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Voyager: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Favorites

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This is NOT a collection of Hawaiian Steel Guitar.
This CD is a fair collection of Hawaiian sounding songs played on a western pedal steel with a western rhythm section. No ukuleles or traditional Hawaiian tunings.
It is a CD of 90% Hapa Haole (Hawaiiian sounding songs written by mainlainders) played on Pedal Steel Guitar by a western style player.
Real Hawaiian Steel Guitar is played on a Non-Pedal Lap Steel and has a much more relaxed and slinky sound, with a more expressive vibrato. If you are looking for authentic Hawaiian steel, this CD is disappointing, if you just want something thats kinda Hawaiian sounding for background music between the bands at a party then this will fill the bill.
I've added a link to a much more authentic and better produced Hawaiian Steel Guitar CD Steel Guitar Magic

This is a great authentic sounding CD. It will be great for our luau!

I love pedal steel, whether Hawaiian or Country. When I search for Hawaiian music I always go for the pedal steel emphasis rather than ukelele or other. This definitely showcases the steel playing, but the arrangements are so bland... one selection kind of dirges into the next. This is good for quiet background music, but not for being festive. I expect the traditional "fun" songs and the celebration of "aloha" to actually be exciting, rather than sound like lullabies. Worth having in your Hawaiian music collection because of the good steel playing, and the price (as listed at time of this writing) is a bargain.