Declan Murphy wrote:
> On Mar 21, 11:15 am, gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>> On 2007-03-20 16:46:15 -0700, Dan Rempel <drem...@islandnet.com> said:
>>
>>> gtr wrote:
>>>> On 2007-03-20 07:24:34 -0700, Dan Rempel <drem...@islandnet.com> said:
>>>>> Al wrote:
>>>>>> Dan Rempel <drem...@islandnet.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> ISTR that some of you guys live in, around, and/or on Okinawa; do you
>>>>>>> have any information on upcoming music festivals, shows, and the like?
>>>>>> Still planning to go to Iriomote Island end of this month?
>>>>> Just got back, twas great. Found plenty of music there, and intend to
>>>>> return next year. You guys were keeping this place a secret, weren't you?
>>>> Okinawan music, I assume.  Modern or more tradtional or what?  I ran
>>>> into a sake-bar in Kyoto where an Israeli guy was a real enthusiast for
>>>> Okinawan music and was trying to hip us to as much of that as the sake.
>>>> I don't suppose anybody knows the Israeli-owned Sake bar in Kyoto?  I
>>>> tried to find it last November but couldn't remember where the hell it was.
>>> More-or-less traditional Okinawan sanshin stuff, although my
>>> understanding is even amongst the old-timers 'tradition' is a very
>>> flexible term.
>> That's true from the little I know.  Either the oldsters are very
>> flexible and apparently the up-and-comers give a lot of payback to
>> traditions.  The little I heard was very interesting.
>
> Something like this perhaps?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV9iXpvHD3s

That's about right: no one seemed to object very much when I started
playing "Whole Lotta Love."

Dan

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