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Pupule
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 Posted - 03/06/2008 : 7:26:44 PM
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wdf has donated a VHS copy of Hawaiian Rainbow in celebration of Uncle Ray's life. As I recall, there is some great footage of Uncle Ray performing in this video.
Anyone who posts this month will qualify for the random drawing. Posting under this topic specifically related to Uncle Ray (your personal story, song, etc.) will get you 2 entries instead of 1. Mahalo Dusty! Mahalo Uncle Ray!
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`Olu`olu
USA
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 12:52:55 AM
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Andy - we already have the DVD, so do not include us in the drawing, but I do want to share a story. (Go figure, right?)
My story concerns all those who Uncle Raymond has taught. He truly cared for the music and wanted so much to keep it alive. You can feel his legacy in his haumana. Not only can you easily tell who were taught by him, because they have truly developed the nahenahe playing, but you can feel the aloha in his students, as well. Doug Fitch, Ray Sowders, Patrick Landeza are three that I know of who not only are fantastic guitar players, but fantastic people on the inside as well. I like to think that Uncle Raymond shared the knowledge of guitar playing, but more importantly shared the aloha.
Mahalo nui loa, Uncle Raymond. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
Edited by - wcerto on 03/07/2008 12:53:21 AM |
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catheglass
Lokahi
USA
312 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 07:09:04 AM
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Aloha Andy:
I would like to join the hopefuls for this month - it would be wonderful to see more of Uncle Raymond's work. I never met him, but have been warmed by the stories I've heard from those who did - Patrick Landeza, George kahumoku, and many others, and warmed by just listening to his music and stately style. |
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808robertr
Akahai
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Posted - 03/07/2008 : 1:59:01 PM
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| aloha, i would like to be entered in the giveaway.the earliest recollection I have of uncle ray was when he taught slack key at the Hawaiian Music Academy at St. Louis School back in the 70's. He'd pull up in his taxi cab, I believe he drove back then, take out his guitar and start teaching. Unfortunately, I was not one of his students back then. I wished I'd had the opportunity to study, but alas. Mahalo uncle for all your music! |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 2:15:33 PM
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Man, I sure wouldn't mind getting this one! Uncle Ray has always been one of my personal favorites!
Mahalo to wdf and Andy!
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jmk
Lokahi
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 8:57:29 PM
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Throwing my name into the hat. I am fortunate to be learning Uncle Ray's Punahele from a talented slack key player who opened the last Slack Key Festival on the Big Island: Nick Borho.
I've heard great stories about Uncle Ray from Makana. He told of Uncle Ray throwing an expensive guitar into the fireplace when a student did not play to his expectations. Then he gave the student a practice guitar. A happy ending: Uncle Ray presented that student with a valuable guitar after said student reached a level. Uncle was very strict on the alternating thumb. I'm paraphrasing from memory here, hope I have the gist of Makana's words.
Aloha,
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kaniala5
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 03/11/2008 : 5:17:09 PM
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I am hoping to see this video whether or not I am chosen to receive this gift. Thanks for the donation wdf!
Ozzie presented a workshop here in SoCal with two pieces of Raymonds word for us to learn. I am blessed to have been there. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 03/11/2008 : 9:08:03 PM
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| I just watched the DVD with Slipry1 last week. I had seen it before. Not enough DVDs like that one! |
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/12/2008 : 07:20:02 AM
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One of the first slack key pieces I learned was Uncle Ray's version of Pua Sadinia. Many years ago I asked him about performing and teaching it; he said, "Sure, but if you record my version you gotta give me credit!"
I decided to teach his version later this month in Seattle, so yesterday I took a hard listen to that first Dancing Cat CD for the first time in a while. Wow! Talk about syncopation, slurs and slipper little slides!!!
After playing this song for 15 years, I'm still trying to get it right! I did write out a couple of measures "right off the record." Sorry, it's just impossible to read. So I made it easier for the class.
He's the best.
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noeau
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/13/2008 : 1:41:51 PM
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| Well my hat is now in the ring. Unfortunately I donʻt have any direct experience with Ray Kane. I do know that he has probably indirectly influenced almost everything I do when I play music. One cannot just play slack key without thinking of uncle. He was on the Leonard Kwan album that i tried so hard to emulate eons ago. Like Mark I still cannot produce what i hear on those recordings to a tee. I hear so many notes on some passages of some songs that two people couldnʻt humanly play. And these recordings were made in the earlier days of recording in Hawaiʻi which was rather primitive in the sixties. So what you hear is what was played. |
No'eau, eia au he mea pa'ani wale nō. |
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noeau
Ha`aha`a
USA
1105 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2008 : 2:49:52 PM
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| Kalua Kika a rare delicacy on the leeward coast. |
No'eau, eia au he mea pa'ani wale nō. |
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jmk
Lokahi
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2008 : 2:09:37 PM
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Guavasunrise: "Hmm. Waianae, located on the hot and arid leeward coast, would be the last place I would expect to find a home with a fireplace. Maybe it was Uncle Ray's hibachi? "
maybe Fran Guidry can answer this one, I believe Fran had a lesson at the Kane's home? |
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garson
Lokahi
USA
112 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2008 : 5:12:00 PM
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| Count me in. Ray Kane is why I am doing slack key. His album Punahele blew me away. The deeper you go the more you appreciate his playing. I still treasure the only contact I had with Ray, a reply to a letter I wrote thanking him. It came almost a year after I wrote but it came with excellent advice: keep practicing and enjoy. |
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RWD
`Olu`olu
USA
850 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 07:23:34 AM
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| I would like to win a video of Ray too. |
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NANI
Lokahi
USA
292 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2008 : 12:44:45 PM
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| I may not play slack key but I sure do love to listen and watch others play so count me in too! |
"A hui hou kakou, malama pono".
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