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Topic: Guess who I ran into on Oahu? |
Dom Franco
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Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Chase Brady
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2017 5:14 pm |
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| Dom, you might want to give your new friend a pointer or two. Look at those fingers flying behind the bar! |
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David M Brown
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Posted 10 Aug 2017 6:25 am
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| Chase Brady wrote: |
| Dom, you might want to give your new friend a pointer or two. Look at those fingers flying behind the bar! |
Look carefully - the 2nd finger is muting, and it looks like he is lifting the bar to play a single-note run.
Nice pic! |
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Chase Brady
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2017 6:38 am
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| Perhaps so. I stand corrected. |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2017 7:37 am
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| Chase Brady wrote: |
| Perhaps so. I stand corrected. |
It almost looks like the artist has Kekuku playing the oldest style flat bar, but I can't be sure. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2017 8:04 am
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Or it might be a railroad spike.  |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 10 Aug 2017 2:49 pm
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Or perhaps a can of worms!
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 10 Aug 2017 7:43 pm
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Lorene Ruymar (SP) had a lot to do with getting a statue of Joseph put there....
Things have sure come a long way since he started all this !! |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2017 1:55 am
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| Dom Franco wrote: |
| It looked like a flat steel bar to me, like an old one that they taught us to use when I was taking lessons (The Oahu Method) |
I thought it looked like pictures from those old method books.
I have a couple of those flat steels...I can see why the round bar was invented!  |
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Don Crowl
From:
Medford, Oregon, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2017 8:04 am
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| Thanks for sharing the nice picture. That serves as a great honor to the man. May you continue to enjoy an excellent vacation & return refreshed. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2017 8:52 am
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| Is Tommy Au still playing his frypan at the Polynesian Cultural Center? |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 14 Aug 2017 9:21 am
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The man appears to have not moved an inch since I was there last November.
Jack, the day I was there no steel guitar could be found so I have no idea if Tommy still plays at the Center.
I did spend some time in the ukelele shop there - with the resurgence of the instrument in the past 10-15 years they had a really nice selection. I played some beauties.
But my wife was standing by - ready to fire a shot across my bow if she saw me attempting to remove a credit card from my wallet. 
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Dom Franco
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Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Posted 14 Aug 2017 7:05 pm
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There was one Hawaiian Guitar player at the Luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center. He was introduced as Steve Chaney Master of the Steel Guitar. (spelling may be wrong)
He was very good and I wanted to meet him after the show, but he left the stage so quickly and I couldn't get to him through the crowd.
We went to several Luaus and other shows throughout the week, and no other steel guitars were to be seen anywhere. lot's of ukes, guitars, bass, and keyboards.... sadly no Hawaiian Guitars!
Dom
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Jim Mckay
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 15 Aug 2017 12:40 pm
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Think its spelt Steve Cheney Dom,and he has played there for several years. I was disappointed the night we were there Steve was away and there was was no other steel player in his place. However I did here a lot of top players at the HSGA festival.
Thanks for posting
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 15 Aug 2017 1:39 pm
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Joseph is definitely looking older!!!!
Geo
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 15 Aug 2017 1:57 pm
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In an era of degraded arts and traditions, that statue could have been dreadful, but the project turned out very well. This picture of Kekuku, or one from the same shoot, may have been used as a reference:
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Dom Franco
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Beaverton, OR, 97007
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George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 15 Aug 2017 2:30 pm
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I never knew too much about Joseph Kekuku until I bought John Troutman's great book, "How The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed The Sound of Modern Music".
Geo
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2017 9:12 pm Steve Cheney
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 Steve had 2 or 3 sons that also played at the PCL whenever Steve was gone. I don't know where they are now or what they are doing.
Of the many steel guitar guests we had during the 27 years that Frank & Donna Miller, Don Weber and I managed the Joliet HSGA Convention,- Steve was one of the best. They were all tops.
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Steve Pawlak
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2017 6:15 am
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Tough crowd
Actually critiquing the playing technique OF A STATUE! |
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2017 6:49 am
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| Dom Franco wrote: |
George; I just ordered the book you mentioned on Amazon.com
"How The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed The Sound of Modern Music". It sounds really interesting, thanks for the information!
Dom |
It is a great read, and quite informative for those of us interested in the steel guitar, jazz, American music, etc. |
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