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Topic: Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame inducts Jules Ah See |
Nic Neufeld
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Posted 22 Jun 2022 7:07 am |
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I was actually trying to remember a name of some other singers/musicians so I went to the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame site to look at a list of names to jog my memory, and happened to see this...hey, Jules Ah See inducted this year!
https://hmhof.org/honorees/jules-ah-see/
Several months back during a lesson Alan Akaka was curious if I would be able to provide a quote or something on him since he knows, well, I like him am a big fan, and Jules was being nominated for that honor...so I wrote up a paragraph that seems to have wound up quoted in the article above! Was kind of odd stumbling across my name semi-randomly like that...
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 22 Jun 2022 8:43 am
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About time (and good job)! This guy was a monster musician and he must have been very charismatic as well. I find that he is my absolute go-to when I want to swim in the Hawaiian pool of genius. Gabby, Sol and Jules are the cats.
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 22 Jun 2022 1:03 pm
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What Mike said. 
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Duane Becker
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Elk,Wa 99009 USA
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Posted 25 Jun 2022 9:25 am
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Its about time, With Emmons being my first all time favorite, Jules is almost up there as well. Not only an Hawaiian player, but I think on the Tapa Room tapes Jules emulates Joaquin Murphey quite well with his fast single string leads and licks, I think he could have fit in great with the Spade Cooley Band.
I love Jerry Byrd, but Jules does it for me, from his solos and fills on the Hawaii Calls lps to the Alfred Apaka stuff.
Plus he could sing and was a great entertainer with a live audience! |
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 2 Jul 2022 4:51 pm
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This is already on Youtube in a combined video with Jerry Byrd and the (composer) Andy Iona, but there's something so perfect about this version to me, deserves to be posted on its own so I uploaded it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDRvUIVw2ts
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Waikīkī, at night when the shadows are falling
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Joe Cook
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Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 3 Jul 2022 8:23 am
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Thanks for the link, Nic! I really love that version by Jules. He had such a great way of phrasing and his timing is sublime.  |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2022 11:23 am
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| Surprising to learn that Jules was not a charter member. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 4 Jul 2022 7:28 am
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Jules excelled whether it beautiful slow melodies or swing tunes. A consummate steel player gone too soon. He and David Feet Rogers are the guys who touch me the most with their playing. For living Hawaiian players, Jeff Au Hoy, Bobby Ingano and Alan Akaka ring my bell.
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