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Hookani
Lokahi
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 Posted - 05/04/2010 : 10:06:26 PM
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Hey Jack,
Sorry haven't been in touch with you since the last time we talked but we all seem to be pretty busy. I don't think we'll be able to put anything together by the time you leave with mother's day and everything, everyone seems to have other plans already. Was looking forward to jamming again but I'm sure you'll be back real soon. If anything clears up between now and the weekend I'll give you a ring.
Aloha,
Ho'okani |
Ke Kani Nahe
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2010 : 09:01:55 AM
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| OK! I'm booked for the weekend, too. FYI, I played with the Keawe Ohana at the Marriott last Thursday (and tomorrow, too), with Rory Lono's band at his church Saturday morining, with Led Kaapana at the Kona Brewry on Sunday. I saw some of you at the HSGA stage on Lei Day, but I didn't play because Kamaka Tom didn't get my messages to him. I'm playing again tomorrow with the Keawe's, Saturday at Alan Akaka's school concert at the Windward Mall in Kaneohe, and Sunday with Rory's band - a paying gig! Ahwe! I may be back in August for Cyril's bash in Waimanolo, tho. |
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
1206 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2010 : 8:37:14 PM
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Keaka,
You may be knuckled down and bent over your steel, but you look mighty fine on that there stage! Bet that was great fun...
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2010 : 07:25:01 AM
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| Aloha, friends. It's been real wonderful here, but I'm off for home. Sorry to have missed a lot of folks, but I know it's busy time for so many, what with Mother's Day, etc. Now off to Kaliponi to be wan banjo guy, den to da hale up Seatlle way. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2010 : 1:03:13 PM
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| After all my glowing reports about carrying on my Stringmaster, I got screwed by an overzealous head attendent on my flight to LA. I had to whine and cajole to get the steel gate checked and back into my hands at the gate. Maybe it's just dealing with the usual LA BS, and the flight WAS full. Oh, well... otherwise service was, as usual, very good. |
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
1206 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2010 : 7:04:37 PM
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Keaka,
That's why I have not brought my long-scale Rickenbacher Fry Pan to Hawai'i, although I'd love to. I am scared that it would be gate-checked and I'd never see it again. It is a priceless instrument in mint condition....
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
1628 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 07:35:15 AM
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I am scared that it would be gate-checked and I'd never see it again.
Here's a trick to make sure you get it on the plane:
Don't argue, just smile at the gate agent when you hand him/her/it your boarding pass and ask for a green tag (or whatever color your airline uses) to gate check the case.
Then walk through the doors to the ramp & put the green ticket in your pocket.
When you get to the plane, place your sacred object in the overhead.
It helps to be seated in one of the early boarding areas--try limping if you need to. 
Seriously, this is how I got my little guitar to and from Maui last month.
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noeau
Ha`aha`a
USA
1105 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 08:52:21 AM
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| Mark you no need limp. People help you out just because you already look like you need it. Heh heh heh. |
No'eau, eia au he mea pa'ani wale nō. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 09:08:17 AM
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| When I said I whined, it was metaphorical. Of course, it doesn't pay to be nasty or petulant - that guarantees that the instrument gets fed to the gorrilas. I just wanted to make sure that I got the instrument back at the gate. The result of my pleading was that the head flight attendant came out and made sure that the head baggage guy got my instrument to me. I watched him bring it from the airplane to the gate. My horror experiences have been between the gate and baggage claim, when the baggage guys are trying to get luggage out ASAP. In the end, 2 out of 3 flights wasn't bad. Since I'm going back to Seattle on the train, my instruments will be with me all da time. Oh - if you can get your instrument back at the gate, a steel guitar is probably the most damage resistant. Remember a Rickenbacher frypan is made out of aluminium - hard to break, yeah? |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 10:03:46 AM
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Yeah,hard to break. But small, lightweight and so easy to STEAL! Mus be why they call it a Steal Guitar. I don't blame Julie for having concerns for a nearly irreplaceable Ric. That's where a more common cheaper instrument comes in. Seems like the Ric should be small enough for the overheads, though. I took my dulcimer on several flights, twice to Hawai`i and once to Oklahoma City. No one ever said a word, except passengers asking if we were having in-flight music.
Unko Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 12:58:45 PM
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Originally posted by rendesvous1840
No one ever said a word, except passengers asking if we were having in-flight music.
Now, THAT would be a treat. Next time you fly, tell 'em that if they let you carry the instruments on, you'll entertain folks. |
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
1628 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 1:35:21 PM
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Mark you no need limp. People help you out just because you already look like you need it. Heh heh heh.
I resemble that remark! |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 1:42:58 PM
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Maybe get a gig and fly for free! They don't serve no food, so no fruit for nobody to throw at me!
Unko Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2010 : 08:45:31 AM
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| I'm home now. Got in last night. The train ride was great! We got in 15 minutes early, the food was very good, the service was fantastic, and the scenery - oh, how good! The Coast Starlight goes up the beach from Oxnard to San Luis Obispo, then sleep time thru the Valley, waek up to Mt. Shasta, then over the Cascades to Eugene. I recommend the trip highly. Mahalo nui loa to all my Hawaiian friends, and apologies to those who I missed. See y'all on the next go-round. |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2010 : 10:05:35 AM
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Originally posted by slipry1
The train ride was great! We got in 15 minutes early
Wait, what?!?! I NEVER hear of the Coast Starlight getting here early! Lucky man, Keaka - and the weather held for your return, too. 24 hours later, and you'd be a rider on the storm. |
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Coming to HI
