tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23713104898136954842024-02-20T13:34:31.276-08:00Gordo's Bloggin' Nogginmcorneliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315161068375701302noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-67971068861028294522014-01-20T15:57:00.004-08:002014-01-20T16:09:29.104-08:00HOLUALOA by Local Folk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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LOCAL FOLK... February 2014 at Ward Center featuring Patty Clayton. Jim and Patty added awesome harmony and the ethno-bongo boys Jesse Yanez and Fatty Yuen slap on da groove. Lotsa fun with Patty from Denver, Colorado and her swinging cowboy songs... Mahalo plenty!</div>
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Ward Center Na Mele Nei... Playing Paniolo songs where the Wild West gets far out west as it can get! First Sunday with Jim Christian, Patty Clayton, Gordon Freitas...far right, our Canadian folksinger songwritin' braddah Star Bredt. </div>
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Gets a little wet this time of year at Turtle Bay where Gordon plays with Art Kalahiki and Jim Christian on Mondays and Thursdays from 5-7 pm.</div>
<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-38448985740628927082013-10-24T12:31:00.003-07:002013-10-24T12:31:39.655-07:00<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COZbuiFPfsc&feature=youtube_gdata_player">Halau 'O Healii of San Diego </a></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sang for my San Diego sistah Kathy and her Halau ' O Healii at the KUMU KAHI Hula & Ukulele Festival ... Sam's Town, Las Vegas on the East side. A great weekend, Thursday thru Sunday. It was Kumu Sissy Kaios first Kumu Kahi festival. She and Uncle Lincoln were awesome hosts to seven Halau and a couple very large ukulele clubs. It was a blessed reunion with Healii and we had lotsa time to catch up. Reminiscing back to the days when we did many shows...remembering the spirit of the great musicians who have long since passed and honoring them by continuing the journey and acknowledging the legacy we are all a part of...the perpetuation of the Hawaiian culture. Mahalo nui loa...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img height="300" src="webkit-fake-url://F452F8A1-E1A4-4220-B837-170C6A6F4092/imagejpeg" width="400" /><img height="320" src="webkit-fake-url://1B56B1CC-C9F9-4E05-8EC4-29C6AF80C8E2/imagejpeg" width="240" /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-36355690812864854272013-04-28T14:30:00.001-07:002013-04-28T14:30:32.096-07:00Hawaiian Music, Golf & HSGA Steel Guitars Teamed back up with world renown Hawaiian Steel Guitarist braddah Greg Sardinha for the weekend. Friday morning acoustic duo playing for the Honolulu Country Club Brunch from 1130am - 1:30pm. It's all for golf and lunch of course. Lau lau, beef stew, chicken long rice, kalua pig, steamed fish, ogo... Ono! Left there to visit a few hours with Retired Command Sergeant Major Dad. Then, a short drive to the clubhouse at the Olomana Golf Course. More Hawaiian music from 4pm.- 6pm as Greg and I revisited our favorite hapa - haole tunes and arrangements we used to play over many years. Yep, we had a blast and remembered quite a few arrangements as we segued from song to song. Even tunes from the LOCAL FOLK cd... Sing Hawaiian Sing, Standing in da Ua, Aina.... We did it again Saturday after another much longer visit with Dad. Louise danced the hula KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE HANDS. Then Rick Rickard sat in singing on guitar. Greg opted to jump out to go talk story with friends and handed me his picks and bar. He said, " go ahead and bend the picks any way you like to fit your fingers" . After wailing out a strain of tropic exotica, I must say... I did a pretty good job bending those metal finger picks!<br />
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar convention is in town. All our mainland ohana. Check it out at hsga.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-83342521820046216782013-04-24T04:41:00.001-07:002013-04-25T12:00:02.947-07:00Birthday Blues My birthday was Monday, April 22nd... Same day as Grandma Cornelio ( my mom's mom ) , Gabby Pahinui, Peter Frampton and a million other cool people. Same exact day in 1956 , as Joy Reese, who was born the same day as me in Tripler Army Hospital (the big pink hospital on the hill ) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Didn't actually meet her until we met again in High School many years later in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Maybe I 'll attempt to find her on Facebook. April 22nd is my birthday and EARTH DAY ! It was a mellow day with a couple sushi and later a gig with big bro Art at Turtle Bay on the North Shore. Stopped by ADOBO, our friend Leo ' s restaurant in Wahiawa for some pork guisantes and chicken adobo on the way home. Filipino food can broke da mouth...so Ono! I recommend the Adobo Restaurant....mmmmm good!<br />
Saw all my birthday wishes from friends on Facebook and attempted to LIKE them all. LOL mahalo nui, thank you , salamat po, arigato gozaimasu to everyone. Mahalo for supporting my music too.<br />
