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Post by Richard on Oct 19, 2004 15:35:53 GMT
Apprpros Len Fillis, out of interest, do you know much more about him?
He was certainly a guitarist and was mixing with hot (well medium warm) London jazz playing community around 1929 which including the singer Al Bowlly who also played guitar but that's about I know...?
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 19, 2004 18:38:51 GMT
I found these on the same site as Alan found the Duolian/car pic in the field. I do hope Tony McLean doesn't mind us viewing these photographs. The photographs are all copyright Tony McLean. We are not downloading them , we are just linking to them. Rory Gallagher was a great musician & is sadly missed. MM Shine On Tony! Michael.
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Post by Samuel Palmer on Oct 20, 2004 14:40:23 GMT
[The record has the number : 50.102 in the dead waxquote. Who played in the Hawaiian Serenaders?author=Wheldon link=board=tin&thread=1095953235&start=58#3 date=1098148930]Are there any master numbers in the dead wax? I suspect it is The hawiaan Serenaders.[/quote]
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2004 22:58:44 GMT
Len Fillis-stg dir. Nat Star-cl/Ted Edbrooke-vn/Sid Bright-p/Al Bowlly-g
Len was in many "Hawaiian" named groups. Could be any of them.
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Post by Larry Conrad on Oct 24, 2004 21:02:51 GMT
Here is a really old-time player - they must have changed the monument since the last time I saw it. This is a print from an original painting by Karen Cannon, and you can get copies on Ebay. Great fun, eh?
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Post by martinw on Oct 26, 2004 10:24:26 GMT
Erm, does this count as interesting or rare?
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Post by Colin Brooks on Oct 27, 2004 14:45:10 GMT
Hi Martin
The Sol Ho'opi'i Novelty Trio from 1927 with two of the very first of Nationals, built by hand by Rudy Dopera. Though you can't see them clearly in this image both guitars have extra diamond shaped holes in the top round the coverplate. I've seen a slightly earlier picture in which the rhythm player is still using a wooden guitar.
The musicans are Bob Vierra on taropatch uke (probably a Martin), Sol. on steel, and Tom Ainahau on rhythm.
Colin B
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 28, 2004 14:36:15 GMT
Hi Martin, Thanks very much for the Sol Hoopii Trio photo. It is both interesting & rare, but not in my house!!!! Here is a copy of the photo before the Rounder Records artistic director got his hula hands on it! Shine On, Michael.
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Post by martinw on Oct 28, 2004 16:49:22 GMT
Hi Michael and Colin, That's amazing! I found the Sol Ho'opi'i pic with no label on it at all on a ukulele site (don't ask). I wasn't even sure it was for real - it looks so "manufactured". And I had deep respect for Rounder Records until you told me they are responsible for that Changing-Rooms-on-acid paint job, Michael. Keep on truckin' M
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Post by Richard on Oct 28, 2004 17:36:36 GMT
Oh Martin, a ukulele site
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Post by Colin Brooks on Oct 28, 2004 21:19:07 GMT
Oi, dont knock the artist!
The background for the Sol Ho'opi'i picture was painted by Robert Armstrong. He did many covers for Yazoo Records in the 70's and 80's. I think I am right in saying that it was Bob who found this picture originally. Apart from being a teriffic painter he is a great player on National steels and many other instruments (musical saw on the soundtrack of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!). He played on all the Cheap Suit Serenaders records and has a superb CD with his current band,The Joy Buzzards.
As for Rounder, I think they are real cheapskates. In the 70's they put out the first Hawaiian reissue LP, Hula Blues, followed by Sol Ho'opi'i vols 1& 2. When these were reissued on CD they didn't bother to add extra tracks, find better condition 78's, or even attempt a digital cleanup. So possibly the greatest Hawaiian guitarist, and certainly the first man to record with a National Guitar, is represented on CD by two very low grade discs. Sorry to rant so much
Colin B
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 28, 2004 22:45:44 GMT
Hi Colin, You should try and pick up a copy of the Hawaiian compilation I put together for Catfish Records(which no longer exists). We cleaned up some stuff that had never been touched; Jim & Bob, Kalama Quartet, Sol Hoopii & others. It sounds pretty good, certainly clean. However, with time I am drifting back to some of the pre-cleaned up releases, not so much Hawaiian, but blues...Charley Patton to my ears sounds much better before he was D-clicked & popped. The Catfish CD - I am sure you will find it at an Internet store - is called "Slide Guitar Classics Volume 3" Acoustic Hawaiian Guitar Masters.KATCD222. I don't have any spare copies, if I did I would send you one. Personally I prefer the original photograph before Robert Armstrong got at it, but I like blues records that are not cleaned up, so what do I know! Robert Armstrong is a great talent, he has done some wonderful stuff. I like his paintings & his music. Maxwell Street Singer by Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong with some of his paintings on instruments. The Yowl-A-Lele by Robert Armstrong. My apologies....I diverted from our thread about old photos of resophonic guitars & musicians! Thanks for all your excellent information Colin. Let me know what you think of the Classic Slide Guitar CD if you can track down a copy. Actually...Volumes 1 & 2 are pretty good too, some very clean 78s were used to make the masters. Shine On, Michael.
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Post by Colin Brooks on Oct 31, 2004 22:52:55 GMT
Hi Michael
I bought that CD when it was released! Good choice of tracks and very faithful transfers. I gave it to friends to try to turn them on to old Hawaiian music. It worked in some cases. Its a great shame that Catfish went belly up.
Colin B
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 2, 2004 23:04:00 GMT
Here we go........back on track again! This is Ray Meany with his National Silver Style 2. Shine On Ray, Michael.
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 2, 2004 23:19:15 GMT
Pete 'Bashful Brother Oswald' Kirby, Shot Jackson & Deacon Brumfield ...with unknown admirer. From LP 'That Dobro Sound's Goin' Round' on Starday Records. Agreat photo & a wonderful album. I met Pete Kirby, once at the Ryman Auditorium in the late 1970s and again at the Opryland Theatre in 1985. He was a fine man & for me one of the true greats. He told me that he played 'island style guitar' on the Dobro and not lap style banjo like so many modern players. Then he played his 'Dobro Chimes' for me and showed me some of the moves. I met a few of those old timers of the Opry, they were amazing entertainers and very friendly & helpful to me; Hank Snow, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Pete Kirby, Grandpa Jones and Charlie Collins. Now they are all gone, except for Charlie Collins and Nashville is a shadow of its former self. With Hank Snow - Opryland 1985 (copyright Alan Messer) Y'all come back now! Shine On, Michael.
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