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These sons of the slack key musician Gabby Pahinui -- "Bla" (James), Cyril, and Martin -- join their voices in singing traditional Hawaiian tunes, plus their own versions of some contemporary songs. Pahinui Brothers is: Cyril Pahinui James "Bla" Pahinui Martin Pahinui On their album The Pahinui Bros. (released 1992 on Private Music) Ry Cooder and David Lindley play many guitar parts, Terry Evans, Willie Green, Arnold McCuller and Dwight Yoakam are on background vocals, Van Dyke Parks is on keyboards, and Jim Keltner is playing drums, so it's mostly the usual Ry Cooder band of that time. In the...

Anthony "Mighty Gabby" Carter (born March 30, 1948) is a legendary Barbadian calypsonian He is the youngest calypsonian to win the calypso crown in Barbados at age 19 in 1968 and went on to win the Calypso king title again in 1969, 1976, 1985, 1999, 2000. He has penned over 700 songs and was awarded Folk Singer Of The Year in 1977, 1978 and 1979. He is one of the most creative melody makers working alongside a bevy of regional arrangers including Frankie McIntosh, Eddy Grant, Andy Williams, Nicholas Brancker, Mike Sealy and the late `Patches' Mendoza. There are no...

Gabby La La's first album, Be Careful What You Wish For... is a wildly fun, endlessly charming and musically off-the-wall debut that's rooted in a life-long dedication to music, both highly specialized and extraordinary. Well before the release of this album, Gabby's proficient and vast musical talents with such instruments as the sitar, ukulele, toy piano, accordion and Theremin, have made her a decidedly sought after contributor for artists ranging from Snoop Dogg to Les Claypool, Macy Gray to DJ Boogie. Gabby fell in love with music at a very young age. As a child, she incessantly sang the songs...

Cyril Lani Pahinui (Waimānalo, Hawaii, April 21, 1950 - November 17, 2018) was a Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer. Slack-key guitar is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii. Its name refers to its characteristic open tunings: the English term is a translation of the Hawaiian kī hōʻalu, which means "loosen the tuning key". Most slack-key tunings can be achieved by starting with a guitar in standard tuning and detuning or "slacking" one or more of the strings until the six strings form a single chord, frequently G major. Cyril was born in Waimānalo at the foot...

Philip Kunia Pahinui (Honolulu, Hawaii, April 22, 1921 – October 13, 1980) was a Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer. The Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s launched a cultural reawakening of all things Hawaiian. Gabby played a very important part in the rise of this Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance. First there were the albums recorded through the 1960s with the enormously popular and influential Sons of Hawaii, which he started with 'ukulele virtuoso Eddie Kamae: their self-titled debut album (Hula HS 503, 1961); Music of Old Hawai'i (Hula HS 506, 1964); and Folk Music of Hawai'i (Panini 1001, 1971). Then, starting in...