Post #535829 by JOHN-O on Sat, Jun 12, 2010 2:10 PM

Rerouted from another Tiki Music thread (as it has a better fit here)....

On 2010-06-12 13:36, bigbrotiki wrote:

Just because Rockabilly and some Honky Tonk happened in the same time period is not enough reason for it to ever being called Tiki music....

Well actually I was thinking more of specific sub-genres like "Blue Hawaii Elvis-style Rockabilly" or "Hillbilly Hawaiian".

Here's a question though. I can see straightforward arguments for Hapa Haole and Exotica as Tiki Music but Lounge is a little trickier. In the SOT liner notes, you cite the Mary Kaye Trio as a Lounge example but are there any other good examples? To me, even without the MKT, (classic) Lounge would easily fit into the mid-century Tiki aesthetic but it's more of a "feeling" than an academic argument that's easy to articulate.

And while we're on the MKT, are there any specific reasons why you chose "Hilo Boy" over other "Our Hawaii" tracks. The reason I ask is because I've sought out additional music from them as a result. Mary Kaye's voice is AMAZING but as far as I can tell, only Norman Kaye and Frank Ross are singing on that song.

Thank you.

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-06-12 16:18 ]