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kihoalukid
Lokahi
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da_joka
Lokahi
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 Posted - 11/02/2007 : 11:18:00 AM
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| awesome. ho, some fast no his fingahs stay flying. looks almost fake! amazing fo watch da true kupuna of ki ho'alu no? |
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Pupule
USA
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Posted - 11/02/2007 : 11:22:06 AM
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| Yeah! Nice find! |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 11/02/2007 : 11:42:24 AM
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| Wonderful. Does he have two fingers on the right hand that no work? They look kinds bent and deformed. I thought that too when I watched Uncle Ray's DVD, "Kiho`alu, That's Slack Key Guitar". Man, was he ever good. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 12:20:33 PM
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| Wow. What a great find, indeed!! Thanks so much. Wish there was more video of Sonny to be seen. Anybody know if there is? |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 12:26:16 PM
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| Found another one but it was the same as this one. |
Me ke aloha
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hwnmusiclives
`Olu`olu
USA
580 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 1:34:12 PM
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Originally posted by markwitz
Wow. What a great find, indeed!! Thanks so much. Wish there was more video of Sonny to be seen. Anybody know if there is?
Norm, this clip is from the 1970 PBS Hawaii special "Na Mele O Hawai`i." The half-hour documentary presented the many facets of Hawaiian music to the world at large by chronicling an evening at the Dolphin Room of the Outrigger Hotel where a foremost trio performed: singer Myra English, guitarist Sonny Chillingworth, and steel guitarist Billy Hew Len. (The trio needed no bassist because of Sonny's octopus-like guitar work - most done in standard tuning.) The show also featured the falsetto singing of Bill Ali`iloa Lincoln and the hula of Sonny's very famous aunt, Harriet Purdy. The whole shebang was hosted by expert in all things Hawaiian, Ka`upena Wong.
It is a wonderful special, but I have not seen a crystal clear copy in circulation, and that includes my beat up dub of it.
(And, no, Sonny's hands worked just fine. He is doing all the picking with his thumb and forefinger - just like the old-timers like Aunty Alice Namakelua.)
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 11/02/2007 : 2:16:06 PM
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| Myra, Sonny, Bill and Billy all together!!! Gottta start work on that time machine. What a show that musta' been. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
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kihoalukid
Lokahi
USA
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 4:52:32 PM
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| Oh, how excited I was to see Kou Kaula `Ili, especially the hula. One thing about seeing the hula is that it makes it very clear to me that the kanaka leo nui (at least in this version) was indeed a man and not a hill o mountain. Does anyone know who is dancing? She was wonderful, so expressive. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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kihoalukid
Lokahi
USA
289 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 5:05:11 PM
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| Wanda, that was Sonny's Aunt Harriet Purdy (as Bill mentioned). |
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Russell Letson
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 11/02/2007 : 6:22:16 PM
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Ozzie told me that Sonny told him that he had broken a finger on his right hand in a fight and it made it hard for him to make a fist. From the "Kaula `Ili" needle-and-thread footage in the Friedmann film, I would have said it was the middle finger--it doesn't bend. On the, um, other hand, I *can* see it bend in the first video linked here, so either it wasn't that damaged or the injury took place after 1970.
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2007 : 01:00:37 AM
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If you look at the ring finger on his righthand, it looks bent the opposite way that it should be, kind of splayed as it were.
Nonetheless, what a swell find. Thanks for sharing the link kihoalukid. It was great to see. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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Reid
Ha`aha`a
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Posted - 11/03/2007 : 07:35:18 AM
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Just wonderful - the dancing was as good as the playing.
And thanks to Bill for the background yhat made it more meaningful
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