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Topic: Tapa Room Tapes COMPLETE + Tau Moe BBC |
Matthew Dawson
From: Portland Oregon, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2011 3:04 pm
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Thanks Basil! I've been wanting to here these for a long time. It's nice to hear JAS in a small group context without all the strings and backup singers. |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 14 Mar 2011 2:28 am
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Not needed now
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Doug Beaumier
From: Northampton, MA
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 14 Mar 2011 6:41 am
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Out of date links, Sorry..
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Gerald Ross
From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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David Matzenik
From: Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 14 Mar 2011 5:15 pm
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Gerald Ross wrote: |
Great stuff,
Swings. I WISH Hawaiian music still sounded like this. I WISH all current music had this drive, fun and beat! |
I could not agree more. While there will be people who want to play and listen to good music for a long time yet, I fear Western popular music in general has passed into its "Hellenistic" period. _________________ Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother. |
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Ray Shakeshaft
From: Kidderminster, Worcs, UK.
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Posted 15 Mar 2011 5:30 am
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First, may I say a grateful thank you to Basil for such a wealth of fine music that otherwise I doubt if I would ever have got to hear.
Secondly, I found the Hula Blues group most interesting and educational as it gave the opportunity to hear and compare the different approaches to playing the same tune. As a result I am considering making my own groups based on popular songs as it is a good way to learn. _________________ www.ukuke.co.uk
Rickie B6 and Ace, 'Jerry Byrd' Frypan. National 'New Yorker', Harbor Lights Frypan. Guyatone D8 etc. |
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Mike Neer
From: NJ
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Mitch Drumm
From: Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 15 Mar 2011 8:16 am
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I liked the Mark Yim vocals.
I'd never heard of him and assume those are fairly recent recordings? Nice to see a traditional take on such a knockout song as Kaimana Hila. |
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Anthony Locke
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2011 9:43 am
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Basil, thank you very much for sharing these. This is a treasure of steel guitar music. |
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Lee Jeffriess
From: Vallejo California
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Posted 15 Mar 2011 4:48 pm
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Yes thank you Basil, my god what tone, is that really a Fender 1000 ?.
BTW I totaly agree with you about the default live sounds.
I have never understood why people want to put so much reverb on an instrument that has so much natural sustain.
All these musicians are first rate, once again thank you for sharing. |
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Don Kona Woods
From: Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 15 Mar 2011 11:33 pm
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Basil,
We are truly INDEBTED TO YOU in making your vast library of steel guitar music available to us for the perpetuation of it's history, now through many channels.
Aloha Ke Akua,
Don |
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Matt Berg
From: Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2011 6:03 am
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Thanks Baz, looking forward to the surprises for tonight's download. I listened to over 40 Jules Ah See trax straight through last nite, till I just had to go to sleep. What an ear opener. I usually prefer well made live recordings over LP's and this recording was no exception. It's really interesting to hear how the nite club act is adding western swing and that tight vocal harmony sound that was popular pre rock into a mix with more trad Hawaiian material. I even heard a kind of hipster Slim Gaillard vibe on a couple of tunes. This band did not live in a vacuum, and the recordings provide a wonderful time capsule. The whole band, especially the bass is dead on, and the level of showmanship as well as craftsmanship is notable. Great stuff! |
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Lee Jeffriess
From: Vallejo California
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Posted 16 Mar 2011 7:31 pm
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After listening, to this its not hard to imagine these guys not being infleunced by the likes of Murphey and Boggs.
I cant believe they wouldnt have been aware of what was happening in Los Angeles ? |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 21 Mar 2011 1:28 am
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It's also not hard to imagine the likes of Murphey and Boggs, at least listening to Jules et al.. |
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Mike Neer
From: NJ
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Posted 21 Mar 2011 3:22 am
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basilh wrote: |
It's also not hard to imagine the likes of Murphey and Boggs, at least listening to Jules et al.. |
I would bet that's more likely the case, particularly because of Hawaii Calls. _________________ http://www.steelinstruction.com/
http://mikeneer.com |
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Lee Jeffriess
From: Vallejo California
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Posted 21 Mar 2011 7:55 pm
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Gents, I don't doubt that for one minute.
All the great Western swing steel guitarist's from that time had no problem playing great Hawaiian steel, they were obviously listening.
