Hawaiian Legacy Foundation: Eddie & Myrna Kamae
This subcollection contains the production materials and raw footage for the documentary Kī Hōʻalu Slack Key: The Hawaiian Way. Kī hōʻalu (slack key) is the Hawaiian way of making music. Performers and composers reveal how this unique style of playing conveys something essential about the Hawaiian spirit and the family tradition. This film premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
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This video includes several takes of Lisa Smith playing instrumental versions of slack key, classical, and flamenco guitar. Recorded on December...
This is the continued interview with Lisa Smith from title 19957. On this video Smith plays "Maori Brown Eyes" several times then sits for an...
This is the continued interview with Lisa Smith from title 19958. Smith continues to talk about the connections between Hawaiian music and music in...
This is the continued interview with Lisa Smith from title 19959. Smith speaks about the similarities between slack key and classical guitar...
This video contains separate interviews with Lisa Smith and George Kuo recorded on January 13, 1991. The first part of this video is a continuation...
This is a continuation of title 19963 interview with George Kuo about guitar tunings. Some of the tunings he mentions are "Wahine G," "C tuning,"...
Recorded on February 7, 1991 this video consists of Eddie Palama playing the steel guitar. The second part of the video includes several takes of...
This video is the continued jam session of George Kuo and Ledward Kaʻapana from title 19973 recorded on February 7, 1991. Several takes of Kuo and...
Interview with Ledward Kaʻapana recorded on February 7, 1991. Kaʻapana discusses growing up in Kalapana in a big family and first hearing slack key...
Interview with Ledward Kaʻapana recorded on February 7, 1991. Kaʻapana gives his closing comments of the interview. He explains that slack key...
This video was recorded on February 8, 1991 on the grounds of the Bailey House Museum in Wailuku, Maui. This video consists of several takes of...
Interview with Manu Kahaialii recorded on February 28, 1991 in Hawaiian and English at the Bailey House Museum where he sings "Mai Poina ʻOe Iaʻu"...
Interview with Manu Kahaialii recorded on February 28, 1991 at the Bailey House Museum. First Kahaialii talks about his father-in-law, Kaniala...
Interview with Manu Kahaialii and David Kaʻalakea in Hawaiian recorded on February 28, 1991. Ma kēia wikiō e kamaʻilio nei 'o Manu Kahaialii lāua...
This video recorded on February 28, 1991 includes Manu Kahaialii playing "Hiʻilawe." The song lyrics are about the famous waterfall in Waipiʻo...
David Kaʻalakea along with Manu Kahaialii and his ʻohana gather and have a "talk story" session (in Hawaiian and English). Kaʻalakea talks about...