Jerry Byrd & Friends - Sand

This is from a 2000 broadcast produced by the local Hawaiian public television station. The musicians are:
Jerry Byrd - steel guitar,
Hiram Olsen Jr, rhythm guitar and vocals,
Dennis Keahokalole - ukulele and vocal,
Gary Aiko - bass and vocal.

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Music

Tags:

• Jerry
• Byrd
• Hawaiian
• steel
• guitar
• sand

[UncleCaptainMidnight]

what is the tuning on the front neck? diatonic?

[steeljazz]

Its most likely the C diatonic 7-string tuning he used frequently. Low to high: E, F, G, A, B, C, E.

The instrumental part is played with the B11th tuning on the bottom neck, as you pointed out.

[8032rayjay]

Jerry Byrd is the only steel guitar artist,who knows exactly how to accompany vocalists. Listen to how he has mastered ths art in SAND & BEAUTIFUL KAHANA.

His background fill in is SUPERB.

[steinsteel]

@8032rayjay Dont forget Dick McIntire.

[zarchy55]

Nice Fender / D'Aquisto the rhythm guitarist is playing. You don't see too many of those.

[Coasterguy45]

does anyone know what chords the guitar is playing?

Thanks in advance!

[Thomas05091942]

Nice feeling!

[keaweohana]

Jerry Byrd is the most genuine humble man I've ever met. I was his first steel guitar student when he moved to Oahu. Unfortunately and very sad to say that I did not continue the steel guitar. My first teacher of the steel guitar was Uncle Benny Rogers. Jerry Byrd liked my brother Gary's voice very much that he asked Gary to sing this song which usually is never sung but played as an instrumental as Jerry states.

[dragonflySummer09]

By the way, I'm thinking maybe I should get Jerry's course...what did you think of it? And where would I get it? Thanks for any help you can offer....

[dragonflySummer09]

@Sheldon984 My Dad played steel, and patterned his playing from Jerry (this was in 1950-52) and got a job playing for Jimmy Dickens in Nashville in 1952. He got to be friends with Jerry and wrote some letters back and forth. Unfortunately, my Dad died in 1985 and I never learned to play the steel...I was his rhythm guitarist and figured I would learn the steel later. I wrote a letter to Jerry, not long before he died, and he wrote back and it was great to hear from him.

[whitefeathertx]

OMG! Sand! I LOVE this great Hawaiian tune. And no one could play it better than the GREAT Jerry Byrd!!! I am one happy camper! Thanks for sharing it. Mahalo my friend!

[Sheldon984]

Beautiful!! I first heard Jerry in 1947 on Drowsey Waters.I learned lap steel from his

books and video and steel guitar course. I have all his original bakelite 78's, 45's

and 15 LP albums, and all his CD's . He was into the Music Hall of Fame as the

"Master Of Touch And Tone". He is truly the very best when it comes to playing "palm harmonics". Jerry was truly a most wonderful writer, arranger,and

steel guitarist. of hearing him play twice in Waikiki and talk to him!

[Mrchikenkatsu]

This is the true sound of Hawaii...I don't care for the new "Jahwaiian" noise of today..!!!