Like big band swing/pop jazz, its a corner stone of there medium.
What was illuminating to me, is to hear it go the other way.
Jules,( to my ears ) has a lot of Western swing verve in his style as well as his native style.
I haven't heard other Hawaiian players phrase like that.
Basilh, do you have any info on his copedant ? |
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Mitch Drumm
From: Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 21 Mar 2011 10:26 pm
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Lee:
Exactly right. There was a lot of cross-pollination going on. I'm sure you have heard those Andy Iona records that are stone Hawaiian and then you hear a saxophone come in like in a classic mainland pop tune---or listen to Freddie Tavares with T. Texas Tyler, Doris Day, or Wade Ray. The Hawaiian steel rides so often fit into western swing seamlessly. One can only imagine what it would have been like to see Jules on the mainland with Tex Williams--the mind reels. |
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Lee Jeffriess
From: Vallejo California
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Posted 22 Mar 2011 6:36 pm
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Absolutely Mitch, I love Freddie and Ernie Tavares, your right there's two Hawaiians on Western swing recordings.
One of my biggest regrets was finding a mint stack of Eddie Martin and his Islanders 78's, I didn't have any cash on me and I thought no worries they will be here tomorrow.
Boy did I blow it. |
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Anthony Locke
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2011 9:47 pm
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Basil,
I'm wondering if Jules is playing pedals on these recordings, or console, or both. His chord voicings and choices are beautiful. |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 1:57 am
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basilh wrote: |
At one point, the continuity announcer refers to Alfred Apaka's new "Hawaiian Village Nights" album. This was released in Sept. 1958, and gives us an aproximate date for this material. Also it identifies Jules' guitar as a Mk1 Fender 1000..and although the performances are over half a century old, we should take note of the musicianship displayed by all involved, such correct chords, bass lines and vocal harmonies, no longer duplicated.
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There's a picture SOMEWHERE of the Tapa Room Band with Jules seated at his Fender 1000. I'll find it and post it here..
Got it BUT SOMEWHERE there's a colour version of this picture..
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Anthony Locke
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 7:53 am
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Thanks Baz! This answeres some questions i've had in reguards to the use of pedal steel in hapa haole music. |
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Todd Clinesmith
From: Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 10:32 am
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Basilh,
Thanks so much for sharing these treasures. I seem to have missed the Tapa Room Downloads. Would you mind making them availiable once more ?
I got all the others in time.
Thanks again
Todd |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 4:25 pm
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Tod
Tapa Room COMPLETE
Click Here
or here:- http://mbf.cc/GnQK8Z
Tau Moe BBC Broadcast
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Click Here
or here:- http://mbf.cc/37CIo2
Click logo for my bars.
Anthony, the pedal steel is MUCH more prevalent in the Hapa Haole music that was recorded in Hawaii in the late 50's through to the 70's.. than most players realise..
EVEN Today it's in use effectively..
From the early 60's
Beyond the Reef
THIS album, to me, sounds most Hawaiian. "Steel Guitar Magic"
Some of the finest examples of Hawaiian style ACCOMPANIMENT done on PEDAL Steel.
My Isle of Golden Dreams
Dahil Sa'yo
Princess Poo-Poo-ly
Flowers of Paradise
Noticeable usage of pedals :-
The intro of Da Hill and also 2:37
The solo in Princess Poo-Poo-Ly at 1:24 to 1:47 AND the last chord at 2:25
The Intro of Flowers of Paradise and the chord changes throughout the fills behind the vocal.
This would (In my opinion) be the definitive example of the Hawaiian Side of the Pedal Guitar, disguised pedal usage, as was the way then.
BTW In posting these EXAMPLES I am presuming that the readers of the topic honour the fact that they're for EDUCATIONAL purposes only and NOT for distribution etc.
Furthermore I believe that the recognisable signature sound of Hawaii has been promulgated as much by the pedal steel as any other form of the instrument we are all associated with. Being on the inside (So to speak) we tend to forget just what has instilled the "Signature Sound" in the minds of the general public..
I was influenced by Jules, Danny, Bill And Barney..
This is a Fender pedal steel just a few days after I first purchased it, Pat and myself
The complete set of tunes from that PRACTISE session are HERE I had just been playing 3 years then..
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