Tag Archives: Holualoa

LIVE 037 • Home Abroad – Slide Guitar

June 4, 2017Acoustic, Liveacoustic guitar, altered tunings, big island, blues slide, Elixir strings, fingerstyle guitar, Fred Kelly, Hawaii, Holualoa, kailua kona, Ki Ho'alu, kona coffee, Open D, Open E, open tunings, relaxing guitar, relaxing music, Slide Guitar, Taylor guitars, thumbpicksNick

From the vaults, here is a slide guitar song I wrote called Home Abroad. I used to play a fair amount of slide guitar, but I don’t play it much anymore. I figured I’d either have to go all in on the slide or not, but couldn’t just dabble with it – so I decided to work on other areas instead. This is a fun leftover from when I dabbled with it though. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded with a Taylor 310ce (Elixir Polyweb 80/20 Bronze) and a matched stereo pair of Shure KSM 141 microphones in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 3/18/09.

LIVE 035 • Glass Ball Slack Key / Chicken in the Straw

April 24, 2017Live, Slack Key2008, brittni paiva, chicken in the straw, dancing cat, fingerstyle guitar, fingerstyle ukulele, glass ball slack key, Hawaii, Holualoa, ka’apana, Koaloha Pineapple Soprano Uke, kona coffee, kona hawaii, led kaapana, led live, ledward, Pineapple Sunday, slack key guitar, turkey in the strawNick

From the vaults, Glass Ball Slack Key is a favorite chestnut (or kukui nut) of uke players throughout the islands. Also known as “Chicken in the Straw” or “Turkey in the Straw” in Hawai’i (though different from the Bluegrass / fiddle song), this is a fun little ditty that is sure to please aunty or uncle. I learned this song watching and listening to the great Led Ka’apana (it’s also on the classic Led Live CD). Many other ukulele players have covered the song over the years as well. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded with a Koaloha Pineapple Soprano ukulele and a matched stereo pair of Shure KSM 141 microphones in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 3/6/08.

LIVE 034 • Holualoa Blues

April 23, 2017Fingerstyle, Live, Slack Keyblues guitar, fingerstyle guitar, Holualoa, kona coffee, kona hawaii, open g tuning, slack key guitar, Taro Patch, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, Taylor Dreadnaught guitar, Taylor guitarsNick

From the vaults, here is a demo version of my tune Holualoa Blues. This song is primarily a blues piece, but with some slack key influence as well. Done in open G / taro patch tuning. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded with a Taylor 310ce (Elixir Polyweb 80/20 Bronze) and a matched stereo pair of Shure KSM 141 microphones in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 10/11/07.

LIVE 032 • Cannonball Rag on Ukulele

January 2, 2017Fingerstyle, Live2009, Cannonball Rag, fingerstyle guitar, fingerstyle ukulele, Hawaii, Holualoa, Koaloha Conert Uke, Merle Travis, ukuleleNick

From the vaults, here is a version of Cannonball Rag I improvised on the uke one day back in ’09. The uke is a little out of tune, but sometimes it’s hard to get those friction pegs to stick. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded with a Koaloha concert ukulele and a matched stereo pair of Shure KSM 141 microphones in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 2/3/09.

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Tag Archives: Holualoa

LIVE 037 • Home Abroad – Slide Guitar

LIVE 035 • Glass Ball Slack Key / Chicken in the Straw

LIVE 034 • Holualoa Blues

LIVE 032 • Cannonball Rag on Ukulele