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Thread #38042 Message #535826
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
26-Aug-01 - 09:19 PM
Thread Name: Origins of Yodelling in Country Music
Subject: RE: Origins of Yodelling in Country Music
Stewie, thanks for the reference. I will look for the cd and booklet. The saxophone would have been known to European musicians first. Berger was a very good choice for bandleader. He accepted Hawaiian musicians (some of the early ones were from reform school) and used Hawaiian language singers, in addition he was a good teacher and knew how to get along with people from royalty to the rising entrepreneurs and "the common man." I think you are right about the singers; some of the female singers became well-known but male Hawaiian vocalists never had any real success outside of Hawaii and a few hotels. The quintet- sized combo with string players, fiddle and a woodwind player is where the Hawaiian influence was strongest.