Steel Guitar at Orange County, California

[Kay Das]

The Hulaville Store in San Clemente is the new spot for things Hawaiian and with a South Sea Island flavour in Orange County.

Apart from ukulele and slack key, it now features the steel guitar. Following a steel guitar concert on 6 May by Kay Das and The Orange County Project (steel, rhythm, bass, mandolin and tenor/alto sax), there has followed
- a beginner's steel workshop 20May/27May/03 June/10 June and
- an intermediate steel guitar workshop to follow 08 July/15 July/22 July/29July.
- a steel guitar "Steel and Strings" concert featuring Julie Martinez on vocals on 9 July.

I have six enthusiastic students for the first workshop, all coming along very nicely. Shortly to be organized at Hulaville every first Friday of the month will be a steel guitar kanikapila.

Stop by at any of these events!

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/20/1520144/ ... Cafe-Compa...

Kay

Pics below from show for Maui Visitors Bureau on 28 May 2011

[Tom Campbell]

Nice looking West Coast Steel (1st photo). I have one in maple (natural)...really like this green color. They are great sound steels.
The photo is fairly dark, so I'm assuming the green might be "Sea Foam Green" of "Surf Green".

[Kay Das]

Steel Guitar Workshop, Hulaville, San Clemente ( May/June). Thanks to the class that came along for the first series of four sessions. A four-week series of workshops at intermediate level will follow in July/August. Some in the class had not handled a steel guitar before, and all had made great progress in the four sessions. All students received a workbook and a CD with backing tracks to practise with. The tuning featured was C6.

The title of the series of workshops is "Steel Guitar is Easy"......

Kay




from left: Steven Meyers, Kay Das, Roxanne Moores, David Weisenthal, Keith Miller, and Barney Roach ( absent Warren )


Warren learns some left hand technique


Warren learns another finer point in steel guitar playing. Michael in the background.


Tom,

I believe the colour is "sea foam green". The fancy orange overhead lighting made it greener than it actually is. I have had a lot of fun with West Coast guitars. I like them especially because of the clean, neutral sound from the Lollar pick-ups which enables easy later addition of any tonal colour in the mix or amplifier. I have played and recorded nahe nahe Hawaiian to grunge on them. I have two brand new West Coast Steels for sale from Bob Littleton, if anyone in the Orange County area is interested.

Kay

[Darrell Urbien]

So sorry to have missed this first series of classes; are any more super-beginners' level ones planned?

[Kay Das]

Steel Guitar Concert: " Steel and Strings" at the Hulaville, San Clemente, featuring Kay Das on steel guitar, 8-10 pm on Saturday, 9th July. Come on in and listen to two hours of the beautiful music of the steel guitar with guest artiste Julie Martinez on vocals.

http://www.facebook.com/hulavillecafe

[Kay Das]

kevin bullat, steel guitarist of "the hula girls"



kevin bullat action




kevin bullat action




"Steel and Strings" concert: kay das and steel guitars, this must've been "sand"...B11 in action. A6 steelocaster in foreground



sunday kanikapila with horatio (uke) and harry (bass)





smile, say "steeeeel"...

[Barney Roach]

I highly recommend taking any of Kay's classes
if you are starting out- and live in So. Cal.

A master's touch, and the patience of a Saint!

( That's me on far right w chrome Ricky m 59 )

Thanks yo so much for passing on a portion of
your imense skill Kay !

( I turned-down dinner that night with Joe
Bonamassa to make sure I completed the class! )

Sincerely, Barney

[Kay Das]

More steel guitar in Orange County. Pics only, my video/audio recordings are of lousy quality....

with uncle roddy and "oahu", hulaville


with "mana", hulaville


with hawaiian friends at long beach kanikapila (hosts uncle charlie and aunty ilima (behind camera)


sunday kanikapila at hulaville


jozef smith at hulaville


pat quilter at hulaville


steve and barney at steel guitar workshop, hulaville


with "ke ka'i" at santa catalina island

[Mike Anderson]

Great pics Kay, I'm especially happy to see shots of Kevin, who first put the bug in my ear about taking up steel.

[Kay Das]

Thanks, Mike. Kevin is a great steel guitar performer and a great guy too.

Kay

[Kay Das]

Some recent pics:


just a steel guitar and a ukulele (but where is the steel?)



charilie kiawa of"moana" at long beach


lucky ohana at long beach


sunset over pacific ocean at at san juan capistrano


tuning up at NAMM 2012 with the kamaka group


sunset over the pacific - 2


steels at deke's guitar geek show



more steels at deke's guitar geek show


with "kimo" west, steel and slack key


kimo west and kay das


kay das with "the orange county project"

[Bob Littleton]

Thanks for posting the great pictures. Wish I could be there to hear it! Bob Littleton

[Kay Das]

Be there! Listen to steel guitars and lovely voices in a variety of settings, instrumental and vocal, from hawaiian to standards, pop, latin, country.... in the friendly and cozy ambience of The Hulaville.

[Kay Das]

played to a near full house.... turned out to be two and a half hours, may have been thirty numbers including two guest spots...

so, where is everybody?


oh...here they are....


the O.C. Islanders: horacio, rich, juli, and kay


ocean at O.C...

[John McClung]

Glad to see Kimo West joining the fun! Doug Livingston and Greg Leisz ought to join in someday, too! Way to go, Kay!!!

[Joe Cook]

Looks like a lot of fun, Kay. I hope to be down in Southern California in a few weeks. There's always something going on down there!

[Miles Lang]

This is still happening? When’s the next show?