WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING
808".
EVERYONE FROM HAWAIIAN ALI'I,
ELVIS AND JOHNNY CASH IS
REFLECTED IN A NEW MUSIC
EXHIBIT.
BISHOP MUSEUM HAS THAT AND A
VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER WE WANTED TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT.
THE BISHOP MUSEUM HAS A NEW
EXHIBIT THAT THE WE WOULD LOVE
ALL OF OUR "LIVING 808" VIEWERS
TO KNOW ABOUT.
IT'S CALLED THE SOURCE OF
STRINGS AND I'M PLEASED TO BE
JOINED BY MICHAEL WILSON THE
EXHIBIT DESIGNER AS WELL AS
DESOTO BROWN, AN HISTORIAN, TO
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS
EXCITING EXHIBIT.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING ME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WELL, I'D LOVE FIRST OFF TO
HEAR ABOUT THE NEW EXHIBIT.
THE SOURCE OF STRINGS IS THE
BISHOP MUSEUM EXHIBIT WHICH IS
ABOUT STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.
AND THE TRADITION -PL HAWAIIAN
MUSIC REALLY DIDN'T USE STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS TO ANY DEGREE.
IT WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF
INSTRUMENTS FROM THE OUTSIDE
WORLD STARTING IN THE 19TH
CENTURY, THE GUITAR PRIMARILY,
BUT WE ALSO SAW THE POPULARITY
OF THE MANDOLIN, THE BASS, ETC.,
AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
INVENTION OF AND DEVELOPMENT OF
THE UKULELE WHICH IS BASED ON A
PORTUGUESE INSTRUMENT WHICH
BEGAN TO BE BROUGHT TO THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN LATE
1800s.
SO THOSE STRINGED INSTRUMENTS,
ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT PART OF
THE INDIGENOUS HAWAIIAN CULTURE
BECAME INTRINSIC TO BE CONSIDER
I HAD HAWAIIAN MUSIC TODAY.
PARTICULARLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE STEEL GUITAR WHICH IS A
AN UNBELIEVABLE TO ME EVOLUTION
THAT EVENTUALLY LEADS TO THE
INVENTION OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR
WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS THE
BASIS FOR ROCK MUSIC.
GREAT STORY TO SEE THAT, TO
SEE THAT EVOLUTION.
AS THE DESIGNER FOR THIS, TELL
ME ABOUT SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS
PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO
EXPERIENCE?
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY
FASCINATING ARTIFACTS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD AND ALSO
IMPORTANT TO HAWAI'I.
WE HAVE KING KALAKAUA'S GUITAR,
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE ELLEN
PRESIDENPRESIDENPENDERGAST'S GUITAR.
DESIGNED BY A HAWAIIAN.
SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF VERY
INTERESTING ARTIFACTS, AND ALSO
AS DESOTO MENTIONED ABOUT THE
ELECTRIC, WE HAVE ONE YOU CAN
PLAY TO SEE HOW THOSE SOUNDS ARE
HAWAIIAN AND UNIQUE.
THERE ARE SOME STORIES BEHIND
THIS EXHIBIT.
CAN YOU SHARE ONE OF OUR
FAVORITE?
SO MANY OF THESE INSTRUMENTS
ARE OWNED BY AND STILL OWNED BY
SOME VERY FAMOUS MUSICIANS.
THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SEE, FOR
EXAMPLE, THAT FIRST GUITAR THAT
ELVIS PRESLEY PLAYED IS ONE OF
THE GUITARS WHICH WAS INFLUENCED
BY THIS DESIGN FROM THE MARTIN
GUITAR COMPANY WHICH WAS MADE TO
BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT THE STEEL
GUITAR WAS INVENTED BY A
HAWAIIAN BOY NAMED JOSEPH WHEN
HE WAS A BOY IN THE 1880s OR
1890s.
HE SU SUB SUBSEQUENTLY WAS A
STUDENT AT THE KAMEHAMEHA
SCHOOLS FOR BOYS.
AT THAT TIME THE CAMPUS WAS
WHERE BISHOP MUSEUM NOW IS.
BISHOP MUSEUM WAS BUILT ON THE
CAMPUS OF THE ORIGINAL
KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS.
JOSEPH KEKUKU WAS A STUDENT AT
THE BOYS SCHOOL AND IN THE SHOP
AT THE BOYS SCHOOL, HE
FABRICATED THE FIRST METAL BAR
THAT HE USED TO PROFESSIONALLY
PLAY THE STEEL GUITAR WHICH THEN
INFLUENCED PEOPLE LITERALLY ALL
OVER THE WORLD, AND THAT TIES
BACK TO RIGHT WHERE WE ARE AT
BISHOP MUSEUM.
FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME
OUT AND CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING
EXHIBIT, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY
THAT YOU RECOMMEND THAT THEY
EXPERIENCE THIS, MICHAEL?
THE BEST WAY TO COME TO THE
MUSEUM IS GO TO
BISHOPMUSEUM.ORG.
YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS.
YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING, WHEN IT'S HAPPENING,
IF THERE'S ANY SPECIAL EVENTS.
ALL OF THAT CAN BE HAPPENED AT
THE WEBSITE AND THEN JUST COME,
BRING YOUR FAMILY AND BRING YOUR
MASKS.
VERY IMPORTANT.
DESOTO, WHAT MIGHT WILL BE
COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE FOR
BISHOP MUSEUM.
I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON
SOMETHING NEW?
SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP
AUGUST FROM AUGUST 23RD I THINK
TO AUGUST 28TH, NORMALLY WE HAVE
A MAJOR FUND-RAISING DINNER
EVERY YEAR, THE CHARLES REID
BISHOP DINNER.
OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF
COVID-19 WE WON'T BE HAVING THAT
GATHERING BUT WE WILL BE HAVING
A BENEFIT ON-LINE AUCTION AND
PEOPLE AGAIN CAN COME TO THE
BISHOP MUSEUM WEBSITE TO LOOK AT
THINGS AND BID ON THOSE THINGS
AS A FUNDRAISER WHICH WE'LL BE
DOING INSTEAD OF OUR USUAL MAJOR
GATHERING ON THE GREAT LAWN AT
BISHOP MUSEUM.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TELLING US ABOUT THE NEW
EXHIBIT, ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES
TO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM THROUGH
THE AUCTION AND IT IS A PLEASURE
TO TALK WITH YOU.
THANK YOU, TANNYA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NICE TO TALK TO YOU.
IT'S SO INTERESTING's WE KNOW
THE PLACE OF MUSIC AND SO FORTH
BUT TO SEE THE EVOLUTION IN
INSTRUMENTS
ND THE CONNECTION
FROM THE PLANTATION DAYS AND TO
ROYALTY TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH
MODERN MUSIC, SO IT IS AMAZING
TO DO THAT.
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO
EXPERIENCE IT ALL AT THE BISHOP
MUSEUM.
THE COLLECTION LOOKS AMAZING,
IT HAS SO MUCH INFORMATION,
SO PICK HIS BRAIN, LEARN A LOT