Harbour Lights Lap Steel Guitar

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 20 Aug 2009 7:38 pm

The Lei of Emeralds Show May 5th

Just got the tapes from the man who took the shots.

Billy Tonnesen · Post by **Billy Tonnesen** » 20 Aug 2009 8:32 pm

Great tone and touch. That old Fender 1000 sounds just great. I still have one in the closet. Some of the newbies should watch this video for the execution of the hands. This is where you get the feeling in your playing. I learned this from my Hawaiian teacher over 60 years ago.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 21 Aug 2009 5:19 am

Thanks, Mahalo Nui Loa for your Kakua Billy. I really appreciate you listening to my efforts.
Here are a few more from the show in chronological order

I've always used 3 finger-picks, no-one ever told me different ! ::)

The room was a strange set-up more like a "Solarium", and yes they did dance and there were also Hula dancers.

Just 3 steel players that day, myself, Bernard Glorian and Jan Van Elk (He's hot)

Some more from the show, found in the camera case just yesterday.

Intro and Sweet Leilani:-

The First Number

How Dya' Do ?

The Second Number

Pati and Baz SINGING and playing ? our matched pair of 'Jazzicas' (Sort of)

The third Number

Carefree and the rest of our first spot, some is a repeat of what's already here.

Carefree on a Harbour Lights Lap Steel

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 21 Aug 2009 6:18 am

A lot of great stuff there. I must admit, when I saw the title, I was expecting to hear Harbour Lights. Your rendition of the Little Brown Girl in a Little Grass Skirt made interesting comparison with the version you already have on YouTube, which is one of my favorites of your numbers. What you need is two Basils, one playing that nice guitar introduction, and one playing steel.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 22 Aug 2009 4:53 pm

Thanks for the comment Alan, but no, what I really need is two of Pat, one for me and the other to keep the "Evil Twin" in line.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 22 Aug 2009 5:05 pm

Basil, you've got the ideal wife there in Pat. She just sits there in the background and strums away without any complaints. Someday she'll surprise you and in the middle of a number she'll go off on a wild improvisation.