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Sleepy Lagoon (Read 5960 times)

basilh Big Kahuna I Try to Play Hawaiian Steel Guitar Posts: 801	Sleepy Lagoon 04/24/07 at 6:52am Inspired by Gerald Ross' version just posted, I thought that it may be of some use to post the COMPLETE tune. No slight on Ger, the Hawaiians and MOST recordings omit the middle section. So just for posterity :-
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vangary Big Kahuna Aloha Baby Posts: 113	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #1 - 05/04/07 at 12:46am Very nice Basil! A big thanks for the Tab. I worked on it today and really enjoyed it. That A7 slant is pretty tough. Sure would like to hear how the second part sounds.
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basilh Big Kahuna I Try to Play Hawaiian Steel Guitar Posts: 801	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #2 - 05/06/07 at 8:28am Vangary, thanks, I know that slant is a bugger, but we HAVE to try to raise the bar somewhat !! The middle is in this version :- Sleepy Lagoon This is NOT the version as tabbed because it's played on a "Pedal" guitar. Ooops I think I put my foot in it !!
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vangary

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Re: Sleepy Lagoon
Reply #3 - 05/06/07 at 1:08pm

I like the second part and you play it very well! I can see why others have left it off though. It is complicated and a bit distracting melody-wise from the the first part which tells the whole story.

Are you playing it on your Fender 1000? It's OK with me and 40.2% of our members (http://www.hsga.org/forum/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1155450562) if you stick your foot in it or on it, you have to, to push the pedals Wink

The A7 slant is much easier if you have one that lowers the G string. The standard pedals on C6th tuning make quick work of the slants in the second part also.

I like the fact that this is an Hawaiian Steel Guitar Forum and not just for Steel Without Pedals

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Wally Pfeifer

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Re: Sleepy Lagoon
Reply #4 - 05/06/07 at 7:11pm

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No slight on Ger, the Hawaiians and MOST recordings omit the middle section. So just for posterity :-

Baz

It seems to me that Sleepy Lagoon has not been recorded too many times by Hawaiian recording artists in Hawaii or the US mainland. Not including European artists, the only one that comes to mind is Alfred Apaka.

Do you know of others? If so,- enlighten me so I can check to see if I have them and I can dig them out to listen.
Mahalo,
Wally

I took care of that issue, Wally - Rick

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David Matzenik Big Kahuna From Cairns on the Coral Sea Posts: 550	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #5 - 05/07/07 at 5:01pm This is a fine piece of composing, but as a song it lilts along until it hits the 'nightingales and rose.' Then its like the bottom dropped out of the cutlery drawer. Are there nightingales and roses in the Hawaiian Islands, or is this lagoon beyond the Tropics?
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basilh

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Re: Sleepy Lagoon
Reply #6 - 05/07/07 at 7:19pm

I do believe there are Nightingales and Roses in Hawaii, and so does Jack Lawrence the AMERICAN lyricist who wrote the words.

The story told by Jack Lawrence (the Lyricist)

http://www.jacklawrencesongwriter.com/songs/sleepy_lagoon.html

Wally, I'll find the other versions as soon as I finish printing the new copy of aloha Dream.

In the meantime, listen to this version and TRY to count 3/4 :- Doris Day

Alfred without the middle

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basilh Big Kahuna I Try to Play Hawaiian Steel Guitar Posts: 801	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #7 - 05/07/07 at 7:23pm I forgot to include the all important lyrics .. The lyrics are on the *second* part of this page :- Of special interest is the middle section "Stand still oh Heaven and Earth" etc.
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basilh Big Kahuna I Try to Play Hawaiian Steel Guitar Posts: 801	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #8 - 05/07/07 at 8:12pm Here is an "Interesting" version :- Guess Who ?
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basilh Big Kahuna I Try to Play Hawaiian Steel Guitar Posts: 801	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #9 - 05/21/07 at 7:49am I'll give you a clue :- It's a Lady !
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Ken Ufton Ex Member	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #10 - 06/10/07 at 1:12pm Bas, The only female that comes to mind that, I would think would do that, is, Belva Dickerson, even at that, it would be IMHO, not a very good example of her playing, she had a lot of Sol's ideas in her playing, come on Bas, my finger nails are down to my knuckles, KU.
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basilh Big Kahuna I Try to Play Hawaiian Steel Guitar Posts: 801	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #11 - 06/10/07 at 2:47pm Ken .. it's Cynthia Read...
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Ken Ufton Ex Member	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #12 - 06/10/07 at 8:44pm Bas, You know something, that name kept gnawing at me, and I almost wrote it down, first time have heard her play, thanks, KU
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basilh Big Kahuna I Try to Play Hawaiian Steel Guitar Posts: 801	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #13 - 06/11/07 at 7:10am Quote: the first time I have heard her play Yes Ken, quite memorable !! BTW I'm looking into that 123 Computer warehouse question..
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basilh Big Kahuna I Try to Play Hawaiian Steel Guitar Posts: 801	Re: Sleepy Lagoon Reply #14 - 01/11/08 at 10:51am BTW (By The Way) Cynthia Read (Mentioned earlier in the post) passed away on September 24th aged 82 (it's in the December issue of AD. page 10) Here's someone else playing Sleepy Lagoon :- Click Here Nice key change ! and some smart triplet picking here and there..
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