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Del Ray Grace
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Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2024 5:59 pm |
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Kika Kila (Hawaiian Steel Guitar)
This book was recommended to me by Alan Akaka and Ki Reese during our recent visit to Hawaii and I can't put it down. Great Stuff!
Historian and steel guitarist John W. Troutman offers the instrument’s definitive history, from its discovery by a young Hawaiian royalist named Joseph Kekuku to its revolutionary influence on American and world music. |
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Nathan Laudenbach
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Posted 1 Oct 2024 4:44 am
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| Every steel player should have a copy of this book! |
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Del Ray Grace
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Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2024 8:33 pm
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| Nathan, I agree! |
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Matt Perpick
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Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2024 8:47 pm
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| Yes. Great Read! |
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Frank Nims
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2024 7:37 am
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| I just got a copy of "The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and its Great Hawaiian Musicians" by Lorene Ruymar a couple of weeks ago. How does "Kika Kila" compare? |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2024 6:59 am
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| Frank Nims wrote: |
| I just got a copy of "The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and its Great Hawaiian Musicians" by Lorene Ruymar a couple of weeks ago. How does "Kika Kila" compare? |
Both books are good and are of interest to steel players.
Kika Kila is less of a compilation of articles and is more of a linear story of the development and early influence of the steel guitar. |
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John Troutman
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Washington, DC
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Posted 9 Oct 2024 6:29 am
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Mr Grace,
Thank you so much for your kind words! I adore the photograph with you and your little one. So glad you are enjoying it!
Best,
John |
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Del Ray Grace
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Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2024 1:04 pm
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| Mr. Troutman, I wish I'd known about you during my visit at the 2023 Smithsonian Folk Festival, I would've definitely looked you up sir. Meeting you would've been a pleasure. |
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 26 Oct 2024 10:50 am
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| An excellent book that belongs in every steel guitar player's library! |
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Bob McEvoy
From:
Delaware, USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2024 7:27 am Kika Kila
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This is a great book! So glad that Mr Troutman put in the effort to research the instruments and players that descended from those early pioneers.
Resonator Guitars are having a new life in the Bluegrass world. ResoGat started in the year 2000 and currently has around 100 attendees each year.
The Steel Guitar world is still expanding.
Again thanks for the book. |
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