Jerry Byrd & Friends - Sand
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- čas přidán 1. 12. 2007
- This is from a 2000 broadcast produced by the local Hawaiian public television station. The musicians are:
Jerry Byrd - steel guitar,
Hiram Olsen Jr, rhythm guitar and vocals,
Dennis Keahokalole - ukulele and vocal,
Gary Aiko - bass and vocal. - Hudba
Probably my favorite 'Hawaiian' song. My grandmother used to teach lap steel at a local music shop in the 1950-1960s if I remember correctly. She was really into Elvis and I remember her enthusiasm for the impersonators that would perform at a local 'Hawaiian Inn' here in town way back. I remember her playing Don Ho, Elvis and other artist like that and her love for Hollywood Regency decor and style...her home was cozy in warm amber glass and brown-orange plush furniture with bejeweled lamps and seashell chandeliers. I remember sitting with her on hot summer days in the air conditioning watching black and white classic films. Christmas time her house lit up like a spotlight...with every kind of seasonal statuary and lighted contrivance one could possibly conjure up in those days. She even had a stereo rigged up to play 'outside' at all hours for the neighbors. She loved being animated in those sort of ways. This music takes me back to those times with her.
In the early 1940s Jerry Byrd on steel, Earnie Lee guitar & “Barefoot” Brownie Reynolds on upright bass went together to the Renfro Valley Barndance. Later, Jerry went on to Nashville and fame, and Earnie and Brownie together went to Midwestern Hayride and eventually to Tampa, FL. where they were on television (channel 13) for years until they both passed away. I befriended Earnie and Brownie in the early 1950s and was privileged to sing on a few of the shows. To quote the song “Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end”.
Mid-80' whilst courting my lady; we spent several cocktail hours at the Halekulani. This was the sunset trio, often. Oh my!
Just the best you can get. Nobody touches the lap steel like Jerry Byrd. And the rest of the band is also superb. What a beauty. ❤
the master of touch and tone!
So beautiful. How can anyone not love this? Jerry Byrd, Gary Aiko and friends, thank you.
Andy Iona wrote a gem that will live forever.
Jerry Bird is a lapsteel genius and his band is great This song made me learn how to play lapsteel and I like to thank them all Its Dec2022
An amazing talent, Jerry Byrd, can make his steel guitar can capture the soul of Country & Western and Hawaiian music.
No other person can sing this song as beautiful as my cousin Gary Aiko
❤😊
Love you Cuz
Pualeilani Alapa
right, they are super musicians. jerry byrd was a master of lap and pedal steel. he leaves behind a legacy of harmony and phasing that is out of this world.
I am seeing Jerry Byrd older, when he was living in Hawaii, met his second wife there, and were married until his death. He loved Hawaiian music too. (I grew up on the street that Jerry Byrd and his family lived on in Nashville, TN. His two daughters attended the same schools. I never saw him in the neighborhood. He could have passed in a car, but did not know it was him. I remember seeing him on televisuon. I growing up as a child, I was not into country music that much then. I am now, fascinated that I grew up on the street Jerry Byrd and his family lived on (when he was a country music steel guitar player.)-(The Hawaiian music is beautiful.)
Its most likely the C diatonic 7-string tuning he used frequently. Low to high: E, F, G, A, B, C, E.
The instrumental part is played with the B11th tuning on the bottom neck, as you pointed out.
Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), Hyrum Olsen (guitar), Dennis “Bla” Keohokalole (‘ukulele) and Gary Aiko (bass)...simply awesome! Jerry and Hyrum joined the band of Heavenly angels and “Bla” and Gary are still sharing their talents with us today. Sand...beautiful!!!!
The awesome Jerry Byrd.
they are all great musicians playing SAND a beautiful tune.
his arrangement is in his great book, in B11 tuning
I have to also say that through my daughter, who lives in Hawaii, I was able to make contact with Jerry Byrd and spoke to him a few times before he passed away.
VERY VERY NICE GENTLEMEN!!!! BEAUTIFUL SONG AND FEEL!!!! MUCH LOVE AND BLESSINGS!!!
