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to topic'. From the back cover:
“Bob Brozman, probably the greatest living acoustic steel guitar player, meets
Ledward Kaapana, one of the greatest exponents of Hawaiian slack key, two giants of two
styles doing it as no-one else can.”
Folk Roots Magazine
“Ledward Kaapana - friendly, generous,
self-effacing, a little kolohe (rascally) and a flat-out genius at just about any stringed
instrument that can be fingered-picked.” Honolulu Advertiser
This concert video includes Hawaiian slack key
guitar (ki ho’alu) master Ledward Kaapana performing solo on many instruments
(including: 6 string, 12 string, autoharp and ukulele), Led is then joined by National
Steel guitar king Bob Brozman. Together the two perform songs ranging from Hawaiian
standards to slack key favorites.
Led’s full-bodied fingerpicking covers the
melody and rhythm while Bob’s amazing slide work (he plays a National, Koa wood
Weissenborn acoustic steel and ukulele), provides the textural accents and coloration his
instrument has traditionally provided in Hawaiian music. This ground-breaking
collaboration brings together two stellar musicians from different cultures, who share
their aloha for vintage Hawaiian music and have good fun doing it. |