Anyway, all this year I thought I was already 57 and turning 58.... Must have been how I was feeling... smiLe. Actually, I was a 1956 Chevy, turquoise and white, like the one my dad had in Okinawa when we were kids at Sukiran Elementary School. I must have been a smart kid, doing 6th grade math in third grade. Well my adult math skills didn't figure my own age right, duh... And I am a 1957 Chevy with full blown pointy tail fins now. They ( the Beatles ) say its yer birthday...it's my birthday too yea, ...it's official. I'm 57 years young. Time to get my health, Telecasters and pedal board together... Shake dem Earth Day Blues ...write some groovin' songs too. Let there be inspiration!<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-86750724645880579472013-04-21T04:44:00.000-07:002013-04-25T12:24:30.713-07:00PILIKIA in the Home Depot parking lot! LOL<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Saturday was a total blast jammin' with PILIKIA for the Home Depot customer appreciation event... Big savings! The music was awesome with Mark Yim at the helm, Alden Levi on bass, Casey Olsen on Hawaiian steel guitar, Dwight Kanae on guitar and Gordon Freitas playing his Pono ukulele. Remember, Mark and Dwight used to play in the Peter Moon Band. In fact all these guys have performed all around the globe and played with EVERYBODY! Traditional Hawaiian to the hits from Kalapana to Peter Moon Band hits of course... The trio version of PILIKIA (trouble) plays at the Charthouse in Waikiki every Friday from 6pm - 9. And again after swapping out a musician or two, from 9:30 to midnight - thirty. Ono food!<img src="webkit-fake-url://7DCD5833-49C2-4B6A-8DF9-A408D674A22D/imagejpeg" /> Between 7:30 and 8pm you can see and hear the boom of fireworks across the parking lot. Not sure when I'm on... The crew gets rotated and I usually get called in when someone can't make it. Calamari, garlic chicken, spinach salad, pork chop...Way cool! I'm in.</span><br />
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A lot has transpired in the art of real life since my noggin last did any bloggin'. Two laptops and a desk top computer along with an iPad and a few phones smarter than me have passed on to the scrap heap in the sky along with hundreds of songs and snippets of potentially brilliant writings...haha aka aka! Lost in cyber space. This new iPad 2 came along just in time to log an awakening in my creative process... I woke up and the writer's block was gone. I feel like writing songs and ideas are flowing. Unfortunately, if I don' write it down it fades away forever. Gotta take my own advice and write down everything that comes to mind. As I recall, that is how my first 40 songs came to be... Quickly, one after the other. Even snippets written at different times came together to be one good song. Way cool! Write it down, carry tape recorder, use the voice recorder on your phone or CALL YOUR ANSWERING MACHINE! Brilliant idea... Keep it and turn it into something wonderful. K den, I'm on a new journey...writing and someday even painting again. New music coming and a couple books I need to get back to writing. Two week cruise across the Pacific coming up. This new iPad is gonna get a lot of action! So, revisit the music at my website and I will point the way to new stuff I have posted since the last posts from a long, long time ago in a blog far, far away.... Enjoy life every minute.. ALOHA...don't leave home without it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-8726282196422992382013-04-18T06:24:00.002-07:002013-04-18T06:27:19.863-07:00NEW BLOGGIN' NOGGINGonna keep the old blog cuz it's a wonderful archive full of aloha and great information gathered along the way. Lotsa cool stuff to reflect on here... However, I will begin a NEW BLOG focusing on logging my thoughts mostly on the creative process, music, art, songwriting... An ocean of pondering will probably be what happens... Or maybe simply, what's happenin'... I will try to stay up on keeping this current...like an event. Share the music at http://gordonfreitas.com. ALOHA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-70908246987189767802009-04-01T23:11:00.000-07:002009-04-15T21:59:08.743-07:00Welcome to the Ainafolk Web Log<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjSnxnCl7I/AAAAAAAAAFI/8dpnWMj9sYI/s1600-h/Hawaii+074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217651749082535858" style="WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" height="150" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjSnxnCl7I/AAAAAAAAAFI/8dpnWMj9sYI/s200/Hawaii+074.jpg" width="216" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjTtakg0TI/AAAAAAAAAFY/m8W41o3lSiA/s1600-h/p182640-Pride_of_Aloha_in_Maui.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217652945488761138" style="WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" height="150" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjTtakg0TI/AAAAAAAAAFY/m8W41o3lSiA/s200/p182640-Pride_of_Aloha_in_Maui.jpg" width="212" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFcpwOaJzPI/AAAAAAAAADI/M07JNfQpSGc/s1600-h/ally+pics+026.