Thank you for keeping Jerry Byrd`s music alive. I have a few CDs of his music that I like to listen from time to time. It never gets old, it just takes you back to a better time, and the journey is well worth it.
I first heard jerry play sand on a record album and then I heard him play it in person at the 1977 steel guitar convention in st.louis and it was just as beautiful.
If could only have one song to be stranded on a desert island with, I'd be fine with this! silky smooooooooooth
Lovely....beautiful.❤
Just magical, one can't help but stop, slow down, listen...feel good. Thx for posting, it's absolutely beautiful!
Beautiful!! I first heard Jerry in 1947 on Drowsey Waters.I learned lap steel from his
books and video and steel guitar course. I have all his original bakelite 78's, 45's
and 15 LP albums, and all his CD's . He was into the Music Hall of Fame as the
"Master Of Touch And Tone". He is truly the very best when it comes to playing "palm harmonics". Jerry was truly a most wonderful writer, arranger,and
steel guitarist. of hearing him play twice in Waikiki and talk to him!
fantastic jerry was fast on his hawaiian marches and harmonics, he made it look easy. but easy it is not.
Jerry wrote "Drowsy Waters" while he was recording it at his first recording session in the early 40's. The story goes as Jerry says it:
When he got to the studio the director said, "What you going to play Jerry?" Jerry Byrd said, "I have not a clue".
He told that story many times over his life.
On the other side of the 45 record, is "Steelin' the blues". He wrote that too while it was being recording. Believe it or not.
Only he could have done that. Truly an innate talented man from Heaven. May Jesus rest his precious soul.
The Melody could easily be the backing for a Ray Price Classic. The Vocal is very reminiscent of Sons of The Pioneers.🤔🎤🎼🎵🎶🎸🎻B.W.
@Sheldon984 My Dad played steel, and patterned his playing from Jerry (this was in 1950-52) and got a job playing for Jimmy Dickens in Nashville in 1952. He got to be friends with Jerry and wrote some letters back and forth. Unfortunately, my Dad died in 1985 and I never learned to play the steel...I was his rhythm guitarist and figured I would learn the steel later. I wrote a letter to Jerry, not long before he died, and he wrote back and it was great to hear from him.
little jimmy dickens a short man with a big cowboy hat, i remember that. i think?
I smoked a small stick
This tracks was played on the radio
I became a jellyfish carried by the current.
Just magique.
Love.
that is all understandable and if these beautiful sounds do not send you then there is something wrong with your soul. aloha, peace out
The best version I have heard of this tune… A great singer…. Aloha
An absolute master.
always love hawaiian music, great muso's, great voice..........
You are watching and listening to a true artist.
Thanks for posting this. It is in my favorites.
All these critics! Baugh, humbug! Jerry's flawless interpretation is good enough for me!
Beautiful performance.
Right on Gary. First time I heard you was with Don Ho in the International Marketplace. I was 17 and standing by the door every night hearing you, Sonny Chillingworth, Tony B, and Mike Garcia. Loved it all. Got my first professional Job with Kui Lee because of hanging around there meeting all of you. The Surfers were on the other side doing their terrific routine. What a talented era that was with such unique musicians. Puka puka oh tea too as I remember. Sorry about any spelling errors. Later on the ALIIS CAME BACK INTO THE OTHER BIG SHOWROOM.
wonderfull voice and playing -
Thank you
Mmmm,what a lush sound. I feel the gentle breeze caressing my skin while the palms sway on a starlit beach.
Jerry Byrd is the master and this is just beautiful, along with Gary singing is priceless. Thank you for posting. If you have can you please post the lyrics. They are so beautiful.
czcams.com/video/dwjHsiV8-fA/video.html Rudi Wairata
Because of Jerry Byrd I've starting playing slide guitar since a long time!
Thank you for the priceless memories!
The most beautiful song I have ever heard.And played by the great
Perfect song for a great steel player.Thank you
Priceless............................
Priceless.
This is a wonderful performance. I'm glad you posted this video, so people can experience the beautiful music of the islands. Hawaiian steel guitar at its best with the excellent Hawaiian singer. This is a classic!
The Master.
Amazing...
The begining sounds like "Nuages" of Django Reihardt, composed in 1940, long time after this hawaiian song...
