Hawaiian Music Artists Topic
Emma, Charles K.L. Davis
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Poster: SUZANNE WEEKS Email: CECE_CAMIJO2000@AOL.COM Subject: EMMA, CHARLES K.L. DAVIS |
Posted on 7/7/01 at 12:37pm |
| DOES ANYONE REMEMBER EITHER OF THESE WONDERFUL PEFORMERS - AND ARE EITHER ONE STILL HONORING US WITH THEIR MUSIC? |
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Poster: Brad Asmus Subject: Emma |
Posted on 3/7/02 at 11:45am |
| I certainly remember Emma. I was a busboy at the Coral Lanai of the Halekulani Hotel when she performed there every night. She was a beautiful person with rich, highly trained operatic soprano voice that soared. Her rendering of the Kamehameha Waltz was etheral. |
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Poster: Walter Pau Subject: |
Posted on 4/20/02 at 10:01pm |
| An era long gone I suppose... But who could ever forget the ever lovely Emma Veary? She now resides on Maui and continues to make "appearances" throughout Hawaii, the Mainland and beyond. If she hasn't already been inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame, well, all I can say is... shame, shame, shame. Ditto on Charles K. L. Davis. If you're in Honolulu during Christmas, you can catch Miss Veary at the Hawaii Theater with Jim Nabors. Just between you and I, I think Emma is the reason people attend the concert. It's wonderful to see her on stage. She's still so wonderful, elegant and beautiful. Walt |
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Poster: Marjorie Scott Subject: Emma and Uncle Charlie |
Posted on 4/22/02 at 2:16pm |
| Emma is a frequent guest artist for Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame concerts every year. As for Charles K.L. Davis, some year when we have exhibit space that allows us to extend our Hawaiian music history offerings on walls, we'll be able to add non-Hawaiian artists who have devoted much of their lives to Hawaiian music. Jerry Byrd is another one. |
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Poster: John W. R. Thomas Email: t4530j@aol.com Subject: Charles K. L. Davis |
Posted on 9/11/03 at 1:02pm |
Hawaii gave the world a very beautiful tenor voice in the throat of Charles K. L. Davis. I will remember his concert at New York's Lewisohn Stadium the summer of '58 or '59 not long after he won the Met auditions. He was a true kamaaina, his heart was in the islands and with his people, and he returned to Hawaii just as his operatic career was really getting underway. His Kemoo Farm performances were always a delight and his '68 concert in Honolulu was a great evening. It is so sad that only one CD is available but I am thankful to have several of his LPs. He was one of the great ones and I am blessed to have heard him in vivo. John |
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Poster: JOSEPH C. HEIM Email: JoandalG@aol.com Subject: Charles K.L.Davis My Aikane |
Posted on 1/26/04 at 5:01pm |
Charles & I met at Iolani School in 1940. He was our sophmore class President. Have followed his career until his until his untimely death. Enjoyed his wednesday afternoon shows Kemoo Farms. During his intermission had many chats about our "small kid time". In 1968 met him singing at the Naniloa Hotel. I have & play many of his albums which were all auto- graphed by him. Space does not allow me to say many more about our journey through the past that memories hold fast. Aloha Pumehana, Joe ==================== |
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Poster: Auntie Maria Email: auntie@mele.com Subject: Charles K.L. Davis |
Posted on 4/26/04 at 10:20am |
Charles K.L. Davis can also be heard on this CD with Nina Keali`iwahamana, a 2003 re-release of their 1978 album: http://www.mele.com/v3/info/2807.htm |
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Poster: Sue Scott Email: Elphaba3@alamedanet.net Subject: Emma Veary |
Posted on 7/2/05 at 7:26am |
| Does Emma ever appear anywhere anymore? I would LOVE to attend any performance...just about anywhere. We went to 2 of her performances on Kauai when we lived there, and treasure the memory of her gift of song and aloha. Sue |
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Poster: Fr. Ted Ley, SM Email: FrTedLeySM@aol.com Subject: Charles K.L. Davis |
Posted on 9/15/05 at 10:54pm |
