Lessons With Troy - A Podcast all about Dobro (Resonator Guitar), Lap Steel, Weissenborn and More!
A Podcast all about players and builders of Dobro (aka Resonator Guitar), Lap Steel, Weissenborn, and more!
Episodes
April 23, 2018 • 28 mins
This is Alan Akaka’s Saturday night set at the 2018 Maui Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival. The Backing Musicians are: Kaipo Asing – Guitar/Vocals Adam Asing – Upright Bass/Vocals The Hula Dancer is Alexis Tolentino For more information visit: http://www.MauiSteelGuitarFestival.com http://HiMele.org http://KeKulaMele.com https://www.LessonsWithTroy.com http://www.LWTpodcast.com
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April 23, 2018 • 70 mins
From the 2018 Maui Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival – Saturday Morning Workshop Alan goes over A History of Tunings for the Hawaiian Steel Guitar. For more information visit: http://www.mauisteelguitarfestival.com/ http://www.KeKulaMele.com http://himele.org https://www.LessonsWithTroy.com http://www.LWTpodcast.com
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April 19, 2018 • 23 mins
I was so honored to share the stage with: Bobby Ingano also playing Steel, Greg Sardinha on Guitar, and Addison Ching on Bass at the 2018 Maui Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at the Kaanapali Beach Hotel. Also, with Alexis Tolentino as guest emcee. The songs on the video are: 1) Ain’t She Sweet (with...
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June 15, 2017 • 72 mins
Today’s guest is Norwegian based Dobro & Weissenborn player Knut Hem. Among lots of other things , today we talk all about his life as a musician in Norway, how he got started playing Dobro, his recent trip to Greece, and this podcast is also full of Knut’s playing, from Dobro to Weissenborns, to even...
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June 9, 2017 • 24 mins
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June 6, 2017 • 65 mins
Check out Greg Booth’s Dobro Playing with The Kathy Kallick Band In this Podcast, episode #26 I interview Alaska based Dobro Virtuoso Greg Booth. Greg has a multitude of amazing Dobro videos on YouTube, and was a huge inspiration to me when I was just starting out, and is still inspiring with every new video...
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Today’s guest is Hawaiian Steel Guitar player Mark Prucha. It’s truly astounding how much Mark has accomplished on the steel guitar in such a short amount of time. Having only played the steel guitar for just a few short years, Mark has already been a featured artist at the 2015 Waikiki Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival,...
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Today’s guest is musician Steve Tylka. In today’s show Steve talks all about his journey (from a Student’s Perspective) into Hawaiian music and the Hawaiian Lap Steel guitar. He also discusses the blog he writes for musicians just getting into Hawaiian Lap Steel, on www.SteelTrappings.com He also shares about his time in the military, and...
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January 15, 2017 • 48 mins
Tim Wallis talks all about his invention the “Pedal Slide”, his custom made guitars, and his unique approach to music and inventions.
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January 15, 2017 • 46 mins
Alan talks all about his Akaka Club Tour in Japan and various Hawaiian Albums he recommends.
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October 6, 2016 • 125 mins
This week I’m happy to have world class Dobro player and one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, Phil Leadbetter on the show. In addition to playing and touring with some of the best acts in Bluegrass Music, Phil has won the IBMA Dobro Player of the Year multiple times, and has most recently...
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September 22, 2016 • 102 mins
This week I’m happy to have UK based Weissenborn Instrumentalist, Aron Radford on. Aron is a passionate enthusiast of the Weissenborn and the artists that play them, and the builders that are making them. He started the site www.TheWeissenbornInformationExchange.com where it not only only has an every growing list of interviews with some of the...
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September 15, 2016 • 83 mins
This week I’m happy to have Cincinnati based musician and teacher, Nick Fryer on the Podcast. I found out about Nick through the various Lap Steel Groups on Facebook, and after doing some research I ran across his great Transcriptions of Lap Steel Players such as Jules Ah See and Joaquin Murphey, I thought I...
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August 30, 2016 • 30 mins
In this episode Alan talks all about A6 tuning on the Lap Steel, his time with the legendary Billy Hew Len, and “Split-Bar” Technique & Chords.
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August 30, 2016 • 38 mins
In this episode Alan talks all about Hawaiian Lap Steel Technique, and the featured song is “Koni Au”.
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August 30, 2016 • 55 mins
In this episode Alan talks all about his Waikiki Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival, the book “Kiki Kila”, he plays his Weissenborn and the featured song Kaula ‘Ili (Kanaka Leo Nui).
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August 30, 2016 • 47 mins
In this episode Alan talks about his time in Chicago IL, The Tiki Terrace, and the featured song “WehiWehi ‘Oe”.
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June 19, 2016 • 50 mins
In this episode Alan talks all about his recent tour throughout Japan and his Akaka Club. The featured song is “Lovely Hula Hands” written by R. Alex Anderson and arranged by Alan Akaka, performed by Troy Brenningmeyer. If you want to learn this song visit www.OnlineLessonVideos.com where you will be able to purchase the Tablature,...
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June 3, 2016 • 43 mins
Featuring Alan Akaka’s arrangement of the song “LAHAINA LUNA”. For Tablature, Jam Track, and Performance Track visit: www.OnlineLessonVideos.com.
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June 3, 2016 • 30 mins
Featuring Alan Akaka’s arrangement of the “I’ll Weave A Lei Of Stars For You” – written by R. Alex Anderson & Jack Owens. For Tablature, Jam Track, and Performance Track visit: www.OnlineLessonVideos.com
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