I once worked with a fellow who said his dream job would be with Underwriter's Laboratories. I had to agree with him that breaking things for a living sounded awfully attractive.
Back when I was in my early 20s, I finagled an invite to the grand opening of a club in town - all the Kool Kids were there that night.
The live music was a group called Medicine Wheel, who came out and played a solid set of Country Rock/Pop. During the set, I joked with my friend that the guitarist was a "Jimi Hendrix wannabe," because he kept doing flashy things like playing behind his head or with his teeth. At the end of their set, the keyboardist, another guitarist, and I think a violinist left the stage leaving the bassist, drummer, and "Jimi."
Turns out we'd been making fun of Bill Bartlett all night and we were privy to winding up the evening with a rousing Black Betty.
Just discovered the group Mele Ho’oilino (Which translates to something like “vintage music”).
They have an album of Hawaiian Swing/Big Band.
A lot of the lyrics are in the Hawaiian language.
am listening to it on Spotify.
If I close my eyes, I can sort of imagine being in Honolulu in the 1930s, before the place was destroyed by mass tourism.
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