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212681002182888690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 163px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px" height="215" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFcpwOaJzPI/AAAAAAAAADI/M07JNfQpSGc/s200/ally+pics+026.jpg" width="150" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">ALOHA</span> ya'll!</em></strong><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Welcome... new friends & old friends who have found their way here! If you don`t already know, Gordon Freitas is a world traveled, native Hawaiian and good-fun storyteller from the little coffee-pickin' town of Holualoa, Kona on the Big Island. Check out his songs and see how he paints portraits of island people and local culture with his lyric. He is usually found in Honolulu performing <em>solo-lo mia</em>, in a <em>duo</em> or with even more friends having way too much fun, in a band of <em>kama`aina</em> he calls <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>LOCAL FOLK</strong></span>. </span></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Check out Gordo' on <a href="http://facebook.com/"></span><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>http://<span style="font-size:130%;">FaceBook.com</a></span><br /><br /></strong></span><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>Aloha mai kakou</em>!</span> </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">Malama pono</span></em> (take care) </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>A hui hou</em> !</span></strong> </span><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>(Come back... check the schedule... see ya `round)<br /></strong><span style="color:#330033;"><strong>"<span style="color:#cc0000;">PEACEFUL ARIZONA</span>"... An award winning tribute to those we will not forget... composed by a retired U.S. Navy Chief from Hawai'i"</strong> (Guess who served on active duty in the Navy for 21 years? )</span></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#330033;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjUSN5z2HI/AAAAAAAAAFg/6SVwKPF2P8Q/s1600-h/p200174-Hawaii-USS_Arizona.jpg"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217653577743587442" style="WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 119px" height="150" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjUSN5z2HI/AAAAAAAAAFg/6SVwKPF2P8Q/s200/p200174-Hawaii-USS_Arizona.jpg" width="182" border="0" /></em></a><span style="color:#000000;"><em> </em></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjXA0Qf00I/AAAAAAAAAFw/DrB8Fam_bos/s1600-h/p264235-Arizona_hull.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217656577336529730" style="WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 109px" height="117" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjXA0Qf00I/AAAAAAAAAFw/DrB8Fam_bos/s200/p264235-Arizona_hull.jpg" width="200" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><em> </em><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjZMc7mk2I/AAAAAAAAAF4/Qm_J5h3kaxI/s1600-h/CEO5_namm-1_sm_.jpg"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217658976256562018" style="WIDTH: 89px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px" height="121" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SGjZMc7mk2I/AAAAAAAAAF4/Qm_J5h3kaxI/s200/CEO5_namm-1_sm_.jpg" width="150" border="0" /></em></a><em> </em></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><strong><em>`aina</em></strong></span> = <span style="font-size:180%;">land</span> (Hawaiian)<br />Things to do while you're surfin' here: </span><a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/PeacefulArizona.php"></a><br />Email Me: <a href="mailto:ainafolk@aol.com">ainafolk@aol.com</a><br />My <a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/PeacefulArizona.php">USS Arizona Tribute</a><br /><a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/AboriginalArt.php"></a><a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/LocalFolk.php" target="_self"></a><br />Review the CDs: <a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/LocalFolk.php">Local Folk</a> and <a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/AboriginalArt.php">Aboriginal Art</a><br />This is an old <a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/Schedule.php">Schedule</a><br />Find Out More <a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/AboutGordon.php">About Gordon</a> and <a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/FanReviews.php">Fan Reviews</a><br />Visit My <a href="http://gordo.ainafolk.com/FavoriteLinks.php">Favorite Links</a>mcorneliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315161068375701302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-36277515436693227612009-03-15T21:59:00.000-07:002009-05-01T07:37:53.009-07:00Duke Ching, 2008 Hawaii Music Award Winner!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/Sfr_Fni9yCI/AAAAAAAAALg/2UTpMtTaw60/s1600-h/Image253.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330853580926470178" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/Sfr_Fni9yCI/AAAAAAAAALg/2UTpMtTaw60/s200/Image253.