Charles K. L. Davis was a great tenor and teacher of voice; but he was also a terrific Hawai'ian ragtime piano player. Hawai'ian band leaders of a hundred years ago had taken ragtime into their own, altered it to give it a unique, more complex Hawai'ian swing, then took it on tour around the Mainland, where, in pre-radio days, it became the first nationally-popular Hawai'ian style. Whether singing an operatic aria or the TV theme, "Adventures in Paradise," or ragging a Hawai'ian vamp on the "ivories," Charles K. L. Davis gave genius, geniality and gentility to every performance, a uniquely gifted vocal spokesperson for Hawai'i, but also a real "kama'aina of the keys." |
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Poster: Vicki Burr-Chellin Email: kidchellin@yahoo.com Subject: Emma Veary |
Posted on 1/7/06 at 10:26am |
So lucky I, who lived in Hawaii in the 70's and many evenings were spent as the sandlot scholarship audience in front of the Halekulani Hau Tree Lanai, listening to Emma. That was truly unforgetable experience time and her voice absolutely thrilling. Imaging the waves lulling in the background, the nights/stars just gorgeous, Emma looking regal and loving us, her audience, paying or not. I do recall the night that unfortunately, a large cockaroachy flew and landed on her shoulder during her song. We all saw it, she may not have, but,quickly and galantly a man came to her side and grasped our large buggy friend into his palm. Emma never missing a breath and beat, a note. We were stunned by this graceous moment. Now as I listen to the Emma collection the Jack DeMello put together of her recordings from the 70s, 25 wonderful hawai'ian songs and I am taken back to the beach at the Halekulani instantly and I weep in reverie of those moments. Even in the rainy dark weather of Seattle. Aloha. Vicki |
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Poster: Laurie Rohrer Email: ljr@ululoa.com Subject: Emma |
Posted on 1/10/06 at 8:17am |
Emma is performing in the islands, voice and queenly demeanor intact, especially on Maui as a special guest with the Hula Honeys (daughter Robyn Kneubuhl is one of the Honeys). Mother and daughter joined their beautiful voices in recording Emma's signature song "I'll Weave a Lei of Stars for You" on the Hula Honeys' debut CD "Life Just Got Sweeter" (released 10/04 by Ululoa Productions). |
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Poster: Eve Stevens Email: rstevens@dc.rr.com Subject: Emma Veary |
Posted on 12/12/06 at 9:15am |
Of all our travel memories, Emma Veary at the Halekulani provokes the sweetest ! We have her collection of 25 of her Best, and treasure every selection, especially I'll Weave A Lei of Stars For You. We stayed at the Halekulani each time we went to Oahu just so we could be part of the dinner crowd that Emma entertained and held spellbound with her magnificent voice ! One time we were elsewhere but walked the length of Kalekaua in order to sit on the beach and listen to her beautiful singing. Emma, in her regal manner, turned, saw us sitting there, and walked outside, directing her songs to her many sandside worshipers and I felt this was such a gracious thing for her to have done. She will always be in my heart as one of the very special moments in my life. A truly elegant lady ! |
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Poster: Michael Lloyd Subject: Charles K L Davis |
Posted on 2/23/08 at 10:09am |
I remember well when at 20 years old in 1966 I met Charles when he and I sang tenor in Christchurch Methodist Church in NYC. He took me under his wing for voice lessons and even took me to the MET to meet his friends Leontyne Price and Grace Bumbry at a performance of Aida. He was my inspiration and my friend. Oh what a voice and what a nice person. Sorry I lost connection with him over the years. Ms. Price called him my "Oloha boy" |
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Poster: Bob Kessler Email: kessrl@aol.com Subject: Charles K L Davis |
Posted on 7/8/08 at 2:28pm |
Jeanne and I 'discovered' Charles and the Kemoo Farm restaurant in the 70's. We had to call long distance from Denver to get a reservation to the brunch. Jeanne still has the mumus she bought so that we could come and fit in with the audience. The local truck drivers, pastors, and others invited to sing with Charles had glorious voices as well. The entire experience brings tears to my eyes as I write this, because it's gone. We still come back every year, but feel the loss. |
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