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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
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 Posted - 12/11/2007 : 6:02:41 PM
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Basil, I think you've gone off the rails a bit, do you think you could get back on track and print the magazine?
I disagree. Sorry to weigh in so late, but, IMHO, Tau Moe was no more or less jazzy than his contemporaries. Even though he started playing acoustic in the 20's (there was no other choce until the Rickenbacker Frypan in 1933 or 1934). Electric steel became instantly popular because it could be heard along with the other instruments. Sol Ho'opi'i switched to electric in the 30's, and was a representative of Dickerson guitars, as I recall. The same thing happened in country and western swing. In fact, my friend Peter Feldmann wrote an article stating that the steel began to replace the fiddle in Honkey Tonks because it could be heard over the roar of the crowd (and the roar of electric guitars). IMHO, also, playing retro acoustic is equivalent to playing old timey country music and pre-electric cajun music (mygawd, the Cajuns took to electric music like the proverbial duck to water - SPEND IT ALL!!!). |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 8:01:51 PM
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Originally posted by Pat H
Basil, I think you've gone off the rails a bit, do you think you could get back on track and print the magazine?
Uh-oh...the missus has caught on... |
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Basil Henriques
Lokahi
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/12/2007 : 02:54:48 AM
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She has indeed, I MUST keep the head down. !!
With regard to Tau Moe, as I said earlier, I don't think Tau's STYLE was either Swing OR Jazz, initially or later when I met and got to know the whole Moe Ohana.
Pat and I knew the whole Moe family whilst they lived in Europe and they appeared At the Castaways (our resident gig) and many other venues in the UK where we saw them perform frequently. Tau and I had entirely different styles, I classed him as 30's Hawaiian Style in the classic sense, He was NOT one to improvise a melody, whilst he referred to me as similar to Jules and Billy, a massive compliment. He said as much in an article in the BMG magazine about 1966-67.
Tau's Daughter Dorian and myself at the PCC.
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justplainbill
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 01/02/2008 : 2:22:10 PM
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This is likely goin' to get me in a lot of trouble, but after reading all this, I wondered why it's on a Hawaiin music site (??) I figured it was more fitting on the Steel Guitar Forum, where all types of players are represented, not just Hawaiian. The title of "Taro Patch" suggests to me that this site is devoted to music of Hawaii.
The HSGA site has a lot of audio music that doesn't have a dam thing to do with Hawaiian music, so I'm thinking it will be diluted to the point that it will be irrevelent. No over-site on the mission of the HSGA it seems, which is spelled out on thier homepage.
Like I said, I'll likely be in lots of trouble for this!!
Oh well, I've been flamed before!! |
Edited by - justplainbill on 01/02/2008 8:15:26 PM |
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