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More 'name the steel player' fun as Danny Kuaana sings and leads his band thru the classic song. While we get some real nice steel, it's hard to tell by whom? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZYJUjnb ... re=related

Is that Danny Stewart on percussion?

Cash on the barrel-head.

Bernie Kaai Lewis. They did their best to keep the haole out of the picture.

According to what I could find, these Studio Telescriptions were produced in 1952 and '53.

Bernie was my #1 guess, but I'm still surprised it's him. And how did I miss/forget Tony's thread?

Mike Neer wrote:...They did their best to keep the haole out of the picture...

Yes, throughout the steel guitar introduction they show a rhythm guitar, an ukelele, a drum, and a girl's face. No wonder the public don't know what produces the sound.

Mike Neer you are once again CORRECT!

This has been confirmed by Mali Kuaana just this AM.

Where can one find some of Bernie's recorded music?

Ray Montee wrote:Mali Kuaana

Ray, wouldn't that be Maili?

I can see that if I want to get in with the in crowd I'm going to have to get myself an Hawaiian dictionary.

She signs her name "MALIA"...........

It's not for me to tell her how to spell it. Right?

Ray Montee wrote:Mike Neer you are once again CORRECT!

This has been confirmed by Mali Kuaana just this AM.

Where can one find some of Bernie's recorded music?

Bernie Kaai recorded a few records under his own name--one called Polynesian and Hawaiian Music, which I have on 10" LP. He also replaced Dick McIntire (whom his playing most closely resembled, but he also sounded a little like Andy Iona at times) in the Harmony Hawaiians. Cumquat Records has a CD of the Harmony Hawaiians with Bernie. Steel Guitar Boogie by Bernie Kaai from his Polynesian and Hawaiian Music LP.

You can listen to a cut called "Steel Guitar Boogie" from the aforementioned LP here:

http://soundcloud.com/ionahoopii/bernie ... eel-guitar

Ray Montee wrote:She signs her name "MALIA"...........

It's not for me to tell her how to spell it. Right?

Well Ray..............................................., whether it's Maili or Malia, you misspelled it as Mali, which without dbl. checking my logs for her email I knew it wasn't.
Now regroom your feathers in time for the luau, k?

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Yes, Michael, that is indeed the one. Not a bad record.

Ray Montee - you said that it was Bernie, confirmed this am by Maili Kuaana. What relation is she to Bernie? John Marsden, England, Hawaiian music historian, would love to get in touch with her to see if she can add to what he has about Bernie. Can you help with an address?

This may still be active, but if kin to Bernie she'd be in her mid 80s if still around maliakuaana@aol.com
Please confirm if you make contact.

"My Purple Lio!" Must be a unicorn.

There's a mis-spelling on that album cover.
Should have been "pupule", not "purple".

Pupule meaning "crazy" in Hawaiian.

I've also seen it spelled on other Hawaiian albums as: Poo-poo-ly

Might there be someone out there who knows how the
lady spells her name.
By the way,-Bernie K Lewis is featured on some of Paul Page's Paradise LPs.
Wally

Here's her name: Marie Kua'ana Savidan

The Hawaiian name for Marie/Mary is: MALIA

Derrick Mau wrote:There's a mis-spelling on that album cover.
Should have been "pupule", not "purple".

Two misspellings if you count "Halihi." The song is actually "Kalihi," a composition by Lani McIntyre.

~ Bill Wynne

P.S. Derrick, you nevah responded to my last message. I need to talk to you. Let me know how I can reach you. Mahalo!