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Hawaii Calls
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Poster: DON MCDIARMID JR.
Email: HULA1@HAWAII.RR.COM
Subject: HAWAII CALLS
Posted on 1/17/01 at 3:49pm
IN TALKING ABOUT DAVID KELII LET US NOT ALSO FORGET ANOTHER GIANT STEEL GUITAR PLAYER THAT WAS, I THINK, AS GOOD AS DAVID AND WHO HAD TUNINGS THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD ["ANY TIME, ANY PLACE ANY WHERE"], INCLUDING DAVID, AND THAT WAS JAKE KALIIKOA. JAKE PLAYED IN MY DAD'S ORCHESTRA IN THE 1930S AND 1940S ON HAWAII CALLS, FOR WEB EDWARDS.

AS THE OWNER OF HAWAII CALLS, IN GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE HUNDREDS OF TAPE RECORDINGS OF THE OLD HAWAII CALLS SHOWS IN OUR ARCHIVES AND LISTENING, I HAVE ENJOYED HEARING A NUMBER OF GREAT STEEL PLAYERS. IN FACT I HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THEM WITH AN EYE TO PERHAPS PRESENTING A COLLECTION OF THE DIFFERENT STEEL GUITAR MUSICIANS.
DON MCDIARMID JR.
HULA1@HAWAII.RR.COM
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Poster: aA. Messacar
Email: a_messacar@yahoo.com
Subject: Hawaiian history Montreal qc. Canada
Posted on 7/7/04 at 1:37pm

Year 1936 to montreal from Windsor Ont.Two steel guitar players,first with nationals then Rickenbacker fryingpan and National electrics.The



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Poster: Brian Chidester
Email: bcxists@aol.com
Subject: Uke
Posted on 4/2/05 at 3:20pm
That's sounds amazing Don. How 'bout a ukulele collection, pre-1940, especially with focus on the Hawaii Calls uke players. I'm a Squeeze fan.
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Poster: David M
Email: davmar@clis.com
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Posted on 7/1/05 at 4:54pm
Don, If you posted this on the Steel Guitar Forum you would get quite a bit of interest. Many players over there would give their "eye-teeth" to hear those tapes. Aloha, DM.
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