[78-L] Hawaiian War Chant redux

[GENE JOSLIN]

Dear Mal

Living in Hawaii you surely are familiar with "Leis",though perhaps not that of the last minstrel. Maybe Jolson  wore one in his Docksteader Minstrels days.

- Gene

--- On Sun, 2/21/10, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> wrote:

> From: Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Hawaiian War Chant redux
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 8:14 PM
> Hey, Gene -
> I have the Armstrong record (rec. January 1930 on OKeh
> 41375 and 17 
> succeeding reissues, worldwide). It's pretty good but there
> are better, 
> in my estimation.
> Don't know about "The Lei Of The Last Minstrel", though.
> Never heard of 
> that. Are you sure that's not "The Lay Of The Last
> Minstrel"? Sounds 
> like a piece of British doggerel.
> Mal
> 
> *******
> 
> GENE JOSLIN wrote:
> > You have not mentioned the best Hawaiian record of
> them all:  Louis Armstrong's "Song Of The Islands" on
> OKeh.  Louis out islanded the islanders with his
> singing group, then threw in a dazzling trumpet finale.
> >  Have you ever heard "The Lei of the Last
> Minstrel?
> >
> > -GJ
> >
> > --- On Sun, 2/21/10, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>
> >> Subject: [78-L] Hawaiian War Chant redux
> >> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>,
> ToastOfNewYork at yahoogroups.com
> >> Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 3:55 PM
> >> I can't remember if this came up on
> >> 78-L or on ToNY so I'm cross-posting 
> >> it.
> >> Apologies to whichever group the thread did not
> appear on.
> >>
> >> How about Tony Pastor with the Clooney Sisters,
> >> Rosemary and Betty, doing those horrible English
> lyrics?
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lvLEXf7Xyo&feature=related
> >>
> >> Aaaaargh,
> >> Mal
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>     
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