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 Gabby Pahinui - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gabby's children are active in the Hawaiian music scene, notably Cyril Pahinui, Bla Pahinui and Martin Pahinui, all of whom played on the Gabby Band recordings and have since become professional musicians.
This may be the first record of a Hawaiian song with slack-key guitar.
In 1946, Gabby made his first recording, "Hi`ilawe," for the Bell Records label.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabby_Pahinui   (831 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The LP’s “Gabby” (known as the “Brown Album”), Gabby Band vols.
Gabby started to receive acclaim beyond the island's musical community with his recording with the Sons of Hawaii on Hula Records.
Based out of his family home in Waimanalo Gabby became a musical institution and a father figure for aspiring talent in music.
http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/GabbyP.html   (683 words)

  
 HMHFM Honorees - Gabby Pahinui
Gabby was one of the first to record a slack key album when he teamed with steel guitar artist, Alvin "Barney" Isaacs, Jr.
It was Gabby's 1970's album with "Sons of Hawai`i", however, that catapulted him to fame and the attention of concert promoters.
It was Gabby's uncanny ability to impart the soul of Hawaiian music, however, that captured the attention of musicians and audiences alike.
http://www.hawaiimusicmuseum.org/honorees/2002/gabby.html   (543 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui Tribute
Gabby Pahinui was -- and still is -- the recognized master of Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar and Steel Guitar.
Gabby is a true legend of Hawaiian music.
Welcome to the "Pops" Gabby Pahinui Tribute page.
http://www.geocities.com/hawmele/Gabby   (148 words)

  
 Stevo's Hawaiian Music Guide - Featured CD: Gabby Pahinui - Gabby
This CD starts with an early rendition of this song recorded by Gabby in 1947 and ends with a version recorded in 1972.
However, the Brown Album and the Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Vol 1 certainly rank as 2 of my most listened to CD's.
Gabby is more commonly known as the Brown Album.
http://www.hawaii-music.com/featuredcd/gabby_brown.shtml   (672 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more Music.com
Although he recorded only one internationally released album, Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Vol.
Pahinui recorded the first slack key recordings in 1946.
Gabby Pahinui: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more
http://music.com/person/gabby_pahinui/1   (294 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui  Cyril Pahinui James Bla Pahinui Martin Pahinui Pahinui Brothers
Pahinui displays his unceasing love for traditional Hawaiian music in this 13-track album.
Pahinui has recorded prolifically since the late '60s when he appeared on several albums with his father, the late Gabby Pahinui (Hawaii's best known and most influential slack key guitarist).
Together Pahinui and Brozman have lovingly re-created some classics, emphasizing the melodies of songs that would have normally been heard in ensembles where the guitar might be more lost in the overall sound.
http://www.realhawaii.jp/gabbypahinui.html   (1218 words)

  
 Hawaiian - The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band
The music of Gabby Pahinui is their music, and it is as beautiful as the land from which it comes."
Gabby Pahinui, perhaps one of the best known and most influential slack key players in the world, was the most significant post-war musician from the islands, and mentor to virtually all the guitarists in Hawaii today.
Along are many Gabby Pahinui's musical disciples, virtually the "who's who" of contemporary Hawaiian music: Leland "Atta" Isaacs, Sonny Chillingsworth, Manuel "Joe Gang" Kupahy, Bla Pahinui and Cyril Pahinui.
http://www.frankspicks.com/reviews/pahinui.html   (426 words)

  
 Kyriakidis Group - Gabby Pahinui - Master of the Slack Key Guitar
Thanks to Gabby Pahinui, future generations will continue to be enchanted by the beautiful melodies of the Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar.
Wayne Harada wrote that Gabby was "one of the greatest living innovators in Hawaiian music", exemplifying the "distinctive, layered instrumental harmonics" Gabby would create.
One cannot hope to have described the life of Gabby Pahinui without speaking of Slack-Key Guitar, of which he was its foremost master.
http://soliton.phys.dal.ca/Members/daniel/Gabby   (2436 words)

