Hawaiian steel guitar convention returns to Joliet

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  October 14, 2005 ;     659 words ......Woods of Grand Rapids, Mich., plays steel guitar backed by (from left) Virginia Grzadzinski...Zinn and Duke Ching at a past Hawaiian Steel Guitar Convention in Joliet. About 120 people...to participate in the annual Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association Joliet Convention. The two-deca...

Steel crazy after all these years

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  February 24, 1997 ;     673 words ......Italic; face=-2; face=+Bold; The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiin Musicians:face...was due to the creamy glissando of the steel guitar, which shimmered like breaking waves...voice in the night. Ruymar bought a steel guitar as a teen-ager and tried to learn the...

Sound of the Islands

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  September 10, 2004 ;     606 words ...[ ON STAGE ] GEORGE F. LEE / Steel guitar player Alan Akaka, center, and his trio...Akaka will kick off the 9th Annual Steel Guitar Festival. By Gary C.W. Chun There's...than the limpid, gliding tones of the steel guitar. The perfect aural backdrop to a waning...

LOVE HAWAIIAN MUSIC? CONVENTION MAY HELP YOUR LEARN TO PLAY IT

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......twang? That twang was made by a Hawaiian Steel Guitar, which is now an "endangered" instrument...Thursday through Sunday, the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association will be holding its 15th...Larkin Avenue. For committed Hawaiian steel guitar players, this is the only time of year...

1998 STEEL GUITAR GUEST ARTIST'S STYLE COVERS RANGE OF MUSIC ERAS

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  September 27, 1998 ;     504 words ......recording artist Greg Sardinha will be the 1998 Steel Guitar guest artist at Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association convention to be held at the...major role in the current renaissance of steel guitar in Hawaiian music. The name "steel" in Hawaiian-sty...

ALOHA! YOU CAN GO TO HAWAII WITHOUT LEAVING TOWN | SWEET MUSIC: STEEL...

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  September 29, 1999 ;     455 words ......Hawaii is coming our way Thursday through Saturday via steel guitar. And nothing is closer to Hawaii than the sweet calming sounds of the Hawaiian steel guitar. The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association is returning to Joliet for its 12th annual...

HAWAIIAN SOUND WAFTS IN JOLIET

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  October 4, 1997 ;     501 words ......weekend as the sixth annual Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association comes to town. It is a love...instrument that brings more than 100 steel guitar players and fans in from all over the...Ching. "I started taking lessons on a steel guitar when I was 15." Now in his 50s, Ching...

Hawaiian group to play during convention

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  September 25, 2003 ;     443 words ...Hale Seabury-Akaka of Honolulu plays the steel guitar. About 120 members of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association will play sets Oct. 2-4 at...crisp, cool fall nights. The 17th annual Steel Guitar Convention is coming to town to play...

All the World was their Stage

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  June 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ......ambassador to the world. He was playing steel guitar where it was never heard before.face...poignant. The haunting sound of the steel guitar blends perfectly with the clear falsetto. The sound of steel guitar is the sound of the romance of Hawaii...

Steel guitar virtuoso to play Mother's Day at Jazz Fest

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  May 12, 2006 ;     419 words ......K. Allen plucks a few strings on his steel guitar and then runs a metal finger bar to...Allen, 72, one of the most respected steel guitar players in an art form that resonates...jazz musicians and is a master on the steel guitar, jazz guitar and ukulele. "He's a musician...

Steel Guitar Jam passes on talent and tradition with scholarship program.

Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  February 10, 2007 ;     688 words ......playing, living and breathing the steel guitar for an entire weekend. Started 15 years...in someone's home, the Northeast Iowa Steel Guitar Jam has grown to include nearly 30 participants...expanding the number of people playing steel guitar regardless of age. Four professional...

Sacred steel: Steel guitar the music of choice for century-old Pentecostal...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  January 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......table-top instrument called an electric steel guitar, sliding chords along the rumble of...standby at honky-tonks and luaus, the steel guitar is something of a no-frills workbench...Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music in Florida. A few secular musicians...

MUSIC - Hearts of steel

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  June 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Opinions differ on why the Hawaiian steel guitar isn't as prevalent in island music as...the ukulele seems to be everywhere. Steel guitar is harder to find. face=+Bold; 'Be Steel...1991, but has no comparable award for steel guitar. All things considered, the timing couldn...

Interview: Cyndi Cashdollar discusses the lap steel guitar and plays...

NPR All Things Considered;  September 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Cyndi Cashdollar discusses the lap steel guitar and plays several musical selections...I'm Melissa Block. (Soundbite of lap steel guitar music) BLOCK: This is the sound of a lap steel guitar... (Soundbite of Locust Grove by Cyndi...

Obituary: Jimmy Day

The Independent - London;  February 1, 1999 ;     607 words ......the instrument, called him "the only steel guitar player I've heard, or heard of, that...pedals to the standard Hawaiian-based steel guitar revolutionised the instrument's capabilities...generations of players. His romance with the steel guitar started at the age of 15 when he saw...