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SexHhKK28yI/AAAAAAAAALI/ZPbulxj66SY/s1600-h/DSC07673.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326711094263608098" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SexHhKK28yI/AAAAAAAAALI/ZPbulxj66SY/s200/DSC07673.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/Sfr_ViAFn6I/AAAAAAAAALo/p1d-Kwd9jWw/s1600-h/Image243.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330853854315913122" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/Sfr_ViAFn6I/AAAAAAAAALo/p1d-Kwd9jWw/s200/Image243.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325150320167956450" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/Sea8AJkrL-I/AAAAAAAAALA/Yz1QreQvNcg/s200/DSC07783.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div> </div><div>This is Duke Ching, legendary steel guitarist at E Hula Mau 2008.</div></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-29676897743796611872008-06-16T11:11:00.000-07:002010-03-07T21:25:54.870-08:00Pau Hana sound check while cruising on the Pride of Hawaii... last aloha tour!<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='387' height='321' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyFshdWljtpX86BPjAFAHT4JblNdoCPC5H16DOFc5CEQ27P9QA2aaIpLXDAVaNZ25Lwf4b6gFiEwRPvCJEwTQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHJlQ2rB8EI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ea_3iNgINUo/s1600-h/DSC03473.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 201px; HEIGHT: 143px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220346258304135234" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHJlQ2rB8EI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ea_3iNgINUo/s200/DSC03473.JPG" width="200" height="158" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHLqmk9nQqI/AAAAAAAAAH8/8DGnfXFO0hM/s1600-h/DSC02190.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 178px; HEIGHT: 143px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220492866553856674" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHLqmk9nQqI/AAAAAAAAAH8/8DGnfXFO0hM/s200/DSC02190.JPG" width="200" height="140" /></a></p><p>Reposted: This old post was certainly worth resurrecting, especially for the folks who ask me what my job was on the cruise ships. The Pride of Hawai'i was a brand new ship that barely made it a year in the islands before charting a new course to NCL's international fleet as the Jade. As part of the memory, here's a partial glimpse of the mechanics of our <em>Hawaiian Duo</em> -J-O-B. We introduce our guests to Hawaiian <em>free style</em> local jammin' and include lotsa their favorite songs that reconnect them with the good ol' days of their youth... from <em>Don Ho, IZ and Blue Hawaiian Elvis to Bob Marley, and the Beach Boys</em>. We made so many friends on that ship. Usually, the pool deck would be packed... folks gettin' their deep Hawaiian vacation tan while sippin' a boat drink or passing around some Coronas or Coors iced in plastic football helmets. Toward the end of our afternoon shift, a little rain chased off the over-baked sunbathers while the rest were off to dinner reservations and the show in the theatre. For a few months I was doubling as the rock guitarist in the <em>Soul Rockin' Nites</em> show, the wedding band guitar player for <em>Tony & Tina's Wedding</em> production and the solo guitarist in the lounge... not to be confused with the masterful performances of my good friend Butch O'Sullivan in the atrium and restaurant. Anyway, it was time to wind down the show and roll up the hose... when Eddie Pascua decided to whip out his little Nikon and video some of my old school guitar antics. In this video clip I fumbled through some classic chops I forgot a long time ago.. <em>Ha ha aka aka</em>, you can hear us laughing. We had too much fun... not only THAT day, but EVERYDAY! Aside from our goofiness in these moments, couples stopped to dance while the sheltered folks on the upper decks were quite entertained as always. I ended up with an Ibanez guitar after going thru my Godin Multiac Jazz, and a favorite Antigua Fender Telecaster, but here, my first new Schecter guitar + Digitech RP-200 pedal rig proved to have pretty good tone thanks to Eddie tweekin' the pedal to my personal preferences. From this day on the jams only get better as we keep <em>Reeling in the Years!</em> As we acknowledge our new friends who figure we enjoy what we do for a living... with aloha and a smiLe... I hope to be a rock star like Eddie Pascua when I grow up... That buggah is my guitar hero & tech guru. Aloha to that big ship!!</p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-87842121440769888752008-06-16T00:00:00.000-07:002009-04-09T05:35:50.125-07:00Where's Gordo? Wasabi Happenin'?<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Da schedule</span></strong> <span style="color:#000000;">& where Gordo can be found will be</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>posted at the top of this blog:</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Every Other Tuesday</strong> at the <strong>Ground Floor</strong></span> downtown, Honolulu. Local Folk solo kine coffee house variety.