I originally picked this up thinking it was some weird Latin American Hula fusion record (the back is entirely in Spanish and the record seems to be from Venezula.) Well… no. It’s even weirder: Hawaiian music with a Dixieland sound. And it’s apparently a South American reissue (bootleg?) of an American a British record. Very fun and goofy Hula tunes from guitarist Billy Bell. (A very clean transfer with only minimal surface noise, too!) Enjoy.
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Thanks for the Hawaiian Hula Boys…I can’t wait to hear it later tonight….Tiki-Tim
Billy Bell is the Hawaiian guitarist, Norrie Paramore is the orchestral leader and producer, recorded in the United Kingdom. The same line-up as the Big Ben Hawaiian Band.
Basil
This looks fabulous, could you repost it?
Billy was one of the top hawaiian guitarists
here in England.
Played for many bands in the passed.
He first played steel guitar for felix mendelssohn.
Then play for the big ben band in the 1960s.
He was also a top banjo player here in the uk.
I guess one of the best there ever been.
He also composed many songs for films and all kinds of people.
One of his last jobs was recording with another steel guitar
called Wout steenhuis in the 1980s
Billy died i think around 1993 or 4 at a real great age.
In the 1920s he was known as the boy wonder for his banjo playing,as he played so well.
I used to write letters to him from time to time
And have a telelphone chat many times.
And he is still very much missed today
Aaron Robinson
I have been looking for this LP. I would very much like to know how to purchase this LP or the CD.
Thanks
This too.
Bought this album many years ago.It remains my favorite hawaiian album.