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An Introduction to Dancing Cat Records
Dancing Cat Records was founded in 1983 by pianist George Winston
to record other musicians who have influenced
his career and musicians he felt needed to be
preserved for future generations. In 1988 Geroge
moved the focus of Dancing Cat Records to
documenting and preserving slack key guitar music.
(based in California)
Dancing Cat Records Artists
History of Dancing Cat Records
Dancing Cat Records was established by pianist George Winston in 1983
to promote and preserve Hawaiian slack key guitar and other music and
musicians who have influenced him In the 1980's Dancing Cat released
recordings covering many different artists including
Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete, classical guitarist Michael Lorimer,
folk guitarist George Cromarty, New Orleans rhythm and blues style
pianist Professor Longhair, New Orleans singer and songwriter Shad Weathersby,
and an album by vocalist Sylvia Kohan. Dancing Cat also released the
soundtrack to the children's story "The Velvfeteen Rabbit", narrated
by Meryl Streep with solo piano accompaniment by George Winston.
After those albums were released, Dancing Cat Productions began focusing
primarily on slack key guitar and began releasing a series of recordings
known as the "Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Series". Between 1994
and 2007 Dancing Cat Records released 39 albums in the series, featuring
the music of Keola Beamer, Bob Brozman, the late Sonny Chillingworth, Cindy Combs, the
late Barney Isaacs, Ledward Kaapana, George Kahumoku, Jr., Moses Kahumoku, Ray Kane, Dennis
Kamakahi, Ozzie Kotani, George Kuo, the late Leonard Kwan, James Bla Pahinui and Cyril Pahinui.
Albums in the Dancing Cat Slack Key Guitar Series
Information about of all of the slack key guitar recordings
in the Dancing Cat Records Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Series.
How to Contact Dancing Cat Records
Dancing Cat Records
PO Box 4287
Santa Cruz, California 95063
Phone: 831-429-5087
Fax: 831-429-7057
Web Site:
DancingCat.com
Information on the Dancing Cat Records Web Site
Dancing Cat’s website features biographies of all their artists,
the recording liner notes, the history of slack key guitar, and
audio samples from each release. Also includes the touring schedules
of all of their artists.
Pictures of Dancing Cat Artists
Aaron Mahi, Martin Pahinui, George Kuo
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Barney Isaacs
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Bob Brozman
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Bob Brozman and Ledward Kaapana
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Cindy Combs 3
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Cyril Pahinui 1
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Cyril Pahinui 4
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Dennis Kamakahi
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George Kahumoku
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George Kahumoku, Keola Beamer, Ozzie Kotani
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James "Bla" Pahinui
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Keola Beamer
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Ledward Kaapana
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Ledward Kaapana and Cyril Pahinui
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Leonard Kwan
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Martin Pahinui
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Ozzie Kotani
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Ray Kane
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Related Resources
Hawaiian Music History
Hawaii for Visitors
Articles on the Web
Hawaii: Home Grown Product
(John Berger article)
Jon de Mello: The Man Behind the Mountain
De Mello's No Starving Artist
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