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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 19 Nov 2015 6:14 am    
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These guys sound terrific but to my ears their music is crying out for an electric steel guitarist. The metal-body acoustic just doesn't cut it. But they can sure swing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caFazZYyIQ4#t=407
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Joe Elk


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Post  Posted 19 Nov 2015 9:48 am    
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They sure can!!!!!!
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David Matzenik


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Post  Posted 19 Nov 2015 12:23 pm    
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It is a great performance. Any idea od the location? That guitar player is totally overpowered by the band, but I am not sure he is all that dynamic. There are acoustic players who are, but they have to be mic-ed properly like bluegrass dobroists.
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Norman Markowitz

 

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Santa Cruz, California
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2015 1:10 pm    
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Dwight Tokumoto starts off, then Elmer "Sonny" Lim plays steel on the second song then Dwight Tokumoto takes over after that.

The group is called Kahulanui (The Big Dance).

http://kahulanui.com/
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2015 3:03 pm    
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Wow, what an interesting blend of Swing & Hawaiian.
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Kirk Francis


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Post  Posted 19 Nov 2015 4:44 pm    
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our local band here in northeast hawai'i! dwight usually plays a great-sounding post war fry pan with these guys.
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Bill Creller

 

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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2015 6:14 pm    
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Very cool group & sound !! Very Happy
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Bill Leach

 

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Cheshire, england
Post  Posted 20 Nov 2015 6:07 am    
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Sorry folks, I think you'll find this band, though very cool, are miming to a pre recorded track. The big clues are the bass not being plugged in, the lack of a mute on the muted trumpet and...an electric sounding acoustic steel guitar.
Still sounds great though.
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Kirk Francis


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Post  Posted 20 Nov 2015 2:52 pm    
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of course it's done to playback. owing to the requiements of editorial, virtually all non- documentary music film and video productions are done to playback and always have been.

that said, i would encourage all to see these folks live -- a real treat. da kine!
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 20 Nov 2015 3:42 pm    
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this band... are miming to a pre recorded track.


Yes, I was going to say that earlier. They're not playing live, there are no mics or cords in sight... so comments about a guitar (or a steel guitar) being drowned out by the band or not playing loud enough have nothing to do with "the performance" in the video. The music was pre-recorded in a studio, so we can assume that the band and the producer mixed the instruments exactly as they wanted them mixed. I'm not criticizing the band at all. Hey, musicians have been miming to pre-recorded tracks in Movies for 75 years! Cool
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 21 Nov 2015 4:50 am    
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Exactly. Getting live sound in an outdoor location like that is a nightmare .... cars, wind noise, mics in the shot, etc. It's just not practical. Much of the outdoor dialogue in every film and TV show is replaced later via ADR in a studio so all the sounds you hear are mixed and controllable. Kirk, you could certainly testify on this one! Smile
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Adam Tracksler


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Maine, USA
Post  Posted 21 Nov 2015 5:08 am    
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Have you seen/head the Sweet Hollywaiians?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybzwoqvg4D8
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David Matzenik


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Post  Posted 21 Nov 2015 1:59 pm    
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The type of dynamic steel playing that Andy says it was "crying out for" is not present, where ever it was recorded. I still believe you can do some hot playing on a National.
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