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Topic: Isa Lei on my 1954 National Dynamic Lap Steel |
Rob Anderlik
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Chicago, IL
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Posted 21 Mar 2020 7:02 pm |
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Jumping on the Live Music from Home thing that's going around...
I think the first time I heard this tune - Isa Lei - was on the soundtrack for the movie Dead Men Walking with Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. That led to seeking out other versions of the tune. Eventually I worked up my own rendition which I'm sharing here. I'm playing a 1954 National Dynamic lap steel through a Strymon Flint with reverb and tremolo set about half way through a Wolf Amplifier which is made by my buddy Barry Wolfinsohn here in Chicago
https://youtu.be/Ok2WiFlQhKs |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 22 Mar 2020 4:22 am
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Great tune, although I cannot say I'm crazy about FX. I don't know the full story on Isa Lei, but it was well known in Australia during WW2 as the Fijian Farewell due to the lyrics Leut.A W Caten. However, the Tongans were already singing their version before the war. Here's a version by Johnny Wade of Sydney's Hawaiian Club with my Australian hero, Les Adams, on steel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1PDkHOH0Wo
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2020 6:45 am
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| I like it. |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2020 7:52 am
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| Nicely done! |
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 23 Mar 2020 4:45 pm
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I really like that sound...somewhere between an acoustic sound and an electric...I dont understand how you got it, but I like it a lot !!! Becautiful sound and tune.
Thanks for posting.
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Erik Alderink
From:
Ann Arbor Michigan, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2020 5:22 am
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| David Matzenik wrote: |
Great tune, although I cannot say I'm crazy about FX. I don't know the full story on Isa Lei, but it was well known in Australia during WW2 as the Fijian Farewell due to the lyrics Leut.A W Caten. However, the Tongans were already singing their version before the war. Here's a version by Johnny Wade of Sydney's Hawaiian Club with my Australian hero, Les Adams, on steel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1PDkHOH0Wo |
Thanks for posting the link. This is now one of my favs! |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 25 Mar 2020 10:06 am
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Really nice, Rob. Personally, I love tremolo with steel guitar.
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