  
 SURFING FOR LIFE -- Hawaiian Music & Hula
In 1977, Gabby released another album, "Gabby Pahinui's Hawaiian Band, Vol 2" that was widely hailed as a milestone in Hawaiian music.
In 1971, Gabby recorded a blockbuster album with The Sons of Hawai'i on Panini Records.
The album featured Gabby, and his sons Bla, Phil, Cyril and Martin Pahinui in a focus on slack-key guitar and strong vocals.
http://www.surfingforlife.com/music.html   (3923 words)

  
 Joe Sixpack's Hawaiian Music Guide - Records and Artists
Gabby Pahinui "The Gabby Pahinui Band" (Panini, 1974)
Gabby Pahinui "The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, v.
His work with Gabby Pahinui and the Pahinui family ranks as some of the best records in the genre, as well as some of the best stuff he ever recorded...
http://www.slipcue.com/music/international/hawaii/albums/E_01.html   (1844 words)

  
 Sticker Shock: Comfort Stew
This song, “Moonlight Lady”, from the 1974 album Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Volume 1, is a great intro—probably Pops’ most “pop” song.
Philip "Gabby" Pahinui was the father of modern Hawaiian music, a master of the slack-key (ki ho’alu) guitar, and every Local's hard-drinking, hard-living father figure.
By 1972, they had pulled Gabby himself back into the spotlight and he cut an album, Gabby, that made him a Local icon and started attracting folks from the continent like, uh, Ry Cooder.
http://stickershock.abstractdynamics.org/archives/004407.html   (506 words)

  
 Gabby by Gabby Pahinui - BooklinesHawaii.com - Hawaii Music
Gabby (also known as "the Brown Album" due to the brown hues of the album cover) was released in 1972 with open arms from the Hawaiian community, and helping him on this project were his sons Bla, Phillip, Cyril, and Martin, along with longtime friends Manuel "Joe Gang" Kupahu and Leland "Atta" Issacs.
When the newly founded Panini label approached Gabby Pahinui in 1971 to record a new album with family and friends, the innovator of the slack-key guitar lately jumped on the opportunity.
The music itself was full of Pahinui's wonderful guitar playing and his unique, soulful voice.
http://www.booklineshawaii.com/music/mvh/10022.html   (162 words)

  
 GABBY PAHINUI HAWAIIAN BAND Music CDs
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http://www.recordstores.com/cds/gabby-pahinui-hawaiian-band.html   (323 words)

  
 Patrick Landeza News Articles
Pahinui was taught by his father and played on all five of Gabby's groundbreaking albums during his teens.
Pahinui, who lives in Honolulu, is the son of the late and legendary Gabby "Pops" Pahinui, one of Hawaii's best-known and most influential slack key guitarists.
Pahinui and Landeza bridge generations and continents during the Hawaiian Music Masters concert that arrives at The Met tonight.
http://www.patricklandeza.com/news/articles/031113.html   (589 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui : The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Vol. 1 (Edsel) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
The emphasis is on Gabby Pahinui and his band and on the interplay of voices and guitars -- in addition to his sons, Pahinui's band included two world-class slack key players, Sonny Chillingworth and Leland Isaacs.
Gabby Pahinui : The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Vol.
One of the classic Hawaiian albums, and possibly the point where island consciousness and music first touched a wider audience, this was first released in 1975, and its return on CD is very welcome.
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,89798-433592,00.html   (353 words)

  
 Tucson Weekly: Getting Some Slack (January 15 - January 21, 1998)
Gabby died in 1980; but his legacy continues, in no small part due to the impact he made on pianist George Winston, who fell in love with the slack-key sound after hearing recordings back in the early 1970s.
The elder Pahinui was the most influential of the slack-key masters, responsible not only for inspiring the next generation of players, but also for expanding the technical boundaries of this rich, improvisational form and its recorded history.
Joining Cyril Pahinui for the first time on an Arizona stage are George Kahumoku, Jr., and the Rev. Dennis Kamakahi, one of Hawaii's most prolific contemporary songwriters.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/01-15-98/mus2.htm   (710 words)

