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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 21 Feb 2003 4:50 pm |
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Just rec'd a wonderful CD "MUSIC OF THE ISLANDS....Hawaii"......... For those of you that truly enjoy Hawaiian Music and the
"old" traditional steel guitar style and tone, you won't want to miss this one!
The entire group puts forth a wonderful peformance.....not a side B tune anywhere.
KEOKI..George Lake from way up by the Artic Circle, he who lives in an igloo and gets around with a full blown dog sled team, is the steelman on this CD. He is truly great! His licks are all authentic Hawaiian except for one that was actually NASHVILLE Country.........but one can over look it. It was done with class and flavored the phrase nicely. Email Keoki NOW! You won't want to miss out on this CD. Available CD's are limited.......so get on the list right away.
He plays a vintage double neck National...
and also a vintage National TriCone (I think). Of course ole George is vintage himself........uses vintage guitar strings that he's had for decades........so he can produce that rich, full bodied Hawaiian sound |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 21 Feb 2003 5:11 pm
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| Ray I'll second that emotion..Keoki plays great on the CD.I have a copy and its GREAT. |
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 21 Feb 2003 10:16 pm
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Ahh shucks guys, thanks. I gotta correct you on my guitars Ray...I used a custom double neck TRADEWIND built especially for me by Elva West in Anaheim, CA. For the acoustic stuff, I used my 1934 Dobro. Of course, the only amp I ever use is a Fender Deluxe reverb with tubes for a nice full warm sound.
There's a polar bear outside my igloo so I had better attend to him now.... |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 22 Feb 2003 11:16 am
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Keoki.......I must apologize to you and everyone here on the Forum. When I attempted to describe what you played on the CD....I had no idea whatsoever WHAT it was you were plucking, but knowing what a perfectionist you are and how very much you are into vintage instruments I figured I might be somewhat close, but one can see I errored in judgement........BIG TIME!
Well one thing I'm reasonably sure about gang........is that Keoki plays with four finger picks and a LARGE BLUE plastic thumbpick. Tell me I'm wrong George......I double dare you. |
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 23 Feb 2003 2:39 pm
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You're wrong again Skip...My thumb pick is a striped brown and I use 3 finger picks...nyah, nyah, nyah!  |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Feb 2003 10:29 am
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WRONG!!!!!!
How could this be?
My confidence is gone!
Next you'll likely say you sold the igloo? |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 24 Feb 2003 8:51 pm
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| It melted. |
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Jesse Pearson
From:
San Diego , CA
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Posted 24 Feb 2003 9:42 pm
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| Keoki, did you use F#9 tuning alot on your CD? Where can I get a copy? I have been working on the F#9 tuning alot lately, getting the chords and intervals down that I got off of Ricky Davis's chord finder. F#9 has a great jazz feel to it. Does antbody know of any tab in this tuning? |
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 26 Feb 2003 7:39 pm
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| I usually use F#9 whenever I play a 6 string guitar. On the cd I used A6/7 and E9 tunings as I was playing a double 8 steel guitar. My email address is keokilake@hotmail.com should you want to write me. [This message was edited by George Keoki Lake on 26 February 2003 at 07:39 PM.] [This message was edited by George Keoki Lake on 26 February 2003 at 07:41 PM.] |
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Kerry Wood
From:
Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2003 6:59 am
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Well, with endorsements from both Ray Montee and Jody Carver, I had to hear this CD. Now I can say from first hand experience that George Lake is a super guy and a talented steel guitarist. If you want to hear fabulous tone and phrasing, as well an excellent band, I highly recommend contacting George Lake to see if he has any of these CD's left.
Kerry |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 13 Mar 2003 11:08 am
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I heard rumors from both Australia and Finland that Keoki's CD is all sold out.
Any chance he'll make another? |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 15 Mar 2003 8:27 pm
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| Ray...those rumours are false. I still have a supply of the cd's...Mahalo Kerry for your kind (unsolicitated) words, much appreciated. |
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Kerry Wood
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2003 5:16 pm
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I just realized that today is George Lake's birthday, so Happy Birthday George! I hope you had the time to enjoy it today. If I lived a few thousand miles closer, I'd bake you a cake myself.
Kerry |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 26 Mar 2003 10:54 pm
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Aloha Al...
I endeavored to e-mail you on your Forum e-mail address to no avail. Anyway, you asked where you could obtain a copy of the cd we made. Well, my friend, just pop a $20.00 bill in an envelope, mail it to me with your current snail address. I'll be sure to send you a copy (pp) without any delay. If I do say so myself, it is a lovely album of Hawaiian music. Forum friends Jody and Ray have both shown their enthusiasm towards it which is about as complimentary as one can hope for.
For security, please wrap the $20.00 bill in a normal piece of paper before placing it in the envelope. You need not worry...I am an honest person. I prefer cash as the banks up here place a hefty (penalty) "service" charge on all m/o or checks coming in from outside of Canada.
My address: 11610 - 111 Av.,
Edmonton, AB., Canada
T5G-0E1
Mahalo Al....hope to hear from you, or any others on the Forum who might be interested.
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2003 12:58 am
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I received my copy of "Music of The Islands" from George Lake and I concur with Ray. It is a great Hawaiian CD. George "Keoki" Lake did a wonderful job backing Toutai Pasi, the vocalist on the CD. Toutai, a native of the island of Tonga, has a very smooth singing voice.
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