(<em><span style="font-family:arial;">Up Alakea, first right on Queen St., right onto Richard.. there on corner, free parking in garage & street... ono grinds</span></em>). </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Local Folk</strong> at <strong>Waianae Army Rest Camp</strong> <strong>Feb 21</strong></span>, Saturday evening 6-10, <em><span style="font-family:georgia;">rockin' by the ocean </span></em>w/ Gordo, Eric Petersen & Pete Moe. Da mix plate folk rock, Hawaiiana traditional/contemporary, country cha-cha ... <em>rock-a-cha aha blue Hawaiian soul-iolo</em> party!</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">You might even find Gordo playing bass or ukulele with some of your favorite island artisis... Spotted at Higher Ground Coffee & Music Cafe in Wahiawa with Todd Adamski & Adj Larioza playing the grand opening with a line up including Ernie Cruz Jr. and John Cruz... and yes, "that was in the Hawaiian trio" with Greg Sardinha at the Honolulu Airport's International Terminal. Now I'm back on land after 4 years entertaining on the NCL America ships. Picking up a few choice gigs with long-time friends and taking time out to write more songs. "Gotta empty out the space between my ears. " Look for the <span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>YouTube.com</strong></span> videoclip at <span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>higherground808.</strong> </span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thats our bluegrass buddy Bob sitting in on bass.<br /></span>Upcoming performance dates at very accessible locations are being planned... dates to be announced... email request for updated schedule to" </span><a href="mailto:ainafolk@aol.com"><span style="color:#000000;">ainafolk@aol.com</span></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-65258216147180073642008-06-14T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-01T07:47:37.823-07:00'Aina, title track on Peter Apo new release<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHxLoF-XjfI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Y0ts_G0vqOs/s1600-h/GMF+Pics+Jul2008+116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223132820013551090" style="CURSOR: hand" height="198" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHxLoF-XjfI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Y0ts_G0vqOs/s200/GMF+Pics+Jul2008+116.JPG" width="200" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SfsKWCkGZFI/AAAAAAAAALw/gDbBY_q99LY/s1600-h/apo067_3x4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330865957684798546" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SfsKWCkGZFI/AAAAAAAAALw/gDbBY_q99LY/s200/apo067_3x4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHxMBwRqqKI/AAAAAAAAAJU/4vW2OXuwUaY/s1600-h/GMF+Pics+Jul2008+086.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223133260865513634" style="WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px" height="150" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHxMBwRqqKI/AAAAAAAAAJU/4vW2OXuwUaY/s200/GMF+Pics+Jul2008+086.JPG" width="223" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Peter Apo released a new CD entitled `<em>Aina</em>, after one of the two songs I wrote. The other song he chose to add to his musical collage was <em>Pineapple Road</em>. Get the CD... its way cool... funky and packed with soul. Mahalo Peter... it's great to be a songwriter, but even better when your song writing friends & mentors choose a song or even two of your songs for their CD... mahalo mo' plenty den much!<br /><br /></span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-48024610709149847402007-07-22T07:24:00.000-07:002008-07-07T23:11:38.691-07:00Deja Vu 1975: Driving with Egg Roll.inside my head .. thinkin', ..."empty my mind."<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHMAfhmfBTI/AAAAAAAAAIU/_FOhniOzf8M/s1600-h/AL+Oha25.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220516934648268082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHMAfhmfBTI/AAAAAAAAAIU/_FOhniOzf8M/s200/AL+Oha25.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Every step of the journey IZ the journey... where we have been before and where we are going is all relative to where we are at this very moment. Humanity has long suffered from a condition called "<em>waiting</em>". Believing its all gonna get better sooner or later... expectations that exhaust and frustrate us and waste our time. </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><em>Life is too short for that</em></span><em>.