Two Hawaiians, Two Hoosiers, and Me

These two broads ladies recently graduated from college. Due to the unforeseen delamination of the American dream, their careers are on hold while they open for blog postings: Krishna Emerald, backed up by the legendary Pepper Carroll. Carroll cut her teeth playin’ tenor south of Chi-town. Her face-smashing solo–from the hammock–stretches the boundries of jazz flute ala Monk or Ornette Coleman. Carroll finds the micro-tones and milks them uncompromisingly:
Man We Was Lonely

My friend Chino’s son, Kukui recently came through Hawaii between stints in China and Singapore. I set up my little digital recorder on a lanai in Volcano and we played some tunes. Chino playing his bari-uke — Kui playing his 6-string uke and the two of them harmonizing nicely. I’m playing my Dobro, or whackin’ it:

Niu Hao Hao

Crazy

Ulili E

On the Road Again