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Sonny Chillingworth — Moe 'Uhane (Dream Slack Key)
Album: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters
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Released: 1993
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raising three kids on Oahu led to deep appreciation of Hawaiian  music and dances. I would play slack key to my kids, and this tune was their favorite, even became a lullaby to help the youngest fall asleep. Such deep and meaningful memories attached to this pure expression of music!
Posted 6 months ago by bleemer    [ Reply ]
Y'all out there in dream stream land should most definitely acquire this album. Um-hm. 
Posted 7 months ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

My life in the Scottish lowlands i’d guess has no crossover, on any leval, with Hawaii but this song makes me feel a yearning to visit. 


Pretty much the rest of the world feels that way. 
Posted 1 year ago by hightail    [ Reply ]
 gypsy222 wrote:

I am always envious of people who can get into songs without words... I always feel there is something lacking.. I agree that this is pretty, but seems blah without some wording.


Oh, you poor thing.  I mean that.  I hope you have since gotten past your envy.
Lack of lyrics frees you to feel whatever you want.
Posted 1 year ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
Beautiful segue from Judy Garland's Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Posted 2 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
 robbiethet wrote:

Best to tune your guitar before you record.



Somebody who doesn't understand slack key guitar
Posted 2 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Simply Beautiful.  It will soothe what ails you.
Posted 2 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
We just took our first trip to the Big Island.  I swear this is the music they were playing while we boarded the Hawaiian Air flight.  If not, the Aloha was the same and I am getting sentimental already!  It was is beautiful and settled my flight jitters. This adds to my indelible memories.
Posted 2 years ago by Kristin_in_WA    [ Reply ]
GREAT!  Thanx RP!  
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
I thought we were in for Legend of a Mind (Moody Blues) with the first few guitar licks
Posted 2 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Quite likeable. Love the sound of new guitar strings.

Kind of a lullaby.

Will play for my grandchild.
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Nice track
Posted 3 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
James Michener’s book “Hawaii” gives a decent history of the slack key....an excellent read, too!
Posted 3 years ago by boomman8139    [ Reply ]
Beautiful song. Was fortunate to see this performed live by the Slack Key Show on Maui a few years ago. Bringing back fond holiday memories!
Posted 4 years ago by danielstoker    [ Reply ]
 bseib wrote:
Just spent several months living in HI, living and travelling, and came to realize how much Bill has Hawaiian music in his rotation when I would recognized things I had heard on RP. We heard some good slack key in Princeville on Kauai, along with some interesting stories of how the guitar and slack key found itself in Hawaii — that the Mexican cowboys (paniolos) who came for work, brought the guitar, and when contracts were done, they mostly left, but the guitar stayed, and the locals opened the tunings. Wikipedia echos this account, but also states that it is more complicated than that, but without elaboration. In any case, I was pleased to have heard and known who Sonny Chillingsworth was, and I have Bill to thank for sharing that music.
 
Paniolo = "Espanol" cowboys of Spanish heritage.
Posted 4 years ago by msjane    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
Way too overplayed. I have to keep skipping this. Overplaying has ruined it for me.
Posted 4 years ago by cow-cow-boogie    [ Reply ]
Slack key guitar always helps me unwind. Great to hear this after a long week.
Posted 5 years ago by Huck    [ Reply ]
 robbiethet wrote:
Best to tune your guitar before you record.
 
What does this even mean?  Snarky jibe at slack key in general?  Complaint about the tuning on this particular track?  At best it's merely a truism.  
Posted 5 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
All in the Ohana- mahalo!
Posted 5 years ago by orangecraig    [ Reply ]
 robbiethet wrote:
Best to tune your guitar before you record.
 
