Eddie Bush

Ralph H. Moorehead · Post by **Ralph H. Moorehead** » 28 Nov 2002 11:29 am

I hear about many great steel player of Hawaiian music, but never about Eddie Bush. Eddie lived in Long Beach, Cal when I mert him and was playing with Lani McIntyre. Any info will be appreciated

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 28 Nov 2002 7:05 pm

Ralph
I mailed you something but your mail was returned to me...check again I re-sent something which may be of interest to you.

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 28 Nov 2002 7:39 pm

I would enjoy hearing anything about Eddie Bush also. As I recall, after Dick McIntire died, Eddie Bush took over the Harmony Hawaiian group which Dick lead so well. He was an extraordianry player, superb technic and tone. His phrasing was nothing short of awesome. How long did Eddie live and when did he pass away ? Was he still active to the end ?

Mitch Drumm · Post by **Mitch Drumm** » 29 Nov 2002 1:07 am

The LP i have by eddie, from the early to mid 60s i think, gives some biographical info:

performed with his parents from age 4.

had a vocal trio at age 15.

on radio in LA at age 16.

had a big band and hawaiian show that played the "hurricane" in nyc for 46 weeks. this group was dissolved at the beginning of WW2.

prior to that (unclear, but presumably prior) he had worked around LA with russ columbo and gus arnheim. after a year or so of that he formed a new trio and played with phil harris at the st. francis hotel in san francisco. he later became part of henry busse's orchestra.

postwar, he appeared with sonja henie and spent 7 years with harry owens on TV.

film credits include:

the high and the mighty
big jim mclain
iceland
bird of paradise
honolulu
broadway melody
song of the islands
hawaii calls

TV credits include:

daniel boone
hawaiian eye

isn't there another, younger, eddie bush who plays ukulele???

Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 29 Nov 2002 1:29 am

c c johnson · Post by **c c johnson** » 29 Nov 2002 3:49 am

In the 50s he was with a small Harry Owens grp in LA. They had a weekly TV show for a popular beer on the left coast. I have videos of the old kinescopes of the era.. There was an Eddie Bush that passed away recently but T don't believe it was the same one.

Warren Slavin · Post by **Warren Slavin** » 29 Nov 2002 6:55 am

I suspect there were many musical Bush's in Hawaiian music (excluding GW and Father). I have an old Brunswick 78rpm Album with an Emma Bush singing a couple of Songs with Johnny Noble And His Hawaiians. Also on that album is M K Moke playing and acoustic steel "Hilo March" and "Moana Chimes". It was my first Hawaiin Album that I bought back in the early 40's before Uncle Sam grabbed me and sent me to Hawaii on our ship's first tour in the Pacific (sigh). The mission was serious but the first time in Hawaii was great. When I had Liberty on a Saturday, I went straight to the Moana Banyan Court and watched the Hawaii Calls show with David Keli'i. Memories !!

I enjoyed reading the comments about Eddie Bush -- I have a couple of tapes where his is playing steel on a few cuts. I also havce an LP of the Ukulele Player, Eddie Bush.

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Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 29 Nov 2002 7:23 am

Here's some info from the long out of print Hawaiian Guitar Music Review by Fred Gagner in 9/89:

"I first encountered the B11th tuning in 1951 when I met steel guitar great Eddie Bush at the St. Francis Hotel in SF, where he was performing as a steel player and Hawaiian falsetto vocalist with Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiians. He was playing a Fender double-8 with C major 6th on the first bank and B11th on the second . Eddie was one of the earliest C6th players and recorded in that tuning in 1945. Actually he was using a Bb tone on the 7th string of his C6th which many players prefer to call a C13th tuning."

Ralph H. Moorehead · Post by **Ralph H. Moorehead** » 29 Nov 2002 8:42 am

Thanks people for the info on Eddie Bush. I too have a LP of Eddie's music but so many more transcriptions I don't have. Iknew Eddie in LOng Beach and he was my instructor when He taught at Balants Music in Belmont Shore. We became very good friends but I never pressed him for past history. Wish I had .

Ralph H. Moorehead · Post by **Ralph H. Moorehead** » 29 Nov 2002 9:18 am

George Keoki I sent you an E mail but It came back as flawed. I will try again. Jody Carver. Wish I had got the things you sent. I hesitate to post my E mail here though.

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 29 Nov 2002 9:29 am

OK
Then e mail me,,,Im in enough trouble already
anyone especially that Canadien who thinks he's Hawaiian. Kooky something? I dunno.
Edited George Lake sent me a dirty joke.[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 29 November 2002 at 11:25 AM.]

Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 29 Nov 2002 10:14 am

Ralph H. Moorehead · Post by **Ralph H. Moorehead** » 29 Nov 2002 10:30 am

There is a very good book out by Lorene Ruymer called The Hawaiian Steel guitar and it's great Hawaiian Muscians. I have her address if interested

c c johnson · Post by **c c johnson** » 29 Nov 2002 11:53 am

Regal Pale is correct. I just looked at the video again. Bush is playing a 2 nk fender. Joe Norz is the announcer. He also speelled his name NArz and iused different first names on other videos I have.

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 30 Nov 2002 10:46 am

Aloha Ralph...I just tried unsuccessfully to e-mail you also, after reading your thread, (above). May I suggest you e-mail Jody who will give you my current e-mail address ? Be happy to hear from you !

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 30 Nov 2002 11:26 pm

I own the single ten C6 pedal steel that John Fry of Los Angeles made for Eddie Bush in 1964. The guitar had seven pedals and no knees originally. It has single raise single lower-style fingers but most of the tuning keys pivot so you get your lowers at the keyhead thereby freeing up the changer fingers to raise at will. The guitar has a 42 inch body that is rosewood on the ends, aprons and neck. The top is honey oak. The pedal rack is rosewood. The guitar weighs a ton. The guitar has a 25 inch scale and it has a ten string Rickenbacker horseshoe pickup. It has the fanciest curliecue keyhead you have ever seen.
When I bought the guitar, it was being converted to E9 with four knees and three pedals. I am finishing the conversion job so my seven year old can play it. He may not be able to move it, but he can play it.[This message was edited by Chris Lucker on 30 November 2002 at 11:28 PM.]

Gerald Ross · Post by **Gerald Ross** » 1 Dec 2002 10:40 am

Here is a snippet of a recording by Eddie Bush doing "Hula Breeze". He has a clean, big and fat tone. Scroll down the page until you get to his tune. BTW all the Harlequin Hawaiian recordings are top notch, I have all six(?) of them. I believe this is the only Eddie Bush recording in the entire series.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/ B00000JJOD/qid=1038767918/sr=1-23/ref=sr_1_23/002-2505919-0712845?v=glance&s=music

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'

Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website

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