Post #591452 by bigbrotiki on Tue, May 31, 2011 7:11 AM

John-O, you are reaching a little too far there - just like this year's Tiki Oasis is really reaching with their "Tijuana Brass" theme. If so, it would be Warren Barker who'd deserve a star in the Tiki Walk-of-fame, not Bill Holden. And just because your repeated whining about Don Ho, I will repeat what I wrote in "The Sound of Tiki":"Don Ho is often mentioned in conjunction with Tiki style, a fact which calls for some differentiation. Although Hawaii and Hawaiian tourism were the inspiration for Tiki culture, it was the American mainland where Tiki was turned into an art form. And though Ho clearly is the master of Hawaiian schmaltz, his career did not take off until the second half of the 60s, after the Tiki trend had peaked. Stylistically, Don Ho is to Tiki style what the 70s Elvis is to Rock ’n’ Roll: Part of the whole phenomenon, yet a sign of its end being near."

Now is there a Jimmy Buffet star, so we can start the "Tiki Walk-of-Shame" ? :D