  
 ROUGH GUIDES
For this album, they were joined by Gabby Pahinui on steel guitar.
She continued to record and tour the mainland and in 1962 made her first stereo, but last ever, recording, on a classic album, from which this track is taken.
He recorded his first album with the Sunday Manoa in 1968, and joined his father's band with his brothers at the beginning of the 70s and is featured on all of Gabby's classic albums for the Panini label.
http://www.farsidemusic.com/RG_hawaii.html   (4216 words)

  
 Slack Key Recordings
Gabby recorded many other songs in this F tuning, especially for the Waikiki label, and he is the only slack key player who has recorded prominently in it.
Gabby recorded it again in 1961 on his album, PURE GABBY (Hula Records HS-567) under the title Slack-Key Medley, adding the songs Silver Threads Among the Gold and Ka`i`iwi Polena, (and without Halona).
Approximately another 40% were recorded by Gabby Pahinui for Waikiki Records and are available on Waikiki #319, #320 and #340, amongst others.
http://www.dancingcat.com/dancingcat/recordings/HistoryCord.php   (5117 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui
The foundation for the "Waimanalo Sound" was Gabby's 12-string guitar and uniquely expressive voice, with Pahinui sons Bla, Cyril, Martin and Phil.
Gabby Pahinui: "Best of the Gabby Band (1972-1977)" CD (1980)
"Gabby Pahinui with the Sons of Hawai`i" CD (1962)
http://www.hulasource.com/gabbypahinui.html   (155 words)

  
 Pacific Beat® Cafe - Hawaiian Music Artist Profiles & Interviews
Gabby "Pops" Pahinui, pillar of 20th century Hawaiian music, died of a heart attack at 2:27pm on October 13, 1980, at the age of 59.
The late Gabby Pahinui was one of the great 20th century masters of Hawaiian vocal, slack key and steel guitar music--a true working class hero.
Pahinui's was the raw, plaintive, earthy and powerful "under-the-stars" backyard music of Hawaii.
http://www.hawaiian-music.com/wireless/talkstory.html   (812 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Volume 1 Hawaiian Music CD - Hanalei Video and Music - Your Global Source for Hawaiian ...
Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Volume 1 Hawaiian Music CD - Hanalei Video and Music - Your Global Source for Hawaiian Music, Books, and Videos
On this compilation, Gabby is joined by his sons Cyril, Martin, Bla and Phil, Atta Isaacs, Sonny Chillingworth, Randy Lorenzo, and Ry Cooder.
Gabby Pahinui never learned to read music and played everything by ear.
http://hanaleivideoandmusic.com/hvcatalog/music_catalog/traditional/cd_mtrd005.asp   (435 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui Discography
The very first track, "Hi'ilawe 1947" was recorded originally on a 78 rpm in 1947 when Gabby was in his 20's.
The final track, Hi'ilawe 1972, was recorded on April 22, 1972, Gabby's 51st B-day.
This album features Gabby's first time recording with his sons, Bla, Philip, Cyril and Martin.
http://www.geocities.com/hawmele/Gabby/discography_BrownGabby.htm   (101 words)

  
 Bluesman bonds with Hawaiian sounds - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Bluesman Taj Mahal is a longtime fan of the late great Gabby Pahinui, whose music he has recorded.
Taj Mahal, legendary blues musician and singer, has a kinship with Hawaiian music and a fascination for the late Gabby Pahinui, whose music he has recorded and whose sons he has befriended.
And when I listen to Gabby, brah, I know he listened to jazz; I hear it in his voice.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Dec/10/en/en02a.html   (1250 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band,
Pahinui and his fellow performer Atta Issacs were later to distinguish Ry Cooder's Chicken Skin Music and Cooder sits in here.
Luckily, back in the halcyon days of 1974 when record companies went in for such extravagance, Warner Bros sent a crew to a remote area of northern Hawaii to record master guitarist and singer Gabby Pahinui and his seven piece band going through their paces.
On this 1974 album, Cooder adds intermittent mandolin to a line-up that includes acoustic and steel guitars, bass and sometimes accordion.
http://www.centrohd.com/music/albums/rating4g/gabby.htm   (268 words)

