The Steel Guitar Forum Store 

Post new topic Ken Lopaka Emerson- Hotel Street Blues
Reply to topic
Author Topic:  Ken Lopaka Emerson- Hotel Street Blues
Dennis Saydak


From:
Manitoba, Canada
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2012 10:01 am    
Reply with quote

Some fantastic picking on this one. Be sure to check out some of the other videos on this channel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATuhvnu4gy4&feature=plcp
_________________
Dennis
Just when you think you're getting ahead in the rat race, the rats get faster.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Brad Bechtel


From:
San Francisco, CA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2012 12:54 pm    
Reply with quote

Ken Emerson is an extremely talented guitarist. He and his brother Phil grew up in Hawaii and he really has that old Hawaiian sound down.
Here's Ken playing "Kaneohe Hula" from the same show.
_________________
Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

Jack Aldrich

 

From:
Washington, USA
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2012 2:31 pm    
Reply with quote

I'm pretty lucky to have Phil living up my way. He's in Bellingham, WA now.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

David Matzenik


From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
Post  Posted 21 Sep 2012 3:39 am    
Reply with quote

Does anyone know who wrote The Hotel Street Blues? Sounds real old-timey.
I recently got a copy of "Ken and Bob," the CD from GrassSkirt Records with Robert Armstrong. If you like that sound, its a winner. Very Happy
_________________
Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Brad Bechtel


From:
San Francisco, CA
Post  Posted 21 Sep 2012 6:41 am    
Reply with quote

From the liner notes of his CD "Slack and Steel":
Hotel Street Blues (Ken Emerson) - Written for Ken’s grandfather, Ray Emerson, who told stories of riding streetcars in downtown Honolulu in 1915. The song’s tempo reflects a leisurely ride on a horse-drawn streetcar with the steel doing an appropriate horse whinny.
_________________
Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

David Matzenik


From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
Post  Posted 22 Sep 2012 12:12 am    
Reply with quote

Thanks Brad, I might have to get that CD.
_________________
Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Les Cook

 

From:
Derbyshire, UK
Post  Posted 28 Sep 2012 5:41 am    
Reply with quote

David ,,,be sure to pick up the reissue version of Ken's Slack & Steel ...it has extra "bonus" tracks compared with the original release.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail


All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Jump to:  

Our Online Catalog
Strings, CDs, instruction,
steel guitars & accessories

www.SteelGuitarShopper.com

Please review our Forum Rules and Policies

Steel Guitar Forum LLC
PO Box 237
Mount Horeb, WI 53572 USA


Click Here to Send a Donation

Email admin@steelguitarforum.com for technical support.


BIAB Styles
Ray Price Shuffles for
Band-in-a-Box

by Jim Baron
HTTP