Hawaiian Rhythm For a Dollar
I hadn't been to our local Salvation Army Thrift store for a couple of months, so I decided to stop by today and have a look through the record bins. I saw a few LPs that I was sort of interested in, but this gorgeous Technicolor wahine practically leapt off the shelves and into my arms. For only a buck, how could I refuse her?
When I got home and put the record on my turntable, I discovered that the music, by Luke Leilani and His Hawaiian Rhythm, was gorgeous too. The songs are all island standards like Red Sails In the Sunset and Hawaiian War Chant, played oh-so languidly on slack-key guitar, but a couple of tunes featured an intriguing mix of yelping native vocalizing over snappy Chuck Berry-ish riffing. Check out the MP3 of Hawaiian Holiday linked below to hear it for yourself.
[Link: Hawaiian Holiday]
Comments
Great! I'm turning 37 in a little bit more than a month. 37! And I never knew. A passport!!
Thanks for telling me. I will get at least 3 or 4 of those passports using different names. Oh, this will be so much fun!
Thanks.
Posted by: Sebastian | November 18, 2006 6:25 AM
I have no idea what you're talking about, Sebastian, but have fun with your multiple passports!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | November 18, 2006 6:31 AM
Oh, I understand now. Sorry, not enough coffee yet...
Posted by: MrBaliHai | November 18, 2006 6:40 AM
Coffee is good.
Btw - What a fantastic scan (or is it a photograph?)!
Posted by: Sebastian | November 18, 2006 6:52 AM
It's a scan. I tried photographing it, but my digital camera doesn't capture a high enough resolution, so I scanned all 4 corners, then stitched the pieces together in Photoshop. Took quite a while to get it right, but it was obviously worth it.
Thanks for the PCL link!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | November 18, 2006 7:09 AM
i was about to say that that scan is beautiful. thanks for the image and the tunes!
Posted by: johnny dollar | November 22, 2006 9:29 AM
Glad ya likes it, Johnny!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | November 22, 2006 7:38 PM