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Aloha Joe's Steel Guitar Hour | Where to Find the Recordings "Hawai`i's Golden Treasures with Alan Akaka and The Islanders"Alan Akaka  At the risk of being tiresome, this recording is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! The CD was released March 8; please ask your local music store -- the one that carries Hawaiian music, of course -- to order it. You can order from Harry's Music by phone or mail: contact Alan Yoshioka (808) 735-2866, 3457 Waialae Av., Honolulu, HI 96816. Songs:(Everybody's favorites from pre-statehood days)
Personnel:('da kapunas' of the Territorial Era)
Steel guitar:Need you ask?! You steel players, just wait 'til you hear Alan's solo arrangement of "Whispering Lullaby"; he's dubbed in background steel harmony. Plays "Kohala March" pretty good, too. (I may get fired forthat.) Alan wrote all the arrangements for this recording, so you can count on plenty steel throughout. Great recording to pick up on some fresh new breaksand bridges for back-up work. And Alan dubbed the bass himself "to make sure the rhythms were right". (You know how he is.) He's done a fine directing job,too. The music on this CD is smooth, romantic and full of fond memories. For you who seldom visit Hawai`i, listening may bring you back real fast -- like HSGA's May '97 convention? 
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