I thought the same.
Beautiful version of Sand.
Always beautiful to listen to. Great Hawaiian tune. Gary Aiko reminds me a bit of the late great Alfred Apaka. Fantastic voice!
What a special treasure by Jerry. Rare to hear vocals - smooth brah. Great creative and intuititive licks by el maestro. Thanks for the wonderful legacy Jerry! Show Gabriel a lick or two.
Johnny Pal
Wao ! Great presentation 💐💐💐
This is song that Jos always play it is cool song without lyrics.
Mahalo nui for posting! I have loved Jerry Byrd's work for years.And to have Gary Aiko in the group as well! Whenever I am on Island I always go to Aunty Genoa's show ( Thursday Nights in Waikiki) - Gary plays guitar on the left of the stage.Best voice ever - can listen to him all night. Hearing this song makes me so homesick for Hawai'i Nei.
Nice feeling!
Beautiful music. Just bought a lapsteel, hope to learn more. Like the Fender D'Aquisto too, didn't know they came in blond. I love mine, really underrated guitar.
Fabulastic!
Brah you guy are too deep. Me, I jus listen. Aloha
When your bass player runs in from his Sex Pistols cover gig and forgets to take his spike collar off 😂
That faux-pedal steel look is beautiful.
It was not intended to be that way. Here is the story: Jerry Byrd wanted to have a stand-up double neck steel guitar; with that sound that Jerry wanted; but MOST of the manufacturers were not building them anymore.
So Shot Jackson; who was making pedal steel guitars at that time; took one of the bodies used for PSG's and made the guitar Jerry wanted. Of course it had no pedals nor knee levers. But it was beautiful.
And presented it to Jerry. The two necks had different number of strings. The top neck had 7 strings HI to LO, E C B A G F E. AKA: a "Diatonic" tuning. Jerry created this tuning in the 50's.
The bottom neck had 8 strings HI to LO, E C A G E C C# Low-low) A. This is an embellished C6 tuning that he created in the 50's. AKA: C6/A7. Note: he re-tuned the bottom neck to B11 to play this song.
These two tunings were what Jerry played MOST of the time for the last 30 yrs of his life.
He played this guitar many places in the world; until he died. Shot tried his best to duplicate the Richenbacker sound. Jerry was very proud of the sound and it did sound great.
Jerry gave it to Dewitt Scotty before he died. Scotty kept it until he died. Then I believe his family gave it to the hall of fame in Nashville. Not sure.
May Jesus rest the souls of Jerry, Shot and Scotty.
I am sooo glad "Mr." Henriques isn't critiqueing Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee.... et al and their renditions of "classics". He would have a field day. We have a saying from small kid time in Palama, HI....da pochos are all waha an' das all dey good for. You make the case Henriques. Aunty Genoa...r.i.p. and Gary used to play at our family luaus. We fete "kanikapilas" all too frequently and don't give a RIP about the accuracy of lyrics or even wrong chord changes. It's the music and what they convey to heart and soul....duh! The Hawaiian way is to love, appreciate music and how it beautifies life, an' no stay criticize unless it's a politician. Check your ego at the door when it comes to music, Mr. Henriques. Enough with your nit-picking analysis. I personally knew a lot.... I mean a lot of Hawaii's legends of old and we can start with Andy Cummings, Alfred Apaka, Marlene Sai, Melveen Leed, The Aliis, Charles K. Davis, Jules Ah See, Martin Denny, etc., etc. I play the piano, uke and guitar and working on the harmonica.... my creds! Take the low road, pocho a lot of folks just plain LOVE music..... not know-it-alls, get it?
Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee.... all mostly sang the correct words or changed gender or tense to suit, and were diligent and oft collaborated with the composers as to interpretation.
Andy Cummings, Alfred Apaka, Marlene Sai, Melveen Leed, The Aliis, Charles K. Davis, Jules Ah See, Martin Denny, etc., etc all also respected the composer's intent.
All of what you said about the "Hawaiian Way" does not excuse wrong words and carelessly ignoring the composer's intent. It's akin to dancing on Andrew Aiona Long's grave in my opinion, certainly not respecting him.. Just plain lazy, but surely that's not the way the Hawaiian way was in the days of Alfred and all those others you mentioned that went to great extents to "Get it Right"..
