The Best of Keola & Kapono Beamer: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

Keola & Kapono Beamer (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music of Polynesia
• ASIN: B000008NU8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,485 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #37 in Music > World Music > Pacific Islands > Hawaii > Slack Key Guitar

Track Listings

1. This Is Our Island Home

2. Living on Easy

3. Hilo au Hilo E

4. Ia 'Oe E Ka La

5. Kahana Kamali'i

6. 'Ulili E

7. Sweetest Looking Hula Dancer

8. Old Man Pueo

9. 'Ekolu 'Iole Makapo

10. Sassy Hula

11. Haleka'uila

Editorial Reviews

This excellent album features the slack key guitars of Keola & Kapono Beamer. You will find both traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music selections such as Hilo Au Hilo E, 'Ulili E, and Haleka'uila!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No, nothing's missing!, December 27, 2005

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W. Gima "wgima" (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Keola & Kapono Beamer: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (Audio CD)

"Honolulu City Lights" which came out in 1978 on the Paradise label was not Keola and Kapono's first album. They had been recording on the Tantalus and Music Of Polynesia label for quite some time before this.

The Greatest Hits album uses material from the Music of Polynesia catalog and was originally released on vinyl in 1978.

To pass up this album just because it doesn't contain Honolulu City Lights will certainly deprive you of some of the best contemporary Hawaiian music from this era. Excellent Hawaiian and Hapa-haole songs all done in the Beamers inimitable style.

Also recommended if you can find it (Google Hawaiian music): Keola and Kapono Beamer (Tantalus/1975) contains the irreverent Mr. Sun Cho Lee and Sweet Okole and Keola Beamer's debut Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar In The Real Old Style (Music Of Polynesia/1972) with the defining slack key instrumental, Hawaiian Cowboy.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not all the best, December 5, 2001

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Vickie (Clarksville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Keola & Kapono Beamer: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (Audio CD)

I found this music very nice but was disappointed that "honolulu City Lights" was not on in.....
in my opinion that was a classic......now this classic is rare to find especially on a cd.help me find "Honolulu City Lights"................

5.0 out of 5 stars A great CD, February 17, 2007

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Steven D. Snyder (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Keola & Kapono Beamer: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (Audio CD)

I had never heard of these performers until 3 weeks ago. I heard three cuts from the CD as background music for a Hawaiian hotel. It took me until now to track down the music. I immediately ordered this album because the style is very reminiscent of the easy-going folk music of the 50's with a Hawaiian influence. Great music to drift away with.