Post #132127 by Kaiwaza on Tue, Dec 21, 2004 11:34 AM

Thanks, Captain! I feel redeemed. Sam Makia recorded quite a number of LPs and any of them are worth having. "The Fabulous 50th State" is the only one with "mantovani-esque" strings, though. :) He and Hal Aloma, another great, but more swinging, steel player teamed up to record several albums on various labels under other names like "The Garden Islanders" or "The Diamond Head Beach Boys", etc.