I suppose detuning is a type of tuning, eh?  I'm a fan of Slack Key, really makes me feel the warm beach sun, gentle breeze (except at Kihei in Maui!) and watching the sun set on time like it does in Hawaii.  Beauty expressed musically....I'm gonna bump my 8 to 9 now...Long Live RP and DETUNED guitars!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Best to tune your guitar before you record.
Posted 5 years ago by robbiethet    [ Reply ]
Wonderful atmospheric music
Posted 6 years ago by Kev__P    [ Reply ]
My life in the Scottish lowlands i’d guess has no crossover, on any leval, with Hawaii but this song makes me feel a yearning to visit. 
Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
That was beautiful.
Posted 6 years ago by Miksalml    [ Reply ]
I have this album and can't remember the last time I put it on. What's wrong with me? Thanks for the reminder.
Posted 6 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
I have been Living in Hawaii for the past 40 years and yes its a beautiful thing Slat key just has that island vibe warm trade winds blowing and the sun setting into the sea!
Posted 6 years ago by kh808    [ Reply ]
Love it.  I have a couple slack key Christmas albums.  So good on quiet holiday night.
Posted 6 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Just spent several months living in HI, living and travelling, and came to realize how much Bill has Hawaiian music in his rotation when I would recognized things I had heard on RP. We heard some good slack key in Princeville on Kauai, along with some interesting stories of how the guitar and slack key found itself in Hawaii — that the Mexican cowboys (paniolos) who came for work, brought the guitar, and when contracts were done, they mostly left, but the guitar stayed, and the locals opened the tunings. Wikipedia echos this account, but also states that it is more complicated than that, but without elaboration. In any case, I was pleased to have heard and known who Sonny Chillingsworth was, and I have Bill to thank for sharing that music.
Posted 7 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
Picked this up from a street vendor in Waikiki one year.
I play it in the wintertime to remind me of the beautiful beaches and weather of Hawaii. The entire cd is worth it.
So was the trip to Hawaii.
 
Posted 7 years ago by dave701    [ Reply ]
Simple and elegant.......
Posted 7 years ago by ai63    [ Reply ]
made me think of the sad moments in George Clooney's beautiful film The Descendants when
a family paddles off the coast to drop the ashes of a lost love 

beautiful music 
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
If you can't visit Hawaii for some slack key you can certainly visit here and get all you want: https://www.dancingcat.com/
Posted 8 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Yessssssssss!
Posted 8 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Nice trip back to the islands on aloha Friday.
Posted 8 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh. Nice. Wish I could play like that. 
Posted 8 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
Beautiful and relaxing for a Sun morning while making coffee 
Posted 8 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
This is perfect.
Great tribute today on Google search to Duke Kahanamoku, on his 125th birthday...

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-duke-kahanamoku-surfer-20150824-story.html

Duke Kahanamoku
Posted 9 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
very soothing, like a lullaby. Pleasant. 
Posted 9 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
Thought it was a john fahey christmas tune...very nice 
Posted 9 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
I have had the pleasure of knowing Ledward Kaapana for some years.  Great musician and better person.  Was so nice to see him inducted at the Kennedy Center Presidents awards. He is a living legend and a proud Hawaiin!!!  Mahalo to you and the other great Masters of that music!!!
Posted 10 years ago by Rootmann    [ Reply ]
 justin_thyme wrote:

Sonny's music does that!  (He used to be my neighbor . . . I used to hear him re-tuning and composing.)



 
nice neighborhood..........
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]

{#Sunny} Mahalo,  dakine , brudda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss} ...... liking this
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Rather pleasant...{#Music}
Posted 10 years ago by PA1749    [ Reply ]
This is nice.  
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 Shaken_Bake wrote:
I'm going to Hawaii for the first time in two weeks and I can't wait to hear music like this!


karljonasson wrote:
Going to Hawaii for the first time next month. Hope they don't always play music this boring.
 


 
Check out the sound track to 'The Descendants' - wonderful music!!
Posted 11 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Very nice but there are so many of these wonderful guitarist around that it's difficult to tell them part! Still, not complaining!!
Posted 11 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
 grant wrote:
This is beautiful - had not heard of Sonny Chillingworth before . . .
 
Agreed!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
This is beautiful - had not heard of Sonny Chillingworth before . . .
Posted 11 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
It takes me back each time to sitting on the plane waiting to go back to rush to mom's side as she laid dying in the hospital in Maui.  It's not a bad feeling amazingly enough......It was just surreal sitting amongst a bunch of passengers that were excited for their trip and in such deep contrast to the reason I was going.  Even so the music was soothing in my state of mind as well as the plane load of passengers that were all around me {#Good-vibes}
Posted 11 years ago by pigtail    [ Reply ]
I'm going to Hawaii for the first time in two weeks and I can't wait to hear music like this!


karljonasson wrote:
Going to Hawaii for the first time next month. Hope they don't always play music this boring.
 

Posted 11 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
 hidey wrote:
Ahh, the Pacific. Looks good today from my sunny vantage point.
 
And from my sunny vantage here in the north Pacific! Go Sonny, go.
Posted 11 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
Lovely.
Posted 11 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Ahh, the Pacific. Looks good today from my sunny vantage point.
Posted 12 years ago by hidey    [ Reply ]
Going to Hawaii for the first time next month. Hope they don't always play music this boring.
Posted 12 years ago by karljonasson    [ Reply ]
 jeremyleo wrote:
Before RP, I used to listen to KPIG.  When KPIG was unable to stream local commercials over the internet, they filled their commercial breaks with this tune.  Nice to hear it on RP.  I know there is a BillG and KPIG connection way back when...
 
