Post #74773 by TikiTex on Thu, Feb 5, 2004 9:49 PM

I haven't posted in a while, but still read the posts. Does anybody know where Jimmy Buffett gets his fonts? (heh heh)

err, seriously, today I received a tape and CD from my uncle in Hawaii. (He and my aunt are singer/songwriters there.) Tim has been singing and playing the ukulele since the late '30s, and sent me a bunch of Hawaiian songs, some recorded in his living room just for me to learn, and the other (the CD) taken from an LP he appeared on in the '50s, "Jon Hall Brings Music from Hawai'i." Curious, I went looking at the IMDb for Jon Hall and discovered that Hall was part Tahitian and had acted in quite a few films in his career. He also produced another compilation LP, another Mercury release, "Jon Hall Directs Music from Honolulu." I found this really interesting, and sure enough I was able to locate a few references to both on the web.

I'm really enjoying the music. My favorite track is one whose title I'm not familiar with, but it reminds me a LOT of Les Baxter's "Jungalero." The Palm Serenaders were comprised of Tim Monro, Earl Apo, Leo Kupo, Vic Alo and Roland Enos. The Bamboo Trio was comprised of Bill Coelho, Mary Coelho and Babalu.

Does anyone have either of these records, or have you heard of them?