Greg and Junko MacDonald: Samples
"Live in Waikiki" DVD Sample
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
Note: this is a DVD. CD samples by album title are below.
"Aloha from Hawaii" Samples
Hukilau Song
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "Aloha from Hawaii" CD.
A happy old Hawaiian song inspired by net fishing from shore. Great Hawaiian Steel Guitar solo.
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Morning Dew
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Aloha from Hawaii" CD.
This is a wistful, gentle song which will make you want to visit the Hawaiian Islands.
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Little Grass Shack
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Aloha from Hawaii" CD.
This was a song begging to be done on steel pan. Everyone knows it! Check out the spicy steel guitar work too.
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Sanoe
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Aloha From Hawaii" CD.
Written by Queen Liliuokalani, this is a haunting love song, done with just piano, pans, and a little bass.
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Harbor Lights
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Aloha from Hawaii" CD.
Lovers young and old like this song. It makes them want to be together.
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I'll Remember You
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Aloha from Hawaii" CD.
Nostalgia at it's best. A most beautiful melody. Guitar solo will put you in the clouds.
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"Timeless" CD Samples
Begin the Beguine
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "Timeless" CD.
Cole Porter and steel drums with some French accordion? Check it out.
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Mona Lisa
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "Timeless," voted Best Jazz Album, Hawaii Music Awards
We stayed true to Nat King Cole's version when we did this, and I can hear him singing when I play it.
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Something Stupid
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "Timeless, " voted Best Jazz Album, Hawaii Music Awards
Very cute little young love song, bouncy with three soloists (guitar/pan/accordion.)
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Around the World in 80 Days
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "Timeless," winner Best Jazz Album, Hawaii Music Awards
This was the first movie I saw in Cine-o-rama. What a thrill. The song brings back memories on world travel.
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Volare
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "Timeless," winner Best Jazz Album, Hawaii Music Awards.
When I play this it makes me want to eat pasta and meatballs. It also reminds me of a peaceful era, long gone.
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"Banana Boat Rider" Samples
Brown Eyed Girl
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Banana Boat Rider" CD.
We added Hawaiian Steel Guitar and a little Calypso beat to the mix. You've never before heard it like this.
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Jamaica Farewell
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From our "Banana Boat Rider" CD.
Looking for that Caribbean sound? The first half is Belafonte's updated style, followed by Jimmy Buffett's style.
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Margarittaville
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Banana Boat Rider," winner Best World Music, Hawaii Music Awards
Break out the chips and quacamole! This CD sold out on Home Shopping Network, setting a new sales record!
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Under the Sea
(Greg MacDonald)
From "Banana Boat Rider," winner Best World Music, Hawaii Music Awards
Surely the most popular Disney song of recent years. It'll get your toes tapping.
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"A Real Steel Christmas" Samples
Jingle-Bell Rock
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "A Real Steel Christmas," winner Best Seasonal album, Hawaii Music Awards.
This is one of the happiest Christmas songs ever. It'll make you write to Santa.
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Silver Bells
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "A Real Steel Christmas," winner Best Seasonal album, Hawaii Music Awards
I think of James Stewart and It's a Wonderful Life when I play this song. It's a snowy, city, Christmas Eve kind of song.
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Jingle Bells
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "A Real Steel Christmas," winner Best Seasonal Album, Hawaii Music Awards.
Another Santa-type song, but with a light raggae beat.
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O, Holy Night
(Greg and Junko MacDonald)
From "A Real Steel Christmas," winner Best Seasonal Album, Hawaii Music Awards.
This is my all time favorite Christmas song. It's what Christmas means to me.
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"Pan-a-Cabana" CD Samples
Mack the Knife (Mambo)
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Pan-a-Cabana," winner Best Latin Album, Hawaii Music Awards
Yep, I did it as a mambo, and it works. I just wish Bobby Darin could have heard it. Ole'!
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La Paloma
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Pan-a-Cabana," winner Best Latin Album, Hawaii Music Awards
A tango, comissioned as a wedding "first dance" song, and gift to the bride, is a beautiful Latin classic.
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Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Pan-a-Cabana," winner Best Latin Album, Hawaii Music Awards
Prez Prado, king of Latin music in the 50's, gave us this and a dozen others. He was my first Latin influence.
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"Sweet Dreaming" CD Samples
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Sweet Dreaming," winner Best Classical Album, Hawaii Music Awards
A Bach favorite. This is so unusual on stee pan, and so pristine clear. I think we set a new industry standard.
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Beautiful Dreamer
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Sweet Dreaming," winner Best Classical Album, Hawaii Music Awards
This song is sentimental because Foster wrote it after a 10 year depression from the death of his wife.
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Edelweiss
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Sweet Dreaming," winner Best Classical Album, Hawaii Music Awards
This will certainly make you think of scenes from Sound of Music.
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Canon in D
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Sweet Dreaming," winner Best Classical Album, Hawaii Music Awards
We play this at every wedding gig we do. It's a wonderful and etherial song.
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"Pan 2 Paradise" CD Samples
Tiny Bubbles
(Greg MacDonald)
From "Pan 2 Paradise," winner Best World Music, Hawaii Music Awards
If there's any song that captures Waikiki by day, this is it. Cute, cute, cute.
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Blue Hawaii
(Greg MacDonald)
From "Pan 2 Paradise," winner Best World Music, Hawaii Music Awards
Many folks remember this song from the Elvis movie of the same name. Makes you feel like your on the beach, under a palm.
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Hawaiian Wedding Song (Hawaiian)
(Greg MacDonald)
From "Pan 2 Paradise," winner Best World Music, Hawaii Music Awards
There's 150,000 weddings in Hawaii yearly. This is played at every one.
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Yellow Bird
(Greg & Junko MacDonald)
From "Pan 2 Paradise," winner Best World Music, Hawaii Music Awards
Every steel pan player has to play this song. It's like it was made for pan. So sweet.
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