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James "Bla" Pahinui is tagged as: hawaiian, world, world music, latin, folk

James ‘Bla’ Pahinui, the second oldest son of influential slack key guitarist Gabby Pahinui, has followed in his father’s footsteps. An innovative slack key guitarist, in his own right, Pahinui is known for his distinctive phrasing. As he explained in a mid-’90s interview, “I like to stretch notes and take the melodies into new directions.” Born in Honolulu and raised in Waimanolo, O’ahu, Pahinui was exposed to music from his earliest memory. As a youngster, he often attended the nightly jam sessions that his father hosted in the family home. Building his first instrument at the age of ten, he received a more professional Martin tenor ukulele the following year. Switching to guitar in his early teens, the left-handed Pahinui turned his instrument upside down and backwards in order to play. As he continued to evolve on the guitar, he developed his own style by picking the bass strings with his index finger while playing the other strings with his thumb. Meeting Latin and R&B musicians in the late ’50s, Pahinui formed a multi-cultural electric band, the Playboys. |The group remained together until the early ’60s when Pahinui returned to his acoustic, Hawaiian roots. Together with Peter Moon, a ukulele virtuoso that he met i...
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Gabby Kai
Maori Brown Eyes
Waimanalo Blues
No Ke Ano Ahiahi
Gabby Kai (Hawaii)
Isa Lei
Maori Brown Eyes - Instrumental
Kaua'i Beauty
Gabby Ka
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