Tag Archives: Kahaluu Snorkel Beach

LIVE 148 • Magic Sands (Original Slack Key, Alt Take)

Live, Slack KeyAlii Drive, big island, blue sky guitar, Hawaii, hawaiian guitar, Honl’s, Kahaluu Snorkel Beach, kailua kona, Keauhou Bay, ki ho’alu, kona coffee, La’aloa Beach Park, laaloa, Magic Sands, nahenahe, Neumann TLM 102, nick borho, Old Airport Beach Park, open G, peaceful guitar, relaxing guitar, Slack Key, Taro Patch, taylor 412ce, Taylor 412ce-R, taylor grand concert, White Sands Beach

I used to take a guitar to sit and play some slack key at beaches around Kailua-Kona like Old Airport, Honl’s, Kahalu’u, Keauhou Bay, and La’aloa Beach Park… which is also known locally as White Sands, or Magic Sands. La’aloa Beach Park is just off Ali’i Drive a few miles South of Kailua-Kona. Often known as Magic Sands because the sand ‘disappears’ practically overnight from most of the shoreline during winter swells, only to fully ‘reappear’ in the Summer, the beach is a popular spot for residents of Kona. I often used to head over there with a cup of Kona coffee in the early morning before the crowds arrived, when it was still quiet, and sit on the picnic tables and play guitar. Here is a slack key style tune I wrote one day while hanging out with my guitar around Magic Sands. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded with a Taylor 412ce LTD (Rosewood/Spruce, with Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze HD gauge set) and a Neumann TLM 102 microphone in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Music by Nick Borho, all rights reserved.

103 Minutes Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Instrumental Music

Slack KeyAli’i Drive, big island, blueskyguitar, City of Refegue, Hawaii, Higashihara Park, Holualoa, Honaunau, Honokohau Harbor, Hookena Beach, Kahaluu Snorkel Beach, kailua kona, Kailua Kona Pier, kainaliu, kalaoa, Kaloko, kealakekua, Keauhou Bay, ki ho’alu, King Kamehameha Hotel, kona coffee, kona district, Kua Bay, Magic Sands, mauna loa tuning, nick borho, North Kona, Old Airport Beach Park, peace, peaceful guitar, relaxing guitar, Slack Key, South Kona, Taro Patch

For your listening pleasure here is another collection of Ki Ho’alu a/k/a Hawaiian Slack Key guitar instrumentals. This compilation is an alternate mix from another one recently posted on my other channel (Blue Sky Guitar), and includes a few classic chestnuts – or rather, kukui nuts maybe – as well as original songs. The songs here are both energetic and relaxed, though I’d say the overall vibe is relaxing. I like to listen to some of those longer “relaxing music” videos while working on the computer and became inspired to produce some videos featuring my own performances. Hope you enjoy.