In troubled times like these it’s hard to be an adult. I find myself just wanting to go back home to Mom’s cooking and the comfort of friends and ohana (family). When I was about 8 years old my older sister was very well connected in the Hawaii restaurant scene. She knew every bartender and band at all the cool places & somehow took her little brother in all these bars to listen to music (not sure how legal this was but laws in Hawaii were always based on who you know). One of her favorite bands was Olomana. At the time, Olomana was just Jerry Santos & Robert Beaumont, both amazing multi-instrumentalists, singers, and song writers. They quickly became very popular in Hawaiian music circles with songs of “aloha ‘aina” or love for the land. Jerry’s amazing unique voice and slack key style guitar playing always intrigued me, especially his use of harmonicks. Robert died much too young but Jerry can still be found performing in Hawaii and around the country, sometimes as Olomana or sometimes solo. I still have a tough time listening to these 3 songs and not crying or wandering off to simpler times.
From my home state.
Gov. Tom Wolf has announced that he is extending his shutdown order to apply to all but “life-sustaining” businesses as the novel coronavirus continues to spread.
I work for a manufacturing company. I am curious how we will be classified to stay open.
Cash Pussies – Cash Flow
Don’t let it bring you down.
My family used to sing this song when we were heading back from Toronto. Still gets me right in the heart.
Homeward Bound
Wow. Gorgeous stuff. Thanks for sharing.
At Home With Myself – Cleaners From Venus
I hope everyone is safe and is doing their best to adjust. Everything has on moved online for me and I haven’t left the house since Sunday. I did though achieve a lifelong dream the other day, I actually wrote a comic book story and a professional illustrator is drawing it. It’s just for fun but it’s something I always wanted to do.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home
…that’s awesome
…that is, I like the tune & all but the comic book thing sounds like something to feel chuffed about…which is awesome
I don’t consider myself to be very nostalgic but last night I dreamed about my favorite aunt, whose been gone a long time. A couple of nights ago I dreamed about my corgi, who I lost a little over a year ago. I’m obviously missing some better times.
HOMESHAKE – Home at Last
I’m not a thousand miles away.
going home? the first thing that comes to mind is…
The Blues Brothers – Sweet Home Chicago:
freddie king sung it too:
Freddie King – Sweet Home Chicago:
Colin Linden wrote this after Hurricane Katrina – Homesick In My Own Backyard.
The title track from Jimmie Vaughan’s latest album – Baby, Please Come Home
I became obsessed with Hawaiian slack key guitar since I started learning how to play it a few years ago. I have a bit of arthritis in my left hand (only) so the open tunings allow to me adapt. Here are two of the best:
Hey Luigi, I am so happy to hear this! Ledward is a good friend of my brother on the Big Island & a treasure to all of Hawaii. We have been losing the slack key masters fast and furious lately w/ all the loses in the Pahinui family & Palani Vaughn in the last few years. I’ve actually worked with the Slack Key festival in Seattle several years and have met most of the greats. I’m glad we have a next generation with players like Makana.
a little older but still pretty young & amazing, Jeff Peterson
and Kamuela Kimokeo now plays with Jerry Santos, sharing it to the next generation
Wow, that’s great. As an old punk-rocker, slack key is kind of unexpected for me. I play taro patch tuning and for Christmas, my wife got me a lap steel. Something about those open tunings just resonate my chest and warm my heart. I swear there’s something about the open G frequencies that heals what ails me. Loveshaq, I may avail myself of your expertise in the future because I’m not all that familiar with the young slack key players. I’ve never been to Hawaii, and I’m happy to now know someone who’s from there.
Awesome, my brother & nephew make steel guitars, Cyril Pahinui used to teach my nephew how to play it. Bob Brozman was like an honorary Hawaiian and did a great album w/ Cyril of slack key w/ steel guitar:
I’m here to help w/ any slack key knowledge I have. For the punker in you, here is a kick, Greg Sardinha a famous steel guitarist did an album w/ Richard Cheese under his Johnny Aloha persona. They did a great Rock Lobster
Mr. McGee is supposedly getting on the LAST flight out of Sydney home to DC. Then we will both be working from home for the duration. Tots and pears please.
You will cook him great food he can eat! Thinking of you
one more,
Muddy Waters Blues Band – Sweet Home Chicago (live at Westfalenhalle Dortmund, Germany 12/10/1978):
The ‘Jovis for that😉:
…so I seem to be late to the party…which is some feat when the party is at home & we aren’t generally getting out much these days…so inevitably at this point I’m afraid narrowing my choices down to one is beyond me…so in a vein of being all over the place while being mostly stuck in the one place…& in no particular order
i know that feel mate…
(would have gone with a proper video…but i sided with sound quality today)