ukulele master Ohta-san performing "Waipio"

[saturknight5]

What a beautiful song, so masterfully played... I was holding my breath! Ohta san is an incredible musician.

[puueo]

on of my favorite songs.

[yassy588]

うまく言えませんが、波の音、風のささやき、風にそよく梢、柔ら­かい日差し、午後の虹、、

そんな映像が鮮明に浮かんでくきました。聞いていると、ホント心­地よくなってきます。

ＣＤのフィーリングミユージックが何故か冷たいのに対して、Oh­ta-sanの音は、すごく暖かいフィーリングミュージックです­。私にとっては。



[fuzzcentralage]

such a good song, can't believe it only has 10,000 view.

[808Productionz]

Such long nails! I need to regrow mine.

[ajdc2534]

omg!!! the picking in the beginning so hard!!!

[MokuleiaMan]

Herb Ohta ais truly a master. However whoever this song entitled Waipio is not about Waipio Valley on Hawaii Island but is about the Great Hawaiian Historian John Papa I'i and his home at Waipio in the Ewa District of Oahu. It was composed by Mekia Kealakai who was Royal Hawaiian Band Master twice.

[uketoob]

Thank you for pointing that out. I found some info about the song on the huapala website and posted it in the sidebar.

[rarjungle]

Beautiful video!

What year was this made? It looks likes this was recorded with just his pickup in his ukulele? If so, how does recording have such good tone? Often those piezo pickups can sound pretty harsh, but this tone is like angelic!

I miss Waipio...

[keonepax]

This comes from his video, "Images of Hawaii," dated 1999.

[marciamallow]

more lovely scenery with a beautiful song to accompany it....

[nikkimo66]

i love this

[kenbank]

Another nice one. Great old tune!