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Topic: Hula blues by Herb Remington |
Walter Seaman
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Iowa, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2009 9:51 pm |
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There 's a Youtube video of Herb Remington playing Hula Blues
at thus URL
http://new.music.yahoo.com/herb-remington/
you can hear him say the song us in the key of C#minor. Is he playing a 6-string lap steel? I think that C#minor tuning for 6 string lap is:
Hi to Lo:
E C# G# E C# G#
is that right? Is this the right tuning to try Hula Blues a la Herb Rington on a 6-string?
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 13 Sep 2009 7:41 am
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LOVED IT ! 
I noticed Herb pronounced Sol's last name a bit incorrectly...(many do). It is not "Sol Who-pee", rather "Ho - O - Pee - ee" ... SOL HO'OPI'I).
HULA BLUES can be played effectively in most any tuning. Whenever I play it on a 6 string steel, I usually use the traditional C#m tuning but often prefer the more interesting F#9th tuning (HI to LO: E C# G# E A# F#). |
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Josh Cho
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Posted 13 Sep 2009 10:10 am
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I believe Herb attributes the Hula Blues to Sol Ho`opi`i , but it's actually a Johnny Noble tune
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 13 Sep 2009 3:06 pm
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However, Herb is correct...it was SOL HO'OPI'I who made "HULA BLUES" so famous.  |
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Jeff Au Hoy
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Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 18 Sep 2009 4:36 pm
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| It would be interesting to find out who really wrote "Hula Blues". Johnny was notorious for putting his name on others' compositions. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Josh Cho
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New York, NY (orig. Honolulu, HI)
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Posted 19 Sep 2009 2:34 am
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| Jeff Au Hoy wrote: |
| It would be interesting to find out who really wrote "Hula Blues". Johnny was notorious for putting his name on others' compositions. |
Charlie Christian likewise "wrote" some "Benny Goodman" tunes..
I believe it was Warhol who said 'great art is stolen' 
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Ulric Utsi-Åhlin
From:
Sweden
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Posted 19 Sep 2009 3:07 am
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Doug,the Hawaiian artwork You included represents
the type of image that,INSTANTLY,shifts my mind set ;
those romantic,trademark Hawaiian scenes take on
psycedelic qualities(well,for ME they do),and...I
absolutely love them...some childhood experience
lurking in the unconcious,for sure...Hawaiian music,
for me,is a state of mind as much as it is a musical
style/fashion...if You,or anybody else,has some more
Hawaiian images to share here,please do.McUtsi |
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Don Barnhardt
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2009 6:13 pm
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| This is a dandy song. I've been a Herb fan since the early 1950's and hearing him play it I was inspired to learn it. I can now do a recognizible rendition of it on dobro ( G tuning). Attaboy Herb!!!!!!! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 19 Sep 2009 7:53 pm
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| Doug, the Hawaiian artwork You included represents the type of image that,INSTANTLY,shifts my mind set; those romantic,trademark Hawaiian scenes... I absolutely love them... Hawaiian music, for me,is a state of mind as much as it is a musical style/fashion...if You,or anybody else,has some more Hawaiian images to share here,please do. |
Ulric,
I too love old Hawaiian sheet music covers. The dreamy, sleepy images, and the beautiful artwork... it really suits the mood of the music. I especially like covers from the 1920s.
Here's a site that displays Hawaiian sheet music covers: Click
On this site you can search for old sheet music and print it out. It's a great site!: Click
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Darrell Urbien
From:
Echo Park, California
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Posted 19 Sep 2009 11:05 pm
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| I'm sure this has probably been discussed a lot both here and on various Hawaiian music forums. There are many period recordings of people introducing Sol Hoopii as "Hoo-pee". I've met people who knew him in the Foursquare Church, and they've been quick to inform me he preferred that pronounciation to the "proper" Hawaiian, at least in their company. Whether that was true or not, I don't know. I think it was just easier for some people to say. Was it incorrect? Of course. Did Sol himself care? Apparently not so much. My own surname has an "anglicized" pronounciation as well, so I think I can sympathize somewhat. I have to admit if someone made a big deal about pronouncing it as a Filipino would, it would kind of creep me out. |
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Ulric Utsi-Åhlin
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Sweden
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Posted 20 Sep 2009 3:06 am
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Doug,Thanks A Million for directing me into the
cornucopia of Hawaiian images,beautiful...McUtsi |
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Josh Cho
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New York, NY (orig. Honolulu, HI)
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Posted 20 Sep 2009 5:38 am
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| Ulric Utsi-Åhlin wrote: |
Doug,Thanks A Million for directing me into the
cornucopia of Hawaiian images,beautiful...McUtsi |
Translation: "WHOOPEEE!!!" 
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