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Topic: Kalama Koanui |
Norman Markowitz
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Santa Cruz, California
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Posted 14 Mar 2019 12:03 pm |
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Hawaiian music is my preferred listening pleasure. So naturally because of that I am in love with it's use of the steel guitar. One person that seems to have escaped much attention is Kalama Koanui. In this video we see him backing up the great Dennis Pavao. I also have seen some credits with him playing steel guitar with Pandanus Club. Can anyone contribute any more information regarding Michael Kalama Koanui?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1eCB_FgTtU |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 14 Mar 2019 3:05 pm
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Its great to put faces to these sounds. Visiting Hilo in 1995, I picked up a CD collection of Dennis Pavao's 1980 recordings. Na Mele Henoheno. Michael Kalamaku Koanui features on steel guitar throughout. He contributed tasteful fills, melodic breaks, and masterful harmonic passages, the equal of the best traditional Hawaiian players, which was a credit to the whole band, as the 1980s were not the greatest for Hawaiian music. Micheal also contributed a very smooth rendition of Andy Iona's, How D'ya Do.
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Wally Pfeifer
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2019 8:53 pm Dennis Pavao
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 I'm pretty sure I have CDs with Bobby Ingano playing steel with Dennis Pavao.
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 7:19 am Re: Kalama Koanui
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| Norman Markowitz wrote: |
Hawaiian music is my preferred listening pleasure. So naturally because of that I am in love with it's use of the steel guitar. One person that seems to have escaped much attention is Kalama Koanui. In this video we see him backing up the great Dennis Pavao. I also have seen some credits with him playing steel guitar with Pandanus Club. Can anyone contribute any more information regarding Michael Kalama Koanui?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1eCB_FgTtU |
Thanks for making my morning Norm with this clip. Love the song Makee Ilana and it doesn’t get much better than Dennis Pavao. |
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Norman Markowitz
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Santa Cruz, California
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Jim Newberry
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Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 16 Mar 2019 7:46 pm
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I can’t add any information, but thanks for posting this, Norman. Love it.
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2019 5:13 pm Dennis Pavao
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 Mahalo Norman,
Bobby had told me that he had added steel later but I didn't realize that the singers were added. And I didn't remember what album it was. Thank you.
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Kay Das
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 18 Mar 2019 3:38 pm
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Don't hear much about Kalama Koanui. Is he still playing anywhere? Nice steel guitar!
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 18 Mar 2019 6:43 pm
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| I work with Kalama at the Aulani Resort and it's a joy. He's still tearing it up on guitar and steel guitar at the Polynesian and Hawaiian shows. |
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Josei Alfonsi
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Hawaii, USA
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