{"id":144179,"date":"2024-04-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=144179"},"modified":"2024-04-04T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T21:34:07","slug":"kapali-longs-heartfelt-hawaiian-country-acoustic-guitar-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/kapali-longs-heartfelt-hawaiian-country-acoustic-guitar-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapali Long\u2019s Heartfelt Hawaiian Country | Acoustic Guitar Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Kapali Long\u2019s Heartfelt Hawaiian Country | Acoustic Guitar Sessions\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R7ZmTwIYRfk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawaii has a rich history full of cowboys, guitars, and stories. A history with an oversized and under-appreciated influence on American music. Indeed, long before the Gene Autry-inspired American myth of the singing cowboy riding the range with a guitar slung over his shoulder and a song at his lips swept over the mainland, natives on the Big Island of Hawaii, trained by Mexican cowboys (<em>vaqueros<\/em>), were becoming experts at roping, riding, and herding cattle, which were introduced (as a gift of six cows and one bull to King Kamehameha I from Captain James Vancouver) to the island in the 1790s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These Hawaiian cowboys, called <em>paniolo<\/em>s (derived from <em>espa\u00f1ol<\/em>), fully embraced the ranching culture, developing their own clothing and saddles, and even their own individual style of music, thinking the guitars introduced to them by the vaqueros and other travelers, and the songs they sang with them, sounded better in an open tuning. In the 1920s, Hawaiian music washed over the U.S., and its unique guitar sounds have continued to evolve and weave themselves into the fabric of American music ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Hawaiian singer-songwriter Kapali Long, a self-described \u201cAmericana country bluesman,\u201d is doing his part to keep the flame of Hawaiian country music burning bright, paying homage to his forebears by putting his own stamp on the music they created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this Session, captured in <em>AG<\/em>\u2019s San Anselmo, California, headquarters, Long performed a trio of songs, each showcasing a slightly different musical side.  First up is the anthemic \u201cGo Back,\u201d which reinforces the old adage about three chords (well, four in this case) and the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next is \u201cOne More Night,\u201d a heartfelt tribute to a lost loved one. Closing the set is a rousing slide-infused cover of Muddy Waters\u2019 \u201cFeel Like Going Home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Kapali\u2019s songs explore some very personal feelings of grief, longing, and pain, the personal is universal. \u201cIt doesn&#8217;t matter who you are, where you come from, who you voted for, or why your eyes are that color, or who you grandfather was . . everybody misses somebody,\u201d Kapali says. \u201cWe all feel that hurt. And that\u2019s why I love singing songs like \u2018One More Night.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each performance features a different guitar from Long\u2019s collection of Gibsons: a 2013 J-15, a 1991 J200, and a 1934 L50. Check out the Guitar Talk video below for more on Long\u2019s Gibson collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Guitar Talk: Kapali Long and his Family of Vintage Gibson Acoustics\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2QYRyPrZd54?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For music, livestreams, tour dates, and more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapalilong.com\/\">KapaliLong.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A self-described \u201cAmericana country bluesman,\u201d Long is doing his part to keep the flame of Hawaiian country music burning bright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"A self-described \u201cAmericana country bluesman,\u201d Long is doing his part to keep the flame of Hawaiian country music burning bright.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1525],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1542],"class_list":["post-144179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-americana-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kapali-Long-Acoustic-Guitar-Sessions.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","authors":[{"term_id":1542,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"joeystringletter-com","display_name":"Joey Lusterman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/436b88127a7aed4992dc57eb6efc6353?s=96&d=mm&r=g","user_url":"","last_name":"Lusterman","first_name":"Joey","job_title":"","description":"Opinionated creative slash beginning guitarist. 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