George
Kahumoku teaching Play along watch and learn
Songs: E
Mo Mai Ka Ike, Aloha Oe, Hilo E, Moani Ke' ala Kauanoeanuhea, Royal
Hawaiian Hotel, Loko Mai Kai (Amazing Grace), Kahale Wai Hale Olu,
Lei Olu, Muli Wai, Kapa Hanu
Studio
Concert DVD. Playing and Singing 12 of his favorite Songs. This
newest DVD (PLAY ALONG WATCH AND LEARN) is for anyone who wants
to watch and hear some of the most
powerful and soulful Hawaiian
slack guitar playing and singing. Guaranteed to bring goose bums
or chicken skin to anyone who loves the Hawaiian style of slack
key guitar! For intermediate Slack key guitarist this is a great
DVD to watch and learn to play these 12 beautiful songs. The DVD
is shot in a way so you can see each hand while George is playing
so you can pick up your guitar and jam along with George in the
Taro patch tuning. Songs preformed on this DVD. E Mo Mai Ka Ike,
Aloha Oe, Hilo E, Moani Ke' ala Kauanoeanuhea, Royal Hawaiian Hotel,
Loko Mai Kai (Amazing Grace), Kahale Wai Hale Olu, Lei Olu, Muli
Wai, Kapa Hanu Auntie Nona Beamer has dubbed George ";Hawai'i's
Renaissance Man";, because he is one of the few who still knows
the old ways-farming, fishing and herbs-and can survive on the
land, and yet gets up every morning and works the internet, fielding
international requests for his CDs and performances.
George has
run his own career, often ,subsidizing his farming with revenues
from his music. Bur the land he worked and inherited from big family
{once over 6,000 acres) was lost to taxation, bankers and lawsuits.
It's sad when a man with .. his integrity loses ancient family
land. Barry Flannagan, of Hapa, has said that when he heard a particular
recording of George's he didn't think he could ever play Slack-Key
guitar again -he was so stunned by the power, depth and passion
of George's playing. George is one of a handful of artists who
- records for the Slack-Key Master series on George Winston's Dancing
Cat label, which distributes his music in 55 countries. In his
struggle to save land; he moved to Maui from the Big Island, and
still works the resorts here, between touring gigs. He has played
nearly all over the world, and is gaining a wider audience in the
U.S. George's recordings are inspired works from soulful hands
that transcend time and style.
His voice also comes from a deep
place, sometimes sounding like Gabby Pahinui's but taking on a
unique tone, as he comes into his own as an elder in his craft.
Most of his work is mellow and ";old-world"; in texture - soothing
for the soul, and virtually ";anti-pop"; in context. He has recorded
works by Queen Lili'uokalani, made an album with his son Keoki
(also very talented and accomplished), and recorded with a host
of other Island legends, including Edith Kanaka'ole, his brother
Moses (20 albums), Diana Aki, and Kekuhi Kanahele. His most recent
release, with master musician and producer Daniel Ho (Hiroshima),
is a collection of spiritual melodies (";Hymns of Hawai'i";) that
George learned growing up with his 'Ohana (family). These songs
are presented reverently, with contemporary touches, and provide
refuge for the soul in a fast-paced, changing world.
