Danny and Cyril Pahinui - 2003
Danny and Pepe Romero
Danny and Makana-2003
Danny and Allie - 2003
Danny 2005
It is said that guitars were introduced to the island by Spanish cowboys called 'vaqueros' who had come here to handle the growing cattle population. The theory is that they did not stay long enough to pass on the standard tuning tradition, so we adopted our own. The Hawaiian people incorporated what they had learned of the Spanish music into their own songs, and over time, the music blended into a sound that became completely the Hawaiians' own.
Danny is part of a legacy of great slack key guitarists. His teacher, Ozzie Kotani, is one of today's most influential slack key guitarists, and Ozzie learned from Sonny Chillingworth, a legend in the slack key world. "Hawaiian culture is based on an oral tradition, so we teach and learn mostly by watching and listening," explains Ozzie Kotani. (See Ozzie’s new instructional DVD, released 6/2007)
Danny is part of a legacy of great slack key guitarists. His teacher, Ozzie Kotani, is one of today's most influential slack key guitarists, and Ozzie learned from Sonny Chillingworth, a legend in the slack key world. "Hawaiian culture is based on an oral tradition, so we teach and learn mostly by watching and listening," explains Ozzie Kotani. (See Ozzie’s new instructional DVD, released 6/2007)
History of Slack Key Guitar
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Danny and Garrison Keillor -
Danny on Prairie Home Companion-