Yes me to, started out on KPig and when it went commercial I found this excellent station and have ben here ever since.. I'm in the UK and when I joined I think there was 6 or 7of us but it sure has a lot more listeners now and I hope I have been instrumental in that as I have spread the word at every oppurtunity. I stll use a reference to KPig on my email signature ... ''oinkandout and Bless the Lard''
Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Before RP, I used to listen to KPIG.  When KPIG was unable to stream local commercials over the internet, they filled their commercial breaks with this tune.  Nice to hear it on RP.  I know there is a BillG and KPIG connection way back when...
Posted 12 years ago by jeremyleo    [ Reply ]
Sounds really awesome on an AUX BOX !

Corey S.
Posted 12 years ago by coreman    [ Reply ]
snap...crackle....pop....still a good tune but I forgot how annoying vinyl can be. 
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
It's cold outside, you can see the ice fog hanging in the air... ...why did I ever leave the islands? More importantly, will I ever get back? This music is great on it's own, but I guarantee it takes it to a whole new level when you're sprawled out on the hammock and the breeze is licking your face on another sunny day in Kailua (or Kaimuke, or Waimea, or...) Loves me some slack-key...{#Clap}

Posted 12 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
Whenever I need a stress buster, I look for slack key and queue it up.  Perfect for a long road trip.... 
Posted 12 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
 justin_thyme wrote:

Sonny's music does that!  (He used to be my neighbor . . . I used to hear him re-tuning and composing.)
 
I wish I were you.

Posted 13 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Sonny -

Gravedigger...??
Please make sure this guy will not return!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Hey, wasn't this one of the old kpig.com "filler" songs?

Posted 14 years ago by palealien    [ Reply ]
Oh perfect... the sound of the ocean and this song, can't think of a better combination.
Posted 14 years ago by Mexilicious    [ Reply ]
 Kokoloco53 wrote:
You can throw in a little Beamer, Cazimero Brothers, etc. whenever the mood hits. Godlike is good every once in a while. Helps keep me afraid of the devil.
 
I agree about Keola Beamer - what an amazing slack-key guitarist.  I rather love this song, too!  {#Sunny}{#Meditate}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
A beautiful lullabye. 
Posted 14 years ago by nerakdon    [ Reply ]
 Rotterdam wrote:
This is just so lovely. Stress be gone. I feel happy.
 
Sonny's music does that!  (He used to be my neighbor . . . I used to hear him re-tuning and composing.)


Posted 14 years ago by justin_thyme    [ Reply ]
This is just so lovely. Stress be gone. I feel happy.
Posted 14 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
Ahh.  Checking weather in Poipu and checking the specials from Oakland to Kauai at Pleasant Holidays...  Great choice for a Friday afternoon.
Posted 14 years ago by RC_in_Bezerkeley    [ Reply ]
Thanks, I needed that.
Posted 14 years ago by bellhog    [ Reply ]
Wow, off to Amazon to make a late Xmas purchase for the fellow who turned me on to slack key many, many years ago.
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
this suuurrree is perutty......
Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
Again, thanks RP for introducing me to another new artist! 
Posted 15 years ago by freeform    [ Reply ]
3 words; Tree Mend Us.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Rating this even higher just for that stupid man/bird poster.  
Posted 15 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Thanks, Bill — very, very nice for New Year's Day on Kaneohe Bay! {#Yes}

Aloha,
—jt
Posted 15 years ago by justin_thyme    [ Reply ]
This was sort of a breakthrough album for this genre, here on the mainland. Still play it. {#Yes}

Posted 16 years ago by Darrooon    [ Reply ]
So sick of this post  {#Arrowd} (and I'm sure god is too, don't piss her off)  10


