Honolulu Rock-A Roll-A (aka the Hulabilly Thread ??) - Tiki Music

B Bill5925 Member Sherman Oaks Joined: Aug 31, 2008 Posts: 94	B Bill5925 Posted posted on Wed, May 1, 2013 5:33 PM On 2013-04-30 04:21, Hale Tiki wrote: Can she still play? I remember seeing you guys there, by the way, and thought it was awesome that being older, and in a wheelchair, wouldn't stop someone from rocking! You tell your mama to keep on keepin on, it sounds like she's a real cool cat! Three or four decades of playing professionally burned her out. Her steel is set up ready to go, but she finds excuses to not play. She started on upright bass before guitar then steel guitar beginning in the 1950's. As for partying, she WAS that girl in the Shag paintings. In the 1960's our Siamese cats were named Tiki and Taboo, a fact I forgot until recently! We had the black leopard statue, curtains of beads, jeannie bottles, atomic sunburst clock, giant fork and spoon, tiki mugs, you name it. https://www.facebook.com/bill.turner2?ref=tn_tnmn#!/photo.php?fbid=2242827345625&set=a.2222014025305.2102541.1096332124&type=3&theater Later she had an all girl band, The Farmer's Daughters, https://www.facebook.com/bill.turner2?ref=tn_tnmn#!/photo.php?fbid=2259936813351&set=a.2222014025305.2102541.1096332124&type=3&theater. Her bands played Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, etc. One group put out an album http://www.amazon.com/Country-Bluegrass-Wild-Oats/dp/B003BXJTL4 also available on iTunes. She didn't make a big name for herself because she refused to tour. She's looking forward to attending this year if her health allows. She could certainly tell a lot of stories about the steel people, country and rockabilly people that will be the focus this year! Please say "Hello" if you see her!

On 2013-04-30 04:21, Hale Tiki wrote:
Can she still play? I remember seeing you guys there, by the way, and thought it was awesome that being older, and in a wheelchair, wouldn't stop someone from rocking! You tell your mama to keep on keepin on, it sounds like she's a real cool cat!

Three or four decades of playing professionally burned her out. Her steel is set up ready to go, but she finds excuses to not play. She started on upright bass before guitar then steel guitar beginning in the 1950's. As for partying, she WAS that girl in the Shag paintings. In the 1960's our Siamese cats were named Tiki and Taboo, a fact I forgot until recently! We had the black leopard statue, curtains of beads, jeannie bottles, atomic sunburst clock, giant fork and spoon, tiki mugs, you name it. https://www.facebook.com/bill.turner2?ref=tn_tnmn#!/photo.php?fbid=2242827345625&set=a.2222014025305.2102541.1096332124&type=3&theater
Later she had an all girl band, The Farmer's Daughters, https://www.facebook.com/bill.turner2?ref=tn_tnmn#!/photo.php?fbid=2259936813351&set=a.2222014025305.2102541.1096332124&type=3&theater. Her bands played Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, etc. One group put out an album http://www.amazon.com/Country-Bluegrass-Wild-Oats/dp/B003BXJTL4 also available on iTunes. She didn't make a big name for herself because she refused to tour.

She's looking forward to attending this year if her health allows. She could certainly tell a lot of stories about the steel people, country and rockabilly people that will be the focus this year! Please say "Hello" if you see her!

Post #676275 by Bill5925 on Wed, May 1, 2013 5:33 PM