</em><br /></span><span style="color:#000000;"> A long drive fills my head with lots of wide open spaces and imagery for songs yet to be written... at the same time I find company in audiobooks as I listened to the familiar wisdom of Eckhart Tolle (enjoy this link to some of it)</span> <a href="http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/EckhartTolle.html">http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/EckhartTolle.html</a> . <span style="color:#000000;">With each mile I proceeded to empty my own head of clogged up irrelevant thoughts and started getting back in touch with my own inner stillness. There's something about driving that gets me closer to that place <em>beyond</em> the captivating beauty of external forms with names... that place where a state of connectedness with something immeasurable, indestuctible and greater than me exists... where I am totally here and present... where my true nature and inner essence of all things around me is revealed beyond the need for labels and prescribed form. Enlightenment for me is just being... being right <em>here</em>, right now... in a simple state of one-ness... simply aware of myself without all the mental noise... denying my ego of it's collected accomplishments that comprise its mind-based identity and ultimate control over me, me. me, me , me... "Eh, you somebody?" ha ha aka aka! K-den, I better stop thinkin' and let the smoke clear. Nice road, big hills, big trees and not too much traffic. This Cadillac I'm driving is a good, smooth ride. The weather is still cool and a leather or denim jacket was more than enough. Ate salads, crab & fresh fish to mexican food and fried chicken but took a break from my favorite Best Foods mayonaise. Its very refreshing and funny that I was on this journey before and might have always been clawing my way back. Maybe I never left it and have been hanging on to most of it all this time. I was already immersed in that type of discipline in the early seventies through martial arts and progressive youthful curiousity. Looks like I've kick-started it again in California... deja vu... San Francisco, Highway 101, mount Shasta, the Pacific Highway, the redwood forest... where <em>this land was made for you and me</em>. The country side looks just like the way Mr. Guthrie described it in a folk song... pretty much how I left it over 30 years ago~ "<em>we have all been here before, we have all been here before</em>..." (CSN&Y) </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Time to get back to the cruise ships this weekend.</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-48330703678176079012007-07-19T14:49:00.000-07:002008-07-06T15:51:15.584-07:00FREE the mind and you will end up buying another guitar... on the California Coast!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFj6tn8vJRI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Ky99pteJnx0/s1600-h/CEO5_namm-1_sm_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213192230406137106" style="WIDTH: 114px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px" height="200" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFj6tn8vJRI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Ky99pteJnx0/s200/CEO5_namm-1_sm_.jpg" width="155" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5263/839940531762321/1600/z/378200/bm-image-750150.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 193px; HEIGHT: 172px" height="240" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5263/839940531762321/320/z/130797/bm-image-750150.jpg" width="320" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213193168878795314" style="WIDTH: 111px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px" height="205" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFj7kQCDejI/AAAAAAAAAEY/AR4sin_OIfw/s200/CEO5_namm-2_sm_.jpg" width="149" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Aloha</span></em></strong>... I'm on the road in California visiting family and friends. Chillin' out on the land in a cool set of wheels... I'm off the cruise ships for a much needed breath of fresh air. Northern California to the Oregon coastline is a great place to take that breath. Sporadic jamming, recording, and the search for the Holy Grail guitar. Found a Martin CEO-5 in Napa Valley at ALL STAR GUITARS (2522 Jefferson St., Napa, CA. 94558). Mahalo to Dan <em>"da man"</em> Howard". What a cool shop! Called Uncle Mike and he checked it out on the internet... told me the price was gonna save me big bucks. It's a special edition 12-fret dreadnought, solid bearclaw spruce top, herringbone top trim, tortoise pick guard, old style small abalone dot inlays, old style logo, gloss body, satin finish neck, signed by Martin CEO, C.F. Martin IV... look it up at</span> <a href="http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CEO5.htm">http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CEO5.htm</a> <br /> <span style="color:#000000;">Way cool!!! Maybe, just maybe... this <em>axe </em>might be THE ONE. Let's see... to get it back to the islands I'll carry it on the plane in a nice gig bag and stuff things that might make my suitcase <em>too heavy</em> in the guitar's hard shell case. Gonna leave my sound reinforcin' gear in Fremont and my very ornately inlayed Johnson guitar with Uncle Mike. I put medium gauge strings on <em>dat</em> <em>buggah</em> and tuned it down a <em>full</em> step so when you play an open <em>G</em> chord, its actually an <em>F </em>chord. <em>E</em> = <em>D</em>... etc. Now my Johnson sounds like it cost 4 times as much. Way cool, <em>schwing!</em> If you do something like that, ya might have to have the neck slightly adjusted or even the nut filed. I was told that the nut on a guitar bought with LIGHT gauge strings will accommodate a MEDIUM gauge. I think its a good idea to tune down at least a half step due to the extra tension imposed with a larger gauge string. All my guitars and music gear live mildew-free in a secure, air-conditioned storage unit halfway between Waikiki and home. Convenient in case I forget something while out on the road, but very, very expensive... ugh! Gotta play to pay...