"Aloha `Ia `O Waianae" - Led Kaapana slack key from Hilo

Led and Sharon Kaapana took us for a trip to Hawai`i Island, the Big Island, as seen through their eyes. Led learned his music there in the tiny village of Kalapana and saw the lava take most of the homes where he grew up.
We stayed at the Hilo Seaside during our visit and it was a pleasure. Led and I spent plenty of time in the open air lobby playing music, so on our last day we set up the cameras and shot this video. "Aloha `Ia `O Waianae" is a love song to the leeward coast of O`ahu, mentioning beloved features of days gone by.
Led is playing his 1992 Martin 000-16, I'm using my Martin OM-18V. Both guitars are tuned to taropatch open G (D G D G B D from low pitch to high). We're using our pickups directly into the Zoom H6 but also recording through the XY mic module. You can hear a passing truck and a plane on its landing approach at various times in the recording.
I set up two Lumix GH4 cameras for the video, and edited everything together in Edius 7.5.

[@craigwestbrooke2755]

That bit at 314 just blows me away - they are having so much fun.

[@tavitamariner4506]

Beautiful Song

[@travduro833]

LOVE every note,,LOVE the song,,,,maybe itʻs cause you guys are the " GREATEST " !

[@arthurl2045]

Great song! The bird chirping was a nice touch. Felt like being in the open lanai together. Mahalo!

[@franguidry]

We were in the lounge of the hotel in Hilo, but it was wall-less so we were pretty close to a lanai. Led just does magic with that song. Fran

[@drk321]

Beautiful.

[@franguidry]

That whole trip was just amazing to Lynn and I, going back to Ledward's home territory! This jam in the hotel lobby was a great way to top it off. Fran

[@andymckerral642]

Living in Kea'au - moved here a year ago and wish I'd known about this - maybe a wee bit of the class and finesse you two have could have rubbed off on my playing. Many mahalos and much aloha for this.

[@cnewall9605]

The greatest.Aloha from London

[@hykaio841]

Awesome Slack👍🤙

[@franguidry]

Thanks, Hy. That trip to Hilo side was one wonderful adventure and of course playing with Ledward is always a good time. Fran

[@lauraowens8284]

Beautiful, soothing, and calming...I'm moving to Hilo next week and this song warms my heart! Mahalo!

[@franguidry]

Ahhh, Hilo, what a place. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, but for much longer. Fran

[@williambeaumont1312]

Fabulous; many thanks.

[@franguidry]

That was one very fun day, thanks for stopping by. Fran

[@CTZipp]

Love it. You guys are great together. Enjoyed seeing you perform in Hilo and at End of the Road.

[@franguidry]

Thanks so much, Carl, it was such a thrill for me to play those places with Led. Fran

[@PhilTaylorGuitar]

Excellent Fran. Oh how I miss my 1990 00016 which I foolishly let go.

[@franguidry]

Every time I list the guitar as a 000-16 I feel like I should go into the whole story of how different those guitars were from more recent generations. That model might have been the first scalloped braced long scale 000 in the modern era. Fran

[@terryrisberg]

ONO Kanikapila! Big Mahalo

[@franguidry]

Thank you, Terry. That visit to Hawai`i Island Hilo side was one of our most memorable adventures. It seemed like everyone on that side of the island is a relative or childhood friend of Ledward and he gets treated like royalty. Fran

[@GAsoulsurfer]

Very beautiful gentlemen! Thank you so much for sharing, are y'all ever planning on traveling to GA? :-)

[@franguidry]

Led tours all over the mainland but he doesn't seem to find too many bookings in the south. If you know of a suitable venue you can contact him on his website, www.ledkaapana.com Fran

[@thesidewalksaint6236]

Aloha a Hui hou

[@GlendaJasperMaidenhair]

Love singing with you ()