Meeleven Leed's Hawaiian Country

 

Honolulu Blue And Green

Melveen Leed's Hawaiian Country

Accompanied by the "Super Pickers"

Bradley's Barn, Nashville & Jerry Byrd in Hawaii

Produced and Arranged by Charles Bud Dent

Art  by Tom Rixford

Recorded in Nashville at Bradley's Barn & in Hawaii at Sounds Of Hawaii

Remixed and Mastered in North Hollywood by Lee Herschberg

Lehua Records 7019

1975

From the back cover: It is only natural that Melveen Seed, the part-Hawaiian country girl from Molokai, is the singer leading the way in bridging the gap between Hawaiian and Country music. The two forms of musical expression have so much in common and Melveen is at home in both fields.

She handles th Island songs with ease – whether they are in Hawaiian of English. Blending English lyrics with Hawaiian or Hawaiian words with songs written originally in English seems natural to her.

In this album, the first of its kind ever produced, the songs are of old and new Hawaii and the accompaniments are straight from Nashville county, with the exception of the lovely "sweetening" by Jerry Byrd and his Hawaiian Steel Guitar. – Keith Hague - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Nashville Super Pickers

Grady Martin - Lead guitar

Ray Edenton - Rhythm guitar

Harold Bradley - Guitar

Bobby Moore - Bass

Harris Robbins - Piano

Bobby Thompson - Banjo

Buddy Harmon - Drums

Ka Makani Kaili Aloha

The Music Of Hawaii

The Hawaiian Wedding Song

Haole Hula

Paniolo Country

Honolulu Blue And Green

Walk Through Paradise / Jesu Meke Kanaka Waiwai

Hiilawe

Baby Pakalana

Hanohano Molokai

The Green, Green Grass Of Home

My Little Grass Shack

Me Oe Eay E Hele Pu (Closer Walk)