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Jesse Pearson

 

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San Diego , CA
Post  Posted 9 Mar 2003 10:41 am    
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Here is the chord progression for "Pidgin English Hula", a swinging Hapa Haole dance song recorded in the late 50's. Jeff Au Hoy originally posted this great song,
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/003697.html

The sound sample doesn't seem to be up anymore, so maybe Jeff can tell us where to get a hold of the recording. This song has a really fun chord progression and features "Jules Ah See" on a pedal steel. Jeff thinks Jules didn't use his pedals on this song. Jeff and I both went over the chords and thanks to Jeff's great ear, this is what we came up with. My hope is we can build up a Jam book of songs in the future, of this type of material for cutting and working gigs. Pidgin English Hula:

intro: |D7 |D7 |G A#dim|Am D7|

verse: |G |E7 |A7 |A7 |D |D |G |G |
|G |E7 |A7 |A7 |D |GGbE |A7 D |G |

Bridge: |D# |D# |G |G |D7 |D7 |G |G |
|D# |D# |G |G |A7 |D |D |G |D |D |G D9| |Eb9Eb9E9E9|F9F9E9E9|A7 D|G |
:repeat & out

Here is a site with the lyrics:
http://www.huapala.org/Pidgin_English_Hula.html

[This message was edited by Jesse Pearson on 09 March 2003 at 11:37 AM.]

[This message was edited by Jesse Pearson on 12 March 2003 at 01:06 PM.]

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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 9 Mar 2003 11:55 am    
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Henry Bogdan (on Tricone) and the Moonlighters do a really nice version of this tune under the name "Wasa Mala You"..
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0 0004VW0F/qid=1047239746/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/104-7453752-4255133?v=glance&s=music

[This message was edited by Andy Volk on 09 March 2003 at 11:57 AM.]

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