. They called him Uncle Dick and many times many of the Hawaiians and almost all of the folks on the Harry Owens show would visit So. Cal homes with him and enjoy the Hawaiian fellowship with lots of music, Eddie Bush was usually there, mainly on steel guitar but he also was as good on any string instrument and famous for his portraying The Hawaiian Cowboy in song. While in Hollywood he worked at the famed Seven Seas (many of those shows were aired regularly on KFI), was in the Sonja Heine Ice Show, the Ice Capades, Harry Owens' TV Show, stints on Catalina Island at The Waikiki Room, and the lounge show at the Fremont Hotel and Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. I think he lived in Long Beach for most of his time in LA and worked at nearby clubs like The Hawaiian, Mr. C's., and at the
"Traffic Circle" (Intersection of Lakewood Blvd & Pacific Coast Highway) in the late 50's.
The good times didn't last long, he developed lung cancer and died in 1969 at the young age of 58. |
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Les Cook
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Posted 26 May 2014 5:57 am
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| just to let folk know that we have less than 20 copies of the cd left so contact us asap if you need one. Customers in the USA can order through Robert Armstrong in California ...he has about 5 copies left. |
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Norman Markowitz
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Santa Cruz, California
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Posted 26 May 2014 6:36 am
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| And how does one get in touch with Robert Armstrong? |
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Les Cook
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Derbyshire, UK
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 26 May 2014 12:32 pm
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Ron, thanks for your very interesting reply, especially the movies which I will track down.
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