</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-23742269924875406782007-07-17T04:47:00.000-07:002008-06-18T11:51:38.683-07:00Bodega Bay, Where Alfred Hitchcock filmed "THE BIRDS"<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFerbBP_SBI/AAAAAAAAADw/X8vZtYUCyXQ/s1600-h/DSC03931.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212823574384953362" style="WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" height="123" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFerbBP_SBI/AAAAAAAAADw/X8vZtYUCyXQ/s200/DSC03931.JPG" width="200" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFerm3BtUiI/AAAAAAAAAD4/LWETyw0-xFg/s1600-h/DSC03943.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212823777799131682" style="WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px" height="124" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFerm3BtUiI/AAAAAAAAAD4/LWETyw0-xFg/s200/DSC03943.JPG" width="200" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212829152390377650" style="WIDTH: 371px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px" height="150" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SFewfs8HcLI/AAAAAAAAAEI/qtDuJgA0VEg/s200/DSC04021.JPG" width="192" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Left Highway 101 in search of the Pacific Highway via the town of </span><span style="color:#000000;">Sebastopol.</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">During that California road trip last year I revisited places I had been to back in 1976. The only thing missing 30 years later was the motorcycle and my youth. In July,2007, I got <em>on that road again</em> and found part of me still out there where my "<em>song remains the same</em>". It was rejuvenating, like a trip back in time... serene, calm,... just like the beginning of the movie... only different. Because, back when I was a kid, that was one <em>scary movie!</em></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371310489813695484.post-57771495557423148232007-06-19T16:58:00.000-07:002008-07-08T11:22:11.850-07:00Cruising Maui...2 days, every week!<div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHLRwDF1RAI/AAAAAAAAAHc/75bsRmSVzPY/s1600-h/DSC03472.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220465541469520898" style="WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" height="130" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHLRwDF1RAI/AAAAAAAAAHc/75bsRmSVzPY/s200/DSC03472.JPG" width="200" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHLSaxeLmNI/AAAAAAAAAHk/nrfqk4LYQWM/s1600-h/DSC03621.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220466275474184402" style="WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" height="129" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHLSaxeLmNI/AAAAAAAAAHk/nrfqk4LYQWM/s200/DSC03621.JPG" width="200" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/SHLRYUUWhDI/AAAAAAAAAHU/9Sl90Wo2FmI/s1600-h/DSC00100.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/Rp_68z0ug7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/Tk5cZlg1blU/s1600-h/DSC00099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089062026562405298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 254px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" height="169" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dqz8jfU1r1w/Rp_68z0ug7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/Tk5cZlg1blU/s320/DSC00099.JPG" width="215" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Maui <em>no ka oi</em></span></strong><span style="color:#333333;">...</span><span style="color:#000000;"> they say "it's the best" and I am inclined to agree... all the islands are beautiful, but Maui has become a memorable part of my life. Week after week, entertaining on NCL America cruise ships had me stopping overnite (for a whole 2 days). That gave me lotsa time to explore and get to know this island and some way cool people. <em>Looking for a musical experience?</em> Go wherever LIVE LOCAL TALENT is playing or see the fabulous Ulalena production show in Lahaina. See Uncle Willie K wherever he may be playing... always surrounded by awesome musicians. I saw Willie Nelson at Charlie's in Paiea! Aloha plenty to the supportive friends at Bounty Music. <em>My favorite thing to do on Maui?</em> Put the top down and drive for a beach. Kihei and keep on going... all the way to La Peruse Bay. Oh yeah, I finally snorkeled little Molokini atoll...</span> that's smilin' Mark Stevens, freelance photographer. I've known him for years, starting from our Pride of Aloha days. He took some pics of us on the way to Molokini. Bass guy turned steel guitar nut, Troy Millard and I make it a point to hang loose with braddah Mark when can. By the way, his Dad, Mort Stevens, won an Emmy for writing the musical score for Hawaii-Five-O! Buckle up... <em>click it or ticket</em> = $100+.</div></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com