William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Sacred Hawaiian Melodies ; Year: 1959; Genre: Hawaiian/Folk The man who I've taken the majority of my steel guitar lessons from is not doing well and also suffered a big loss. It's a sad time, but I felt motivated to pick one from his mentor today; it just felt right; this is an extremely beautiful song. Hear End of the Trail on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Jon Oliva's Pain - The Evil Beside You My song pick two years ago today: Luther Davis Group - To Be Free My song pick three years ago today: Pearls Before Swine - Another Time My song pick four years ago today: Sir Arthur Sullivan - The Lost Chord My song pick five years ago today: Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun My song pick six years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) featuring Freddy Taylor - After You've Gone My song pick seven years ago today: The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) My song pick eight years ag...

From: To You, Sweetheart, Aloha ; Year: 2010?; Genre: Hawaiian Music I've been meaning to pick something from Hawaiian steel guitarist extraordinaire Bud Tutmarc for a while now, and with every day that winter continues to hold on Hawaiian music such as what he played becomes sweeter to listen to. Anyway, this is a tune that I've been meaning to learn on the steel guitar, which is also one of the more difficult, but fun nevertheless. There is an interesting bit of musical trivia concerning Bud Tutmarc: his father, Paul Tutmarc , who was also an accomplished musician, created what is thought to be the first electric bass guitar Hear Hilo March on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Soundgarden - No Wrong No Right My song pick two years ago today: Jethro Tull - Wond'ring Aloud My song pick three years ago today: Joe Walsh (The Eagles) - In The City My song pick four years ago today: Pearls Before Swine - (Oh Dear) Miss Morse My song pick five ye...