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No "edge", no "attitude" - just "Aloha". In the 175-Year-Old tradition of Hawaiian Slack Key guitar, the guitar is tuned to an "open" chord, played fingerstyle, and fretted normally (not with a steel bar or slide). The haunting resonances of the open tunings and the gentle rhythms produce the sweetest, most beautiful music I've ever heard! From the first time I heard Slack Key, I had the vision to fit its tunings and techniques to some classic hymns. But I had to unlock its mysteries first, traveling to Hawaii to study Slack "at the source" in 2001 and 2002 at the Beamer Family Aloha Music Camp, where I was appointed "Buffalo's Ambassador for Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar". By that point, I had started performing Slack Key in the Buffalo area, where ever I could find an opportunity (even if that meant "busking" on the street for the annual Buffalo-Niagara Guitar Festival). But I persevere, simply because I can't not play this beautiful music. And I love sharing it. Even if the melodies of these old hymns are new to you, I am positive you'll be blessed by the smooth, "nahe nahe" nature of this music. 'Soul-soothing and spirit-lifting' is the review I give it. Wishing you Aloha, and Mahalo (Hawaiian for 'Thank you!') for checking it out! Bill

Check out the artist's website:
http://www.sacredslackkey.com

Track List:
1. I Love To Tell The Story
2. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
3. A Closer Walk/In The Garden
4. Iesu No Ke Kahuhipa (Savior Like A Shepherd Lead Us)
5. The Old Rugged Cross/Were You There?
6. Fairest Lord Jesus
7. A Fragrant Offering
8. Ka'u Mele Pule(w/Sweet Hour Of Prayer)
9. Feast On Him In Your Heart/Feastin' At The Table Of The Lord
10. Abide With Me/My Faith Looks Up To Thee
11. Softly And Tenderly
12. Amazing Grace

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