Posted 16 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
Why do all the Hawaiian dudes pass away early on? (relatively)
Because many of the native Hawaiian people are suceptible to Diabetes.
Posted 16 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
You can throw in a little Beamer, Cazimero Brothers, etc. whenever the mood hits. Godlike is good every once in a while. Helps keep me afraid of the devil.
Posted 16 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
LaurieinTucson wrote:
I learn so much on RP. What is slack key guitar?
You could look it up: (click here) (click here)
Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
I learn so much on RP. What is slack key guitar?
Posted 16 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Listening to this, when I close my eyes, I can feel the warm sun on my face, hear the waves breaking on the beach, smell the salt carried on the breeze and feel the sand between my toes. Kailua-Kona calls my name.
Posted 16 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]
Why do all the Hawaiian dudes pass away early on? (relatively)
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
SWEET
I agree.
Posted 16 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
Have this CD, love it, but didn\'t know that Sonny had passed. Still, very much an old favorite and so glad to hear it on RP.
Posted 17 years ago by Darrooon    [ Reply ]
Perfect, perfect, perfect... great lead into the weekend -- just wish I was headed out to Sandy's or North Shore... someday I'll be home... until then, the music takes me there. Thanks!
Posted 17 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
This used to play on KPIG a lot during the "advertisement break" they couldn't play on the internet, so they played filler music. And it was always something good like this, which is not qualified for filler music, but outstanding in its own right. Slack key guitar is an awesome genre.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
I'd like to hear more of this genre to compare it to the Missippi Delta open chord blues but I'm pretty weird about stuff like that. And more.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Daniel_Pittenger wrote:
Ah yes, there are "10" worthy songs afterall!
... oh yea, slack key guitar has always been a real favourite of mine an' invariably they're tens! hard to beat sonny! ... ... or dancing cat records! ...
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, there are "10" worthy songs afterall!
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
That was really nice. Thanks for that.
Posted 17 years ago by zorrofox    [ Reply ]
This is why I love R.P. where else could you hear Hawiian slack key guitar after a rock set ... and it's beautiful ... it's great ... thank you R.P.
Posted 17 years ago by PopKombo    [ Reply ]
jdorn1 wrote:
slack-key / chilling-worth? Coincidence? good stuff either way! It's like George Winston if he played the slack key!
George Winston DOES play the slack key, in fact...
Posted 17 years ago by Marc_Farre    [ Reply ]
SWEET
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by FilmSurgeon    [ Reply ]
slack-key / chilling-worth? Coincidence? good stuff either way! It's like George Winston if he played the slack key!
Posted 17 years ago by jdorn1    [ Reply ]
i have the word 'beautiful' in mind and when i came here to post that, i saw that at least two others said the same thing. i will maintain and sustain the feeling.
Posted 17 years ago by canadianbug    [ Reply ]
Love it! Solid 10. This reminds me so much of "Tom Paxton - Rambling Boy"
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
Lazy beautiful.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
AH, Thank you RP..... Takes me back to my years on Kauai .... how about some more from the Slak Key Masters? wave
Posted 18 years ago by wavesweeper    [ Reply ]
Ahh...Sweet island style to da max. I miss the sticky rice, ukulele, myna birds ....and the slow, slow pace
Posted 18 years ago by GordonIs21    [ Reply ]
zlsdad wrote:
The first time I heard Radio Paradise was in Maui. I thought it was emanating from that sweet paradise. It sure fit the Bill (no pun intended...at the time :>).
Just got back from Maui. Reminded me how much we miss Sonny, Iz, and Gabby Pahinui.
Posted 18 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
So beautiful.
Posted 18 years ago by vvlee    [ Reply ]
... Without Dancing Cat who knows if these and other Brilliant Slack Key recordings would ever have seen the light of day, Bless you George! ...
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
quite nice marked down for simplistic a tad mechanikle
Posted 18 years ago by snapdragon    [ Reply ]
... and the rest of the album is simply sublime.
Posted 18 years ago by shortie    [ Reply ]
Well, wasn't that simply lovely
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
and what comes after? Sounds like an prelude!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
heeb wrote:
If case this guy hasn't already collaborated with Harry Manx, he should. I guess they'd sound very good together.
Unfortunately, Sonny died about 10 years ago. A truly sweet man - I was lucky enough to meet him a couple of times & to hang out in the studio while he was recording. Truly a magical talent.
Posted 18 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
Aaaah . . . dreamy.
Posted 18 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
That was lovely.
Posted 18 years ago by meghan89    [ Reply ]
So simple and so beautiful!
Posted 18 years ago by radiomao    [ Reply ]
Mahalo, Bill.
Posted 18 years ago by lostintokyo    [ Reply ]
This music is da kine
Posted 18 years ago by chinchita    [ Reply ]
The first time I heard Radio Paradise was in Maui. I thought it was emanating from that sweet paradise. It sure fit the Bill (no pun intended...at the time :>).
Posted 18 years ago by zlsdad    [ Reply ]
SWEET STUFF, BILL.......THANKS!
Posted 19 years ago by WordMariner    [ Reply ]
Whew! That was beautiful!
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]