Conference napalm::guitar

	I have one book on "slack key" that I never got around to 
	using.  I wanted to check it out because I read an interview
	with Ry Cooder (In GP magazine) in which he said he was getting
	into slack key.  I don't think I ever heard any of his records
	that he used the technique though...

	-gary


	p.s. The instruction book did include a record.  If you want I
	can look for the book and tell you the title/author/publisher
	(I believe it was an Oak publication).

    	That must be the book I have, by Keola Beamer.  By the time
    I was in Hawaii in 1978, he and his brother Kapono had gone heavily
    commercial, but they had made a number of records in the old style,
    plus Keola had written the book.  At that time, Ry Cooder was doing
    good things with the family of Gabby Pahinui, one of the real old-time
    legends (I understand he's since died).
    
    	If you're interested, I do have a few records and tapes.  Contact
    me off-line.
    
    		David

    Alright, somebody likes Cooder besides me! I was introduced to real
    slack key on two of Cooder's albums, "chicken Skin Music" has some
    beautiful stuff, as well as "Chicken Skin Revue", the follow-up
    live album. Gabby Pahinui is on both. I also have a Gabby album
    called "Pure Gabby" from Carthage Records, P.O. Box 667, Rocky Hill,
    NJ  08553. Includes an interview about his style.Rev

	Do you know if those two Cooder albums are still available?
	Those are two that I don't have in my collection.  What label
	are they on?  Stock number?

	-gary

    Gary,
    
    They should still be available. In fact, I see them in the cut-out
    bins quite a bit.
    Chicken Skin Music  Reprise (Warner Bros.)label  MS 2254
    Showtime (Chicken Skin Revue) Warner Bros. label BS 3059
    
    There is also a 6 song "Live in Europe" album. Warner Bros. 2.3810-1.
     
    I wonder how many Cooder fans there are out there?                                                               
                                                                   
             

    Hi::
    
    As I'am new to DEC please excuse if this doesn't work right.
    Ry Has been dropped by WEA and is now doing only sound tracks for
    movies (i.e. Crossroads ect....) There has been talk of signing
    him to a indepen label but as far as I know it is all just talk...
    
    rick
    

re : < Note 15.6 by XYZZY::CSSST7 >

>    Ry Has been dropped by WEA and is now doing only sound tracks for
>    movies (i.e. Crossroads ect....) There has been talk of signing
>    him to a indepen label but as far as I know it is all just talk...


	He just released a new album on Warner "Get Rhythm" so I kind
	of doubt that he's been dropped unless this will be his last
	one for them.

	The new album is great.  He really gets in a lot of hot slide
	playing on this one.  More so than most of his other recent
	works.  There's even some sax work on it.  

	-gary
    

    
    
     I know this note is OLD but I thought sombody would see it and
    hopefully answer my questions:
     
       What exactly is slack key ?
       Is this the same as (this is what my uncle called it) floppy
    strings ?
      
    
    I'd realy like to find out just what my uncle meant by floppy strings,
    (he mentioned this many years ago, before I played guitar). He said
    the guy that played in his band "The Boiler Room Boys" played floppy
    strings.
    
                    thanks for any help......Dana

re:
>       What exactly is slack key ?
>       Is this the same as (this is what my uncle called it) floppy
>       strings ?
      
    
	I'm not sure what floppy strings are, but Slack Key is in reference
	to hawaiian music played on a guitar with an "altered tuning" in
	which some of the strings pitchs are lowered (slackened).  

	_gary