I’ve gotten a number of emails in regards to donations recently in which I’ve stated the new donation policy in these emails but not to the site at large. I’m not going to do the month by month thing anymore. Instead I’m only asking for one donation a year - the overwhelming success of the donations has lead me to believe that this site only needs to have a fundraiser once a year. So if you donate this year your password will work until 2006. Thanks again for all ya’lls support !

“King” Bennie Nawahi is one of the great Hawaiian steel guitar players, and one of the most innovative as his signature blend of hot jazz and blues standards shows. Nawahi started out as a ukulele player and vocalist, but by the early 30s he had moved to the steel guitar where he found his own style. This track, recorded in 1931, features some of the best git-up-and-dance hot jazz playing I’ve heard it’s a wonderful track for the hot and sticky summer we are having down here in North Carolina.

“King” Bennie Nawahi and his Red Devils - Dinah

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