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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 08/27/2011 : 05:08:38 AM
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Mele, on Maui make great (and more affordably priced) double puka models.
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Mike Anderson
Akahai
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2011 : 05:07:31 AM
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They also had a "super" tenor - between a tenor and baritone. It's a fun place to visit.
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basilking
Lokahi
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Posted - 09/25/2011 : 3:55:21 PM
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Further digression, Mike: Augie Colón [percussionist/bird-calls for Martin Denny's band in the '60s] was my mother-in-law's cousin. His son Lopaka [had a band named after himself, then another called "Pure Heart"] had an interesting young guy in the band who played "lead/plugged-in" ukulele with wah-wah/stomp-boxes/etc; we used to see 'em a decade back.
Back to ukes... that young man was Jake Shimabukuro, now more widely known [sans foot-pedals] as "Ukulele Jake". As you note, all these diverse musical elements flow in & around each other.
Back yet further to-topic, it was Grimes that I was trying to think of when 1st mentioned Keola's double-puka guitar[s]. |
Edited by - basilking on 09/25/2011 5:21:35 PM |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 09/25/2011 : 6:02:03 PM
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Originally posted by basilking
His son Lopaka [had a band named after himself, then another called "Pure Heart"]...
Other way around. Pure Heart was Jon Yamasato, Jake Shimabukuro & Lopaka Colon; the band "Colon" came after Pure Heart broke up, and released one album.
Last I saw Lopaka was when he was playing percussion with Henry Kapono on the "Wild Hawaiian" tour. He's very talented. |
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basilking
Lokahi
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Posted - 09/28/2011 : 09:23:35 AM
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Mike Anderson
Akahai
Canada
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Posted - 09/29/2011 : 09:30:06 AM
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| basilking, that is a cool and interesting connection; I know Martin Denny's music of course (as all right-thinking humans should), and as a mostly-percussionist kinda guy I have always been blown away by his inventiveness and sense of fun. Will have to look up the younger Colon and the other connections here. I am naturally in awe of Jake Shimabukuro's talent, but not really my cup of tea - but I'll bet that was still a very cool band. :) |
It's never too late to have a happy childhood! |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2011 : 11:12:34 AM
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Originally posted by Mike Anderson
Will have to look up the younger Colon and the other connections here. I am naturally in awe of Jake Shimabukuro's talent, but not really my cup of tea - but I'll bet that was still a very cool band.
It's unfortunate that all the Pure Heart and Colon material is out-of-print, but I think Jon Yamasato is making efforts to get rights to the PH stuff. I had all of the albums at one point, but ended up plugging them into Muzak's "Hawaiian" channel, where they still spin to this day, afaik. |
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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Mike Anderson
Akahai
Canada
84 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2011 : 07:19:53 AM
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...and as a Brazilian music lover and former professional player of Brazilian percussion, I know of Carlinhos P.D.O. and his work, and I believe he has run a school (California?) now for several years.
"Pandeiro" is the Brazilian tambourine, and "de ouro" means "of gold". "Carlinhos" is the affectionate diminutive, "little Carlos". You don't get that kinda nickname in Brazil without being really special. If you watch soccer you'll know Brazilians are all about nicknames - if you went through life without getting one it would be truly weird. :) |
It's never too late to have a happy childhood! |
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can anyone ID Eddie Kamae's baritone?
