Kalama's Quartet, with Mike Hanapi (lead steel) circa 1927

Jesse Pearson · Post by **Jesse Pearson** » 29 Nov 2020 7:46 pm

While looking up some King Benny after Andy's great post, I stumbled across this great gem of a live performance from 1927...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmN3E2tqOvU

Travis Brown · Post by **Travis Brown** » 29 Nov 2020 9:58 pm

Man, what a clip. So much to observe.

Those metric modulations are just killer.

And then the chubby guy playing the ukulele and singing - pure comedy.

So much talent. I'm new to the Hawaiian genre, but just in terms of musicality, this is a really interesting clip.

I guess it all tracks back to how good music used to be.

Peter Funk · Post by **Peter Funk** » 30 Nov 2020 12:41 am

Can anybody identify this double-necked instrument on the far right?

Scott Thomas · Post by **Scott Thomas** » 30 Nov 2020 8:16 am

It's some brand of harp guitar:

Walter Webb · Post by **Walter Webb** » 30 Nov 2020 11:23 am

That double necker looks like 6 string guitar with a 4 string tenor/baritone uke built in...

David M Brown · Post by **David M Brown** » 1 Dec 2020 4:35 am

Walter Webb wrote:That double necker looks like 6 string guitar with a 4 string tenor/baritone uke built in...

The extra neck extension has low bass strings.

Peter Funk · Post by **Peter Funk** » 2 Dec 2020 1:53 am

Okay, thank you all!