Here’s one you might have missed … it was the last song on a Ukulele Compilation album that JB played on.
Story goes, he was messing around between songs and the engineer recorded him playing “Kauai Beauty” a cappella … and the producers liked it so much they put it on the album.
https://youtu.be/UfJIjVAwENQ?si=6ybXnXfy89nnuQDO
A cappella Byrd
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Rick Aiello
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Re: A cappella Byrd
Mahalo for sharing, Rick!
Man, you can hear Jerry's "P'tah" attack all over this recording. It's such a great example!
Thanks for sharing these old recordings. Most of them are lost to time because they never got digitized off the record.
I often think to myself when studying Scotty's transcriptions of Jerry's recordings, "what record did this come from?" There is only so much available on streaming platforms.
Man, you can hear Jerry's "P'tah" attack all over this recording. It's such a great example!
Thanks for sharing these old recordings. Most of them are lost to time because they never got digitized off the record.
I often think to myself when studying Scotty's transcriptions of Jerry's recordings, "what record did this come from?" There is only so much available on streaming platforms.
Aloha,
Mike K
1932 A22 Rickenbacher Frypan, 1937 7string Prewar Rickenbacher Bakelite (C Diatonic), 1937 7string Epiphone Electar (Jerry Byrd's E9), 1937 Epiphone Electar (C#m9), 1940's Post War Rickenbacher Bakelite (Feet's D), 1950 Supro (Open F), 1950's Rickenbacher ACE (C6), 1950's Rickenbacher A25 Frypan (A6), 1957 National New Yorker (Jerry's E13), 1955 Q8 Fender Stringmaster (A6, C6, Noel's E13, C Diatonic), 1961 Supro (Open A), 8string VanderDonck Frypan (Buddy Emmons's C6).
Mike K
1932 A22 Rickenbacher Frypan, 1937 7string Prewar Rickenbacher Bakelite (C Diatonic), 1937 7string Epiphone Electar (Jerry Byrd's E9), 1937 Epiphone Electar (C#m9), 1940's Post War Rickenbacher Bakelite (Feet's D), 1950 Supro (Open F), 1950's Rickenbacher ACE (C6), 1950's Rickenbacher A25 Frypan (A6), 1957 National New Yorker (Jerry's E13), 1955 Q8 Fender Stringmaster (A6, C6, Noel's E13, C Diatonic), 1961 Supro (Open A), 8string VanderDonck Frypan (Buddy Emmons's C6).
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David Cook
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Re: A cappella Byrd
Thanks for the song!!
Ungodly perfect tuning on slants
His playing is a miracle!
Ungodly perfect tuning on slants
His playing is a miracle!
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Re: A cappella Byrd
Still the best! Fantastic.
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Re: A cappella Byrd
Thanks, Rick. JB's impeccable touch, volume pedal shadings, vibrato and impossibly perfect intonation still unequaled.
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Wow. Awesome.
Thanks
Thanks
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Re: A cappella Byrd
Sounds wonderful, wish there were more of these solo recordings. It sounded, at first, like it might be in B11th tuning but I soon realized that it has to be Jerry’s E9th tuning. Very rich indeed.
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Re: A cappella Byrd
Hey Rick, do you know what particular steel Jerry played on this recording?Rick Aiello wrote: 31 Jul 2025 4:15 pm Here’s one you might have missed … it was the last song on a Ukulele Compilation album that JB played on.
Story goes, he was messing around between songs and the engineer recorded him playing “Kauai Beauty” a cappella … and the producers liked it so much they put it on the album.
https://youtu.be/UfJIjVAwENQ?si=6ybXnXfy89nnuQDO
Aloha,
Mike K
1932 A22 Rickenbacher Frypan, 1937 7string Prewar Rickenbacher Bakelite (C Diatonic), 1937 7string Epiphone Electar (Jerry Byrd's E9), 1937 Epiphone Electar (C#m9), 1940's Post War Rickenbacher Bakelite (Feet's D), 1950 Supro (Open F), 1950's Rickenbacher ACE (C6), 1950's Rickenbacher A25 Frypan (A6), 1957 National New Yorker (Jerry's E13), 1955 Q8 Fender Stringmaster (A6, C6, Noel's E13, C Diatonic), 1961 Supro (Open A), 8string VanderDonck Frypan (Buddy Emmons's C6).
Mike K
1932 A22 Rickenbacher Frypan, 1937 7string Prewar Rickenbacher Bakelite (C Diatonic), 1937 7string Epiphone Electar (Jerry Byrd's E9), 1937 Epiphone Electar (C#m9), 1940's Post War Rickenbacher Bakelite (Feet's D), 1950 Supro (Open F), 1950's Rickenbacher ACE (C6), 1950's Rickenbacher A25 Frypan (A6), 1957 National New Yorker (Jerry's E13), 1955 Q8 Fender Stringmaster (A6, C6, Noel's E13, C Diatonic), 1961 Supro (Open A), 8string VanderDonck Frypan (Buddy Emmons's C6).
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Rick Aiello
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Re: A cappella Byrd
It was circa 1995 … his main steel was the ShoBud 7/8. …but he usually plays his E9 songs sitting down with his ShoBud frypan …
I vote for frypan
He didn’t play on every track of the compilation … but he was on a lot off them .
I vote for frypan
He didn’t play on every track of the compilation … but he was on a lot off them .
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Rick Aiello
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Re: A cappella Byrd
My kids just showed me the album is on “Spotify” …
https://open.spotify.com/album/36W5q8m641pL8FaC1QzeBP
https://open.spotify.com/album/36W5q8m641pL8FaC1QzeBP