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November 23, 2006
November 20, 2006
Will the Real George Morgan Please Stand Up...Please Stand Up?
Vinyl Sniffers is looking for a few good George Morgan imitators. Do you have the right George Morgan stuff?
[Link: The George Morgan Smilers]
November 17, 2006
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]