Bob Brozman - Blue Hula Stomp (1996)

There's little doubt that Bob Brozman's a virtuoso on all plucked string instruments, but his specialty is the National Resophonic guitar, and he can make that do anything, as he shows on this collection, which, like much of his work, has a decidedly Hawaiian lilt. The bulk of the material on Blue Hula Stomp dates from the 1920s and '30s, rejigged in his own idiosyncratic style, whether it's the unusual, bluesy "Do You Call That a Buddy?" or the lightning fast hula, "Hano Hano Hanalei." He's not just someone who can play with remarkable speed and precision, as he does on "Chili Blues," but also with moving expression, as on the 1916 "hesitation" waltz, "Paauau Waltz," a tune that demands a lot of the player, but which Brozman pulls off with moving panache. Perhaps the most unusual,...



Tracklist:
1 01. Bob Brozman - C Stomp Blues (Album Version) (03:41)
1 02. Bob Brozman - Body And Soul (Album Version) (03:39)
1 03. Bob Brozman - Hilo March (Instrumental) (02:36)
1 04. Bob Brozman - Ukulele Spaghetti (Instrumental) (01:45)
1 05. Bob Brozman - Do You Call That a Buddy? (Album Version) (03:26)
1 06. Bob Brozman - Chili Blues (Instrumental) (02:16)
1 07. Bob Brozman - Paauau Waltz (Instrumental) (04:00)
1 08. Bob Brozman - Short Man's Vindication (Instrumental) (03:18)
1 09. Bob Brozman - Wasting My Love On You (Album Version) (04:15)
1 10. Bob Brozman - Hano Hano Hanalei (Album Version) (02:43)
1 11. Bob Brozman - Blue Hula Stomp Medley (Instrumental) (03:11)
1 12. Bob Brozman - Hilo Hula (Album Version) (03:20)
1 13. Bob Brozman - Agogostein's Lament (Instrumental) (02:41)