Looking for newer high bass A albums

[Lloyd Graves]

For reasons of variety and to reduce the amount of pops and crackles in my ears (from digitized 78s), I am looking to expand my Hawaiian music collection with recordings of "younger" artists - preferably people that play in high bass A. I prefer digitized versions of albums when possible.

There are two albums I cannot find copies of:
- The Emersons (I've tried the contacting both brothers on Facebook but got no answers)
- Ken and Bob, Escape to Jazz Island - I found one cd

If anyone knows where to buy these digitally, I would greatly appreciate any information.




FYI, my list includes Sebastian Mueller, the Hollywaiians, The Hula Bluebirds, Wheatley's Arcadians, the Boblo Islanders, and the Moonlighters. Are there others I should know about, and if so, where would I find them?

Thanks!

[Joe Cook]

Those are all great, Lloyd! I love this music and would also like to hear more. There are some very talented players out there in the world! I'm particularly interested in high bass A as well.

[Mike Neer]

There was also the Central Park Sheiks, with Bob Hipkens on dobro.

https://youtu.be/T6McuDkZ78g?si=7NjbMHHpdeQ1O6Ko

[Michael Miller]

I believe Brother Oswald played a high A tuning. He started out on lap steel and his solo work shows hawaiian and jazz influences.

[Sebastian Müller]

Hey Lloyd,

most of the stuff you mentioned is actually not A Hibass, it is either G (Low or Hibass) or C#minor in the case of the Mike Neer with the Moonlighters I guess. But who cares, A and G sound pretty similar.
Ken Emerson is using G Lowbass primarily , you can find many albums of him on Spotify. I am pretty sure you also have the Cheap Suit Serenaders on your radar , or ?
Aloha
Sebastian

[Michael Miller]

And don't forget Bob Dunn.

[Lloyd Graves]

I was at the Black Creek Fiddler's Reunion (old time fiddle times, mostly) this weekend and took my metal bodied Dobro (in high bass A) to a swing jam. I don't think I made an ass of myself, but that's not really the point.

I met a great fiddler, named Rafe Woman, who plays in the Slide Grinders, featuring a bunch of Hawaiian steel guitar. Most of what they play are old country and Cajun tunes, with one trad Hawaiian piece. Here's their Bandcamp page: https://slidegrinders.bandcamp.com/album/slide-grinders

[Jean-Sebastien Gauthier]

Me and my band are working on a new project. Maybe we will record something before the end of the year. I started the project on Tricone and the switch to my Gibson because I got bade experience with sound man but we experimented and decided that every next show will be 100% acoustic (Tricone for me) with a single Ear Trumpet Lab mic!

https://m.facebook.com/61553173221112/

[Jack Hanson]

I believe Brother Oswald played a high A tuning.

Agreed. Oswald's two featured instrumentals (The End Of The World & Sailin' On To Hawaii) on this classic album would seem to be played in high-bass A.