Slidin' On The Frets - Hawaiian Steel Guitar

Slidin' On The Frets
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon
Classic Rural, Popular, and Foreign
Performances on the Acoustic Steel Guitar
Yazoo 2056; Ordering Information

"A musical leap back in time to when the sounds of
Hawaiian steel guitar were first beginning to circle
the globe." - Islands
"Musical Esperanto as practiced in a long ago world
where everyone's guitar spoke Hawaiian." - Wire

This fascinating panorama of acoustic steel guitar performances inspired by the worldwide Hawaiian music craze in the first few decades of the 20th century includes classics from a broad spectrum of musical genres where the Hawaiian acoustic steel took root, featuring jazz, blues, country, vaudeville, and instrumental novelties from the U.S. as well as foreign classics from Trinidad, Argentina, France, Greece and more. The roots of what was to become the pedal steel and Dobro in country music or the blues slide and bottleneck guitar can be heard in these rare recordings.


1. KANUI & LULA, My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua 2. BEZOS' HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA, Pame Sti Honoloulou 3. OSCAR WOODS, Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away 4. RODNEY ROGERS' RED PEPPERS, Milenberg Joys 5. JIMMIE TARLTON, My Little Blue Heaven 6. EMERY COURNARD, Why My Craf Vex With Me 7. EDDY'S HAWAIIAN SERENADERS, Down In Waikiki 8. H.M. BARNES & HIS BLUE RIDGE SERENADERS, Honolulu Stomp 9. TAU MOE'S HAWAIIAN JAZZITES, U Like, Noa Like 10. HONOLULU PLAYERS, Mindinao March 11. KING OLIVER & HIS ORCHESTRA, Everybody Does It In Hawaii 12. TRUETT AND GEORGE, Ghost Dance	13. NELSTONE'S HAWAIIANS, You'll Never Find A Daddy Like Me 14. LES LOUPS, La Portena es una Papa 15. CASEY BILL, Has My Gal Been Here 16. JIMMY YATES' BOLL WEEVILS, Smiles 17. LOS ANGELES BILTMORE HOTEL TRIO, Clowin' The Frets 18. GINO BORDIN HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA, Carresses Venitiennes 19. SYLVESTER WEAVER, Guitar Rag 20. PATT PATTERSON & HIS CHAMPION PEP RIDERS, The Cat's Whiskers 21. HAWAIIAN SONGBIRDS, Happy Hawaiian Blues 22. LAWSON'S HAWAIIANS, Drifting and Dreaming 23. ANDY SANNELLA, Sliding On The Frets