  
 Taropatch.net - Pahinui family
Cyril Pahinui was at my house for a couple of days last year and I played that album for him.
They are each a credit to Gabby's skill and work ethic in music.
Martin Pahinui: "Ho'olohe" and an earlier album "Martin Pahinui"
http://www.taropatch.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2906   (374 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui - VIDEO
Twelve years later, Gabby's sons Bla, Martin and Cyril recorded their first album together, THE PAHINUI BROS. Their recording sessions were filmed to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album.
In 1979, Gabby Pahinui assembled a group of family and friends for a day of music and fun at his home in Waimanalo -- captured here on film.
GABBY PAHINUI, FAMILY & FRIENDS, THE PAHINUI BROS. presents a visual and musical look at Hawaii's legendary Gabby Pahinui, with family and friends.
http://www.mele.com/v3/info/370.htm   (135 words)

  
 Picking Up The Slack Key With Cyril Pahinui
Cyril notes that his father, too, had a favorite Beatles song ("Hey Jude"), and when Cyril and Bla joined the Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band in the 1970s, Gabby would sometimes ask Cyril to play familiar Beatles and Stones riffs as introductions to more traditional songs.
Ry Cooder became an early champion of Gabby Pahinui and slack-key guitar.
He participated in the 1974 Warner Bros. recording of The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band and featured Pahinui and Isaacs on his own 1976 release, Chicken Skin Music.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/08/23/derk.DTL&type=printable   (1361 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
Although he claimed to not understand written music, the charts he prepared for recordings were widely praised for their inventive, jazzy phrasing.
But he was best known as the guardian of kiho'alu, or slack-key music, the purely Hawaiian method of finger-hammering drone-tuned strings and simultaneously playing a melody with other fingers.
While the method of playing would have survived without him, it's doubtful that it would have become the dominant musical form of Hawaii today.
http://starbulletin.com/1999/09/25/news/story6.html   (317 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
A well-regarded house secret in Hawaiian music circles for decades, Pahinui was "discovered" by mainland session maestros such as Ry Cooder in the early 1970s, and the records recorded by Pahinui in the mid- to late-'70s were seminal influences for an entire generation of slack-key artists and fans.
After years of legal wrangling, much of Pahinui's music is now available on CD.
a concert in honor of his father, slack-key master Gabby Pahinui.
http://starbulletin.com/97/02/20/features/story1.html   (525 words)

  
 Hawaiian Music / Sons of Hawaii : The Folk Music of Hawaii
Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Vol 1 - (cd#85), Gabby - (cd#128), The Best Of The Gabby Band 1972-77 (cd#116)
This is a digitally remastered album is excellent quality sound of a 1971 album recorded in Honolulu and remixed at Capitol Records.
To sing these songs" you cannot have affluent voice that was cultivated or trained...
http://www.hawaiianmusicstore.com/cds/cd69.html   (321 words)

  
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Gabby Pahinui & friends changed the way I listen to music.
Because of that listening, for the past 25 years, I have been a devotee of Hawaiian 'Slack-Key' guitar.
These legendary performances by Gabby Pahinui & Sons, Sonny Chillingsworth, and Atta Issacs etc., make this record the jumping off point for discovery of Hawaiian folk music.
http://www.aspalliance.com/aspxtreme/shop/product.aspx?asin=B00004RGL9   (258 words)

  
 George Winston Liner Notes
From the album 6 and 12 STRING SLACK KEY
George is a formidable soloist, and a highly-respected member of The Sons of Hawai'i as well as an alumnus of The Kipapa Rush Band.
This medley was recorded by Barney on acoustic steel guitar, accompanied by slack key guitarist George Kuo (see track #10).
http://www.georgewinston.com/notes/08022-38032-2.html   (2166 words)

