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Very nice "digs" ... Hilton ... Great food, music, commradory ... Lots of videos ...

I'll start ...

Here's my set ... Too many stories, not enough time ... Ha,ha

4 string "Tenor Pan" with my hippie band (Mucho Mahalos Garry Vanderlinde and family)

I messed up "If I Didn't Care" ... But made it thru the others relatively unscathed

1). We Three
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXRm9dG_5dY

2). If I Didn’t Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOGPV5sdI2I

3). My Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU3O1ZmaMXI

4). Ua Like No a Like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci3n4G-zVMs

Thanks Chris Kennison and especially Tony Fourcroy ... Great job !!!!

I got to sit at the "cool kids" table (which became the "bad boys" table since it was closest to the bar) at the luau. It was good to connect faces and names and hang out with folks I only get to see once a year. There was one lone female at the table, the wife of a guy whose name is escaping me, but she was a good sport.

Chris Kennison told me that I have to perform next year or he won't comp me for doing sound, so the challenge has been issued. I've been putting in an hour a day on the C6 lap steel since and I almost have "Sleepwalk" down (Be careful what you wish for, Chris).

I'm also putting together a band that uses the instruments of a Hawaiian string band (bass, guitar, uke and steel plus percussion) but not playing strictly Hawaiian music to give me incentive to get my playing together. I hope we can play next year.

Rick did good with the four string. We had the whole cross section of players from Rick's little dustpan all the way to Duke Ching with his triple neck Fender. If any of you are on the fence about attending next year, do it! It's a real good time and fun to be somewhere where lap steel is king.

Now if I could just find an unloved frypan at a garage sale or swap meet or...

Hi Rick,

Nancy and I enjoyed your set. It was the next best thing to being there.

Ron

You did good, kid. Real good!

Fun stuff Rick! ... and a big thumbs up on the Tenor Pan

Great work, Rick!! That tone is just amazing... I expect nothing less from your work.

Rick Aiello's stories are what make life worthwhile. A big mahalo to the person who posted these videos. I'm in stitches.

Rick, your "Ua Like No Like" is drenched in McIntire Iona sauce. Beautiful.

Mucho Mahalos y'all ... very kind of you.

These videos were taken by Marti Landry (Ross the Uke bass player's wife) on her iPhone

Mark Roeder (Deluxe34 Stands) took a few too ...

Funny thing is, my children just wanted to hear the stories (of course, they were about them) ... and my wife Chrissy just wanted to hear the songs. She said:

"I live those stories, I sent you out there to play"

So I did some editing and separated the tales from the tunes

There were three good stories that got recorded by Mark & Marti ... "Crotcho" ; "Max & his Principal" & "Fang Slobber"

So here's the other two "Tales from Berryville"

https://youtu.be/gntuPt605ag

https://youtu.be/rffQLK2mY2I

We definitely had a big ball
Tell Max to rock on
I'm really glad all of the talk story was saved.
Marti was excellent

I think the first tune "We Three" was my favorite.

It was on the top of my favorite sets list...

This was my second HSGA event, and I had a great time. Rick's set was, of course, the entertainment highlight. Man, dude, can you lie! Fang comes next year.

Really great to see the Punua Ohana from Kaua'i and experience Duke Ching and so many others (surf's up, Garry).

My own set... well, it didn't suck as bad as last year, so that's progress! I threw in a couple of Cajun tunes for rhythmic and tuning (LtoH: GDGBDG) diversity and even sang one. Yes, like many who sing Hawaiian music, I'm bold enough to sing in public in a language I don't speak (Cajun French). Sorry I threw the band a bit with those extra measures all over the place. Cajun music is pretty irreg'lr.

Great to see old pals, meet new ones, and introduce a friend I brought along (Rich Wilson) to the whole dang deal.

A thousand thanks to Chris Kennison, Tony Fourcroy, Kamaka Tom, and Paul Honeycutt for all of the organizational and logistical efforts.

Gerald and Jeffy? Next year, huh?

To Jim,
Gerald who?

Wally

I wouldn't want to call anybody out for not being there... GERALD ROSS! He had a conflicting 'uke engagement.

Jim Newberry wrote:Man, dude, can you lie!

Duke's girls say "Aloha!"

Duke's daughter gave me a fresh, real flower lei as I was checking out ... I never had a real lei before ...

I kept it in a bowl of water for a week ... My family was really impressed .. So cool

PS: His granddaughter sure could sing ... Opera like ... I'm sayin'

Duke was Incredible
The Luau was 1st class with the roasted pig and hula dancers. He always gets the best hula dancers where ever he goes.
He has taught me so much and has been such a great inspiration to me.
Thank you Duke

Rick Aiello wrote:
PS: His granddaughter sure could sing ... Opera like ... I'm sayin'

She was amazing! I wasn't expecting that at all.

I second the notion about Duke.

Rick started this so I'll probably finish it off
I was lucky enough to get my set recorded. Here's a tune from it.
Pipeline:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcpbT1V ... load_owner[/quote]

Great job on Pipeline, Garry! You really captured the surf vibe!

Garry, Debbie and Ross are "da bomb" ... Truly inspirational

Surfin' 5000 feet above Sea-level

Great stuff Rick!

Croucho
Ink Spots
Riding in the Excursion

PS: I love my "Aiello" modded Champ. Tone is perfect with my Frypan.