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Konabob
`Olu`olu

USA
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Posted - 03/22/2013 :  07:10:52 AM  Show Profile  Visit Konabob's Homepage  Send Konabob an AOL message  Reply with Quote
A friend just shared this video with us. It was shot in the 40's and 50's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Cw2yuL53Yw

It contains some amazing music. Shirley and I are hoping to find out who is singing the first song, and who is playing the fiddle?

Any of you know who this is? Leibert Lindsey?

-aloha,
Konabob
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Claudia
Lokahi

USA
152 Posts
Posted - 03/22/2013 :  09:33:49 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The first song is Pu'u Huluhulu. It's on the album :Songs of the Hawaiian Cowboy-Na Mele o Paniolo. Here are the musician credits for Pu'u Huluhulu: There is also a Talkstory segment about this song on the album.

Clyde Kindy Sproat and Michael Martin Murphey: Vocals
Sonny Lim: Bass, Background Vocals
Nani Lim Yap: Background Vocals
Mark Casstevens: Ukulele
Rob Hajacos: Fiddle
Chris Leuzinger: Acoustic Guitar
Joey Miskulin: Accordian
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a

USA
1511 Posts
Posted - 03/22/2013 :  09:40:20 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Gerat film, Konabob. Alas, when I went to Mele.com, it said "no longer available" for the album!
keaka
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markwitz
`Olu`olu

USA
841 Posts
Posted - 03/22/2013 :  11:34:00 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The last song is from this CD.

http://www.mele.com/music/artist/clyde+%22kindy%22+sproat/songs+of+the+hawaiian+cowboy+-+na+mele+o+paniolo/

Also out of print, but you should try and do a google search anyway to see if you can find used copies.

The song is "Ku'u Hoa Hololio" (My Friend The Horse) written by Auntie Alice Namakelua. Clyde "Kindy Sproat" does the vocal with acoustic guitar done by Sonny Lim.

Just checked Amazon. They have used copies for around $9.00

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000002NEX/ref=tmm_acd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain
Edited by - markwitz on 03/22/2013 11:39:40 AM
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Konabob
`Olu`olu

USA
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Posted - 03/22/2013 :  12:03:53 PM  Show Profile  Visit Konabob's Homepage  Send Konabob an AOL message  Reply with Quote
Thank you Claudia, for the name of the fiddle player. There is a Rob Hajek in the phone book. No Hajacos, however. Would be interesting to know if he is still around. Maybe Sonny will know.
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Claudia
Lokahi

USA
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Posted - 03/22/2013 :  12:20:35 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
an Internet search reveals that Rob Hajacos is a very much in-demand fiddler out of Nashville. Heʻs on FB and has a website too. I canʻt imagine there is more than one fiddler with that name!
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a

USA
1511 Posts
Posted - 03/22/2013 :  12:46:24 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Mahalo, Norm. I ordered it, and I'll get it before I go to HI. Also mahalo to Claudia for sending me the mele.
keaka
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dr. cookie
Lokahi

USA
299 Posts
Posted - 03/22/2013 :  7:25:45 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Just a bit more on the first song. Kindy Sproat does indeed use the "Pu`u Huluhulu" title (and a few others use either "Pu`uohulu" or
"Pu`u O Hulu") . . . but most seem to know it (and record/perform it) as "Kaula `Ili" (e.g., search mele.com both with & without the `okina).

My research so far indicates that Sproat's take on this song is unique (and he may be right, of course), but to my knowledge no one else has recorded the song with these English verses and a complete paniolo orientation.

So far, I'm of the mind to agree with those who have suggested that the two usual "Kaula `Ili" verses are orphan verses--all that remain from two different songs--and that they have been combined to make create one very sweet love song. If anyone has any other info on this song, I'd love to hear it!

Don
Edited by - dr. cookie on 03/22/2013 7:27:13 PM
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Konabob
`Olu`olu

USA
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Posted - 03/22/2013 :  8:03:36 PM  Show Profile  Visit Konabob's Homepage  Send Konabob an AOL message  Reply with Quote
I was struck by the phrase "Oh, never mind...". He uses the exact phrase in another song that he made popular here on the Big Island. Must be a Waimea thing.
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a

USA
1051 Posts
Posted - 04/17/2013 :  12:17:38 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If I run into Michael Martin Murphy, (will be awhile) who lives in Taos, and often is on our Denver to Cheyenne Frontier Days train in July, he might have some tidbits to share...
but that won't be till summer. Nice footage and soundtrack.
Edited by - Kapila Kane on 04/17/2013 12:20:49 AM
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