  
 The Pacific: Hawai'i, Philippines, Tahiti...
This is a fine album for lovers of any style of acoustic guitar music.
(His father Gabby waxed the first recording in 1946.) Steel guitarist Bob Brozman is not only widely known in acoustic circles but a scholar and author as well.
Some mainlanders have a bias against steel guitar in Hawaiian music (they say it recalls music for the tourist trade), but there's nothing cheesy here.
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/hawaii.html   (1023 words)

  
 Stevo's Hawaiian Music Polls
Gabby Pahinui - Gabby (Brown Album) 19 18 17.
The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Vol 2 17 16 20.
The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Vol 1 3 3 4.
http://members.aol.com/StevenA442/hawaimus/polls.htm   (366 words)

  
 Slack Key Guitarist
Born in 1942 to the late slack key guitar legend Gabby Pahinui (1921-1980), founder of the modern slack key era (he made the first ever slack key recordings in 1946), and the late Emily Pahinui, Bla was raised in Waimanalo, on O'ahu's picturesque windward side.
The second oldest son of Gabby Pahinui, Bla grew up surrounded by song.
At the height of what is often referred to as the Hawaiian Renaissance, the Gabby Band filled venues, outsold big Mainland releases and revitalized the slack key scene.
http://www.dancingcat.com/artists/James_Bla_Pahinui.php   (1850 words)

  
 Gabby Pahinui Santopia.com
Gabby was a free spirit with a huge heart and he was an absolute genius on the slack key guitar.
What many do not know is that he could never read a single note of music and played it all by ear and with his soul.
Once you’ve heard his matchless voice, you’ll always recognize it and find out that his music is still played on the radio every single day.
http://hawaii.santopia.com/Hawaii/HawaiianMusic/GabbyPahinui/tabid/1190/Default.aspx   (274 words)

  
 -- Music
Part of this album was recorded in California, specifically for the orchestra and string sections, and when Gabby heard his songs being backed by the orchestra, it was he who cried.
Before he exposed the world to the Buena Vista All Stars, he was jamming with Gabby Pahinui and his friends and managed to get this album released by Warner Bros. The big hit on this is the sweet ballad "Moonlight Lady", sung by Pahinui's son Bla.
This album got attention in the U.S. and UK because of Ry Cooder's involvement.
http://cadgate.com/music/un/B00005I9S7   (397 words)

  
 ryland
Gabby has been playing and singing Hawaiian music for forty years, and he is a national treasure to the Hawaiian people.
Atta and Gabby are old friends and partners, and together they play some of the best guitar music I've ever heard.
This is the classic Hawaiian sound of the 1940's and 50's.
http://home.planet.nl/~vet00124/ryland-peter-cooder/pgs_albums_e/chicken.html   (751 words)

  
 Cyril Pahinui and Led Kaapana / An Interview
He is featured on the Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band album, a project involving Ry Cooder, which also presented the playing of Atta Isaacs and Sonny Chillingworth.
Musicians like Kaapana and Pahinui are attracting attention with their solo guitar work.
That's probably where it all started off," says Pahinui, who is one of a handful of musicians currently bringing the music to a wider audience.
http://www.rootsworld.com/interview/cyril-led.html   (1224 words)

  
 Martin Pahinui: Ho'olohe - PopMatters Music Review
Unlike most of the releases in this Dancing Cat series, Pahinui chooses to present a vocal album in the old style (vocals, two guitars, bass, and steel) in the fashion of his father's band, the Sons of Hawaii and other ensembles from the 1960s.
Ho'olohe (Hawaiian for "listen"), is his first recording on Dancing Cat as a solo performer.
From the opening paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) song, "'Ahulili" to the closing "Pua Lilia", an emotional love song in slow waltz time, Pahinui presents 13 tracks showing different aspects of Hawaiian mele or song.
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/p/pahinuimartin-hoolohe.shtml   (850 words)

  
 Music: The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band
When I came home, listening to Gabby's music again had a much deeper impact, and I was only six or seven at the...
Gabby Pahinui put slack key guitar on the map.
I was a very little child when my mother, who was born in Hawaii, introduced me to Pahinui's music and the beauty of his guitar playing.
http://www.tracone.com/shop/us/section/Music/artist/Philip+Gabby+Pahinui   (602 words)

