Basil & Pat Henriques at "Lei of Emeralds" May 5 2009

[bobbeseymour]

I love this player, and how and what he plays. Bobbe Seymour

[intormentis]

What a beautiful sound I could listen to this over and over; this and your "Sweet Leilani". You could hammer on a tin can and make it sound good.

[basilhenriques]

Thank you Mr. Intormentis !! It's comments like this that make the travelling a few THOUSAND miles to play for 40 minutes worthwhile..Pat and I much rather play for longer, that's why we are not seen at the HSGA or Aloha International conventions. Paying upwards of $5,000 to play for 20 minutes isn't our sole intent in life..In all fairness Rene and Nora treated us with great kindness, AND we got to play for almost an hour altogether.

[Hawaiinori]

It's more tha a year that you have visitted the Netherlands, Basil. Everytime Nora and I enjoy of your fabulous Steel guitar play. We cannot get enough of your awesome play on the steel with the accompanied of your sophisticated lady on the rythme guitar, Patricia. Are you coming again to Holland on the 3rd of August to play on my 65th Birthday? Bernard Glorian from France is coming too.

[basilhenriques]

Gigs permitting we'd love to come, where is the celebration going to be held ?

Mahalo Nui loa for your Kokua

[JohnDavis45]

Great playing as always Baz but I would have liked to hear more of that Blue Hawaii

[basilhenriques]

Yes, a little more of Blue Hawaii and a little less of the audience !!

I'll do Blue Hawaii in full later.

[basilhenriques]

Body and Soul starts at 3:46 and Pat's "A aug7 b5 b9" is at 4:45

( N.B. If you click the times the video goes straight to the point)

[basilhenriques]

For Steve Broatch the thumb and finger pick relationship is best seen at 5:24 Click the 5:24 here and the video will start there.

[briansach71]

Very lovely playing Baz & Pat, sheer

magic!!!! Lovely to see theFender 400.........

Truly a beautiful looking instrument. Mahalo nui loa..Brian Sach...

[basilhenriques]

Brian, thank you. It is actually a Fender 1000, the one I did all my EMI Abbey Road Recordings with in the mid 60's.

[MikeHenrick]

Well it's not the same guitar but the same model, this is one i rescued and restored to health, then sold to musical exchanges and basil got it back when he came over from Ireland.

[mi85art]

How you play isn't all that important, as long as it sounds right and Pat does the job just great!

[basilhenriques]

Sand actually starts at 1:19 (click the numbers here to go DIRECTLY to that point)

3:03 also shows the static pinkie during vibrato

4:20 show pat's use of the thumb for most of her chords.. according to "the Book" that's incorrect but I've seen some of the great jazz guitarists using this method..

[intormentis]

@basilhenriques I'm sure I remember seeing Chet Atkins wrap his thumb around to play the E string; maybe Merle Travis too. This was a great video.

[basilhenriques]

Yes, you are correct..I use my thumb also when I play regular guitar.

4:20 shows pat's use of the thumb for most of her chords.. according to "the Book" that's incorrect but I've also seen some of the great jazz guitarists using this method..

[dpiribarren]

Hi Basil, great picking! I wanted to ask how you have your far neck tuning for the (no pedals) arragement of Sand. Thanks.

[basilhenriques]

System here doesn't allow HTML so, check out the European Steel Guitar Forum posts :- Jules Ah See version of sand in the B11th Tuning and :- Question for Baz - Sand.. Both in the section called "Tabs/Lap Steel / Resonator TABS" The string tuning and Gauges... E = .015 C#= .017 A = .019 F#= .022 D#= .032 B = .038 A = .048 B = .070 The make .. Ernie Ball.. PLEASE help the European Steel Guitar Hall of Fame appeal.

[signora22]

Five stars, Basil. Great Job, as always!

[psglicks]

My goodness, impressive stuff! wonderful sound on that Fender an old 400 in the 70s was the first one I had ever seen in the flesh, such a sound!

[basilhenriques]

from 1:17 is a good example of the correct picking angle and force (or lack of it) required to coax an acceptable tone from the guitar..

[Hawaiinori]

Here in the Netherlands Nora and Rene Ranti are proud and honored that the sophisticated master of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar of Europe Basil Henriques and his wife Patricia from the United Kingdom perform at the Lei of Emeralds Springtime Show 2009. Mahalo nui loa, Basil and Pat.

[basilhenriques]

Very basic video by hand held camera. The comment "No Pedals" was in response to an audience member's query, there were an abundance of Hawaiian Guitarists and group members from all around Europe.

Also videoed by a "Pro" and will be posted probably before Pat and I go back for the Tong Tong Fair;

Google European Steel Guitar forum and check out the event announcements section. The Tong Tong Fair, The largest Eurasian festival in the world, last year it attracted over 150,000 visitors.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Very nice - I only wish the audience would shut up when the acts play though.............!