You're making excuses where there are none possible..
It's a shame that your ability to see beyond the superficial is so limited, jealousy of others' knowledge will always elicit responses as yours.
I am well qualified to not only be a critic but an active player with million selling albums to my credit. So less of the "My Creds" and more of the "Nānā ka maka; hoʻolohe ka pepeiao; paʻa ka waha." it's probably the road to take, if you could only take it.
give it a rest, man. Any great song has a life of it's own. Go back to your ivory tower pal.
"Nānā ka maka; hoʻolohe ka pepeiao; paʻa ka waha." it's probably the road to take, if you could only take it.
Hi Basil You are a great steel guitar player .... I would like to take this opportunity to say I have all your music..... I am a great fan of Rudi Wairata also... regards Derek
There's nothing I can say that hasn't been said about "EL MAESTRO" as MangoDaVille said above.
God must be hearing the best of the best playing for Him.
Adair Torres
B11 tuning
Nice Fender / D'Aquisto the rhythm guitarist is playing. You don't see too many of those.
I should have added that Earnie Lee was also on vocals!
Didn't he play steel for Wynn Stuart for a while?
By the way, I'm thinking maybe I should get Jerry's course...what did you think of it? And where would I get it? Thanks for any help you can offer....
Anyone has a clue about the bass line?
230 to 250 nice
Is Jerry playing a pedal steel guitar without the pedals attached in this video? It looks like there are changer mechanisms on both necks, but there is no pedal bar or pedal rods attached to the instrument. Is anyone out there familiar with the steel he is playing? To the best of my knowledge, Jerry was a non-pedal player. Thanks for any help with this.
Its a non pedal D8 Sho Bud
+lee jeffriess Thanks! If I had known a little more about Jerry Byrd at the time, I would have known it wasn't a pedal steel.
jerry played dobro or hawaiian lap steel = non pedal steel. here you have to learn foreward and reverse slant of the steel bar which gives the beautiful hawaiian sound. there are many tunings as there are stars in a clear hawaiian night sky.
@@leejeffriess6979 Au Contraire. The top neck has 7 strings and the bottom neck has 8 strings.
@@jodyguilbeaux8225 Jerry never played a Dobro.
what is the tuning on the front neck? diatonic?
Sorry, I meant below.
Adair Torres
does anyone know what chords the guitar is playing?
Thanks in advance!
no, but they are basic chords anyone can play. it is the melody and phrasing that are beautiful.it is the steel player that is doing the hard techniques. jerrys songbooks, cds and his tunings can bought through several sources. everything can be purchased on line now. 9 years ago....that is if your still wanting this information.
It Looks to me like he's playing a Console (Non Pedal) Steel With a volume pedal. Amazed that anyone can get the range of chord structures without using a pedal steel. Much more subtle than speedy west! Can't beat Noel Boggs, Herb Remington and Vance Terry for me though
you listed a some of the greats. my dad and i met herb remington in houston texas some time in the 1990s. herb was a kind and gentle soul and went out of his way to help you in any way he could. he set up his steel as we stood by and performed several songs. i believe his is 1st song was a chord melody of... in the garden? and i think i heard a song by speedy west on the radio call startospheric boogie? now i know why they call him speedy.
You are correct. He used a vol control with his left foot all of his playing life. Whether he was sitting or standing. He didn't need a pedal steel guitar.
Because he was so good he could emulate most of what they play on PSG's. He was Buddy Emmons mentor and so many other PSG players.
Jerry is considered THE greatest steel guitar there will ever be. Buddy Emmons would have been the first to say AMEN to that; as would so many others.
NO one could duplicate Jerry's touch and tone. And musical expertise second to none.
To me Rudi Wairata was the best lap steel guitarist that ever live.Had also a Masters degree in music…. Regards
Some parts sound like nuages
Well this was written in 1930 i believe...when did nagues come out?
@@alaandre004 Good question.
Welcome to Bikini Bottom
exactly
Never liked this tune wouldn’t even attempt to play it…… Not one of my favourites along with How do you do tuneless.