  
 Eddie Kamae
And I can understand: They loved music; they wanted Gabby to play for their family parties; it went on and on.
In the audience that night were several generations of musicians who have been either directly influenced by the band — Dennis Kamakahi, George Kuo, Smitty Smith and Ocean, among them — or indirectly, as in the case of Gabby Pahinui's musical progeny, and also Dennis Kamakahi's son David...
Besides Pahinui on guitar and Kamae on ‘ukulele, the original Sons line-up included steel guitarist David "Feet" Rogers and bassist Joseph Kalei Marshall.
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dawrs/Interview/eddie.html   (3400 words)

  
 Hawaiian Music / Gabby Pahinui - The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Vol.1
Gabby (cd#128), Best Of The Gabby Band 1972-1977 (cd#116), Best Of Gabby Vol.
Hawaiian Music / Gabby Pahinui - The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Vol.1
2, Sons Of Hawai'i (Cd#69) (All Gabby Pahinui titles listed are in stock)
http://www.hawaiianmusicstore.com/cds/cd85.html   (204 words)

  
 WZBC: TEST PATTERN TONIGHT
The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian BandHawaiian music's renaissance in the 1970s was spurred largely by oneman: Gabby Pahinui.
The material available includes Pahinui's first known recordings (with Dave Guard of the Kingston Trio) in 1961, to various appearances on various compilations as well as guest appearances on records by Chillingworth, Cooder and others, as well as the now famous Gabby Pahinui Band Vol.
Though he only recorded one widely released albumduring his lifetime, he is credited for introducing and pioneering thedistinctive slack key method of guitar playing to the world.
http://www.wzbc.org/2005/04/test-pattern-tonight.html   (281 words)

  
 Biographies Slack Key Concerts
Over the years, Cyril has shared his talents with many Hawaiian groups, most notably Sunday Manoa in the 1960s, The Gabby Band in the 1970s, The Peter Moon Band in the 1980s and The Pahinui Brothers in the early 1990s.
Aaron is Hawaii's musical ambassador to the world as he performs internationally with various Hawaiian shows, with the Royal Hawaiian Band and many legendary Hawaiian artists.
He formed his first band at the age of 11, and has played with all the "greats" in Hawaiian Music.
http://www.ianui.com/Biographies.html   (2926 words)

  
 The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band - Vol 1 - (Ry Cooder discography)
Gabby Pahinui - 12-string guitar, steel guitar, bass, vocals
1975 : The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Panini PS-1007
There are two releases of the same record, with different sleeves.
http://www.rylanders.free-online.co.uk/RySite/RyPages/PahinuiVol1.html   (189 words)

  
 The Honolulu Advertiser Island Life
There’s one touching entry: "Gabby’s Song," a tribute to Pops ("his music will always live on.
Island Sounds: Bla Pahinui CD evokes Gabby style
"Moonlight Lady," a Gabby Band favorite, lives anew here; wouldn’t it be a kick if it connects with a new audience?
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Jun/17/islandsounds.html   (415 words)

  
 Cyril Pahinui: Biography on www.bobbrozman.com
Cyril played on all five of Gabby's groundbreaking albums on Panini, providing many of the distinctive, improvised introductions for the songs.
Cyril also began recording for Dancing Cat as a solo performer, and won the 1994 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Instrumental Album of the Year with his debut release on Dancing Cat, 6 & 12 STRING SLACK KEY.
Cyril Pahinui, master of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
http://www.bobbrozman.com/cyril.html   (590 words)

  
 Masters Profile- Martin Pahinui: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Productions, Inc
After the Gabby Band, Martin returned to his rock roots, playing in various bands on Maui and the mainland.
The 1990s brought a renewed interest in traditional Hawaiian music fronting a band with steel guitar and slack key.
Other projects soon followed, including the long-awaited album of The Pahinui Brothers, which reunited Bla, Cyril and Martin with guitarist Ry Cooder and other mainland friends.
http://www.slackkey.com/about_martinp.htm   (1171 words)

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