The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band [Import]

Gabby Pahinui | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B0000011T6
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Aloha Ka Manini

2. Ku'U Pua Lei Mokihana

3. Pu'Uanahulu

4. Moanl Ke'Ala

5. Blue Hawaiian Moonlight

6. Moonlight Lady

7. E Nihi Ka Hele

8. Hawaiian Love

9. Wahini U'L

10. Oli Komo - Chant

11. Ipo Lei Manu

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Absolute King of Hawaiian Slack Key, November 7, 1998

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[e-mail] (Kailua, Hawai`i) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (Audio CD)

Gabby "Pops" Pahinui (Phillip Gabby Pahinui) was absolutely the greatest Slack Key Guitarist that ever lived.Many folks consider him to be the father of the style. Any title with his name on it is a Must Have item for the Hawaiian Music Lover. Gabby was a state road crew worker by day and an incredible guitarist, singer-songwriter by night and weekend.

Ry Cooder lived and studied with this man and his family in the 70's.

To see Gabby in person provoked instant Chicken Skin (goosebumps). Gabby left us in 1980 but fortunately for all of us, three of his sons - Cyril, Martin & Bla Pahinui all continue making fine music and extending the family legacy.

Anytime you see a cd with the name Pahinui on it, grab it...you will not be sorry. Pahinui, like Mercedes, means absolute perfection. - Rabbett

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gabby Pahinui is the King of Slack Key, January 12, 1999

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Maria Hickling "Auntie Maria" (Kaua`i, Hawai`i) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (Audio CD)

This album clearly demonstrates why Gabby "Pops" Pahinui holds the undisputed title of King of Slack Key. Not only does this album present him, in all his slack-key glory, but also the talented Ry Cooder and Hawaiian musicians Atta Isaacs, Sonny Chillingworth, Randy Lorenzo, Joe Gang, Manuel Kapahu, Bla & Cyril Pahinui.

This album delivers!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True sounds of Hawaii from the Master, June 6, 2000

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Scott A. Supak "supak.com" (Canyon Country, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (Audio CD)

Gabby Pahinui put slack key guitar on the map. While the art form began evolving in the 1830's with the Hawaiian cowboys, Gabby became synonymous with Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. In 1974, Warner Brothers recorded the legendary guitarist and singer with his seven piece band. Gabby and his fellow performer Atta Issacs were later to make famous Ry Cooder's Chicken Skin Music. Ry Cooder sits in here. This warm and soft music melts guitars together, and the vocals tell the story of Hawaiian history in the words and tones.