Monday, January 19, 2009

YouTube Favorites from Doug Smith

Jerry Byrd and Marty Robbins -- Kohala March
Jerry Byrd, one of the great steel guitar players, holds forth with Marty Robbins in a pilot for a TV show. Nothing came of it, but it was an attempt by two good friends to put some traditional Hawaiian music in context on television. That’s a daunting task! I think you’ll agree that seeing Jerry playing a Dobro in pedal pushers is kind of special.




Jerry Byrd and Marty Robbins -- Hula
Here’s another from the same set of recordings.

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