Ian Taylor & John Valentine: Wapaduzi
Tropical Swingin' Review
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Rock, jazz, swing, rockabilly hapa-haole hawaiian songs done in a show format. Polynesian show with rockabilly guitar, steel guitar, ukelele, tuete, percussions & horns.
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WAPADUZI IAN TAYLOR & JOHN VALENTINE: Tropical Swingin' Review.....
Swingin’ Rock Big Band Sound with Rockabilly/Jazz Steel Guitars & Ukelele.
Fun & Innovative arrangements fusing the rhythm & blues with a disco flavor.
Intertwining Old school swing to Hawaiian songs.
Artist to blame for this fiasco:
Ian Taylor on vocals & all instruments except guitar, ukelele & steel guitar.
John Valentine on vocals & all intsrument except brass, bass, piano, percussion & drums.
Mike Watson: sax solo on Hula Heaven.
Peter Apo, Todd Adamski, Cory Funai, Gary Senaga, Anela Kahiamoe, Lawrence Bayot, Gordon Freitas on background vocals.
Jesse & Daniel Bayot ad-lib beginning on 'Lil Brown Gal'.
We wish to thank all the DJ's who have the guts to play this artsy stuff on their stations.
1) What I Like Bout Elvis (Ian Taylor/John Valentine)
2) Hukilau (Jack Owens)
3) In A Little Hula Heaven (Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin)
4) Rock-A-Hula (Fred Wise/Ben Wiseman/Dolores Fuller)
5) Waikiki (Andy Cummings)
6) Little Brown Gal (Noble Mcdiarmid/Wood)
7) Moon/Surf Medley (Loesser Newman/Troy Fernandez)
8) Hawaiian War Chant (Johny Noble/Lelelohaku
9) Sweet Someone (George Wagner/Baron Keyes)
10) Tropical Paradise (Ian Taylor/Peter Moon, Hector Venegas)
The musical influence by Chuck Berry, Ventures, Gary Burton, Brian Setzer, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Louis Jordan & Jimmy Page putting a Polynesian show together.
Here’s what you get. A crazy & wild guitar Hawaiian show.
Tropical Swingin’ Review.
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Honolulu Star Bulletin; John Berger, who has covered the local entertainment scene since 1972, writes reviews of recordings produced by Hawaii artists.
"Tropical Swingin' Review"
John Valentine and Ian Taylor are the imaginative guys responsible for this whimsically nostalgic salute to Elvis and to classic hapa-haole hits such as "Waikiki" and "Little Brown Gal." Valentine portrayed Elvis in the Love Notes Revue until his nephew, Bruno Hernandez, joined the act as "the world's youngest Elvis" in the early 1990s; he also is a talented guitarist.
No individual performers' credits are included, so there's no way to tell who's doing what, but Valentine and Taylor are imaginative arrangers. Consider, for example, a reworking of "Waikiki" that includes Tahitian drums, the instrumental theme of the Tom Tom Club hit "Genius of Love" and a salute to KC and the Sunshine Band!
Wapaduzi's "Moon/Surf Medley" starts with a guitar-rock version of "Moon of Manakoora" and goes on to include melodies by the Stray Cats, Surfaris, Isley Brothers and Ka'au Crater Boys.
Other selections suggest the influence of Duane Eddy, Guy Marks, Jive Bunny & The Master Mixers, Taco and the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
In short, Valentine and Taylor are approaching hapa-haole and pop standards from unconventional perspectives.