Exotic Tiki Island Podcast with Tiki Brian – Show 51

Paniolo: The spirit of the Hawaiian Cowboy

Originally published April 22, 2017

In this episode, we’ll be visiting the main beach, Grandpa Ado’s Grotto, and then we’re going to visit the Aloha Beach and join the islanders as they celebrate the heritage of the Paniolo, also known as the Hawaiian cowboy. All this and more are coming up in this episode of the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast.

Show 51 – PANIOLO - The Spirit of the Hawaiian Cowboy

Tracklist

My Isle of Golden Dreams – Melveen Leed
South Sea Affair – Tom Edmondso
Sophisticated Hula – Herb Ohta
Hawaii How Are You – Western Swing All Stars
Lyin In The Sand – Hello Sailor
Red Eye Gravy and Poi – Melveen Leed
Hula Rock – Hank Snow
Ku’u Ipo Ku’u Aloha Poina Ole (Ida’s Hula) – Bill Wynne
Leilani – The Hula Girls
Kulaha – Le Mai Tai Orch
Honolulu How Do You Do – The Hollywaiians (Hawaiian Cowboy)
Hawaiian Cowboy – Roy Rogers
Beneath Hawaiian Palms – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Panilol Country – Kona K Blend
Paniolo – Leelee Robert
Paniolo – The Tikiyaki Orch
Ride Paniolo Ride Medley – Island Breeze
Hawaiian Cowboy – Kalei Bridges
My Little Hula Girl – Combo Mahalo
My 9th Island Paniolo Ranch – Danny Estocado

Transcript

Show number 51.

Aloha, and welcome to another episode of the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast. This is Show number 51, and I’m your host, Tiki Brian. Get ready for another adventure to Exotic Tiki Island as I play vintage Hawaiian, Exotica, and Tiki tunes from my personal vinyl and digital collection.

It’s almost here, summer that is, and one of the biggest events of the year. You haven’t heard, it’s the 1940s Bolly Bend happening June 17th at the Boulder Airport in Colorado. Join us for an unforgettably magical evening with Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Hollywood Satin Dolls, and playing the event for the first time, the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra.

This year’s 1940s Bolly Bend theme is Glamorous 1940s Hollywood with an all new Officers Club VIP Lounge. Step into Hollywood’s World War II planes, enjoy a night of dancing with your sweetheart, or maybe even meet one. Plus witness World War II plane flybys, vehicles, and reenactors while listening to the most sought after big bands.

And be sure to visit our hanger made into Casablanca’s Rick’s Cafe Americana with belly dancers and even a roulette table that attendees can play on. Also world renowned Bob Hope impersonator Bill Johnson along with 1940s cars and authentic attire contest, swing dance lessons, singles, taxi dancing, and a dance contest. You’ll see swing dancers heat up the dance floor under a canopy of movie set lights while cigarette girls hand out rations.

Attendees will have the opportunity to have their photos taken with World War II planes and military vehicles. And be sure to stop by the Tango Tango Club tent or the Cantina tent. Also you can enter the 1940s costume contest and dance the night away in a conga line.

And to top the night off in grand style, we’ll announce the end of the war with an authentic 1940s radio announcement complete with confetti drop and a huge celebration. It’s all happening Saturday, June 17th at the Boulder Airport in Colorado. This event consistently sells out in advance, so get your tickets early.

For more information and tickets, visit www.1940sball.org. That’s 1940sball.org. We’ll see you at this year’s 1940s Ball event happening June 17th at the Boulder Airport in Colorado.

You’re listening to Tiki Brian and the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast. Okay, friends, who’s ready to travel back in time to Exotic Tiki Island? Perfect.

Captain Scottie B., I think everyone’s here and ready to go. Sounds good, Tiki Brian.

Today, I’ll be your pilot as we jet set off to Exotic Tiki Island. Welcome, wahinis and connies. Come aboard and take a seat.

Make yourself comfortable. We have first class accommodations for everyone. Please watch your step as you board.

Watch your step. Welcome aboard. Watch your step.

And please watch your step. We have been cleared for takeoff. Now turn up the speakers in front of you and enjoy your flight to Exotic Tiki Island.

Look, down there, I see Exotic Tiki Island. Wahinis and Connie’s, please prepare for landing.

This is your captain, Scotty B.

We have been cleared for landing.

Hold on tight.

I’m bringing this baby in for a landing.

Nice landing, Captain, mahalo. Welcome, Wahinis and Coneys, to the main beach on Exotic Tiki Island. And you guessed it, the weather is a perfect 78 degrees with a warm, gentle trade wind blowing in from the Pacific Ocean.

You are now in paradise. All we need now is a Tiki cocktail, and we’ll begin our adventure right after we hear a word from our sponsor. Wahinis and Coneys, I’d like to tell you about our sponsor, Hotep Nephty.

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You’re listening to Tiki Brian and the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast. Welcome back to the podcast. Captain, we need a Tiki cocktail.

What do you have in store for us today?

Oh, it’s a good one, Tiki Brian.

I think you and your friends are going to enjoy this one.

It’s called the Melanus Funk.

This drink was created by our official ETI radio mixologist, Tiki Mon.

This is what you’ll need to make the Melanus Funk.

Three-quarter ounce of fresh lime juice, three-quarter ounce of white grapefruit juice, half ounce of Midori liqueur, half ounce of ginger syrup, half ounce of falernum, one ounce of dark or aged Jamaican rum, one ounce of temerara rum, one ounce of white virgin islands rum. Shake with five ounces of crushed ice, add one ounce of ginger beer to shaker and stir to mix. Pour into DOF glass.

Garnish with melon cubes skewered on a sword and enjoy. Super yummy Captain Mahalo. Okay friends, now that we have our Melonious Funk Cocktail, let’s enjoy this tropical paradise while we listen to some Hawaiian music right here on the main beach.

Enjoy.

Come on, he is calling. When I hear the rhythm of the hula-ruff, hula-ruff, In the South Pacific, where the trade winds blow, They thought that the hula was a little bit slow, So they stepped it up with a go-go-go, And that’s where they got that rock and roll. In the South Pacific, now they’re getting with it, On the beach at Waikiki, And it’s a lula when they try the hula With a rock and rolling beat.

Take me back with the trade winds of blow To the land of the hula, where they never get old And the cooney birds dance with the go-go-go When the natives join in with the rock and roll With me to riddle, have a break in the middle And yet stay on the beat But I want to sway with them when I hear the rhythm Of the rock and the hula-bee the hula-bee.

The hula-bee.

Soothing Hawaiian music. Gentle trade winds and swaying palm trees. Friends, you’re not dreaming, you’re on exotic Tiki Island.

And now, it’s time to venture up to Grandpa Otto’s Grotto. I just bet he would enjoy sharing some of his vintage Hawaiian records with all of us. Let’s begin our adventure by traveling through the dark, exotic jungle as we make our way up to Grandpa Otto’s Grotto.

Let’s go.

We’re here, Grandpa Otto’s Grotto. Now, for you new listeners to the show, let me tell you a little bit about Grandpa Otto. He’s a favorite on the island, and he’s liked by everyone.

And he’s been here for a very long time. He loves to travel to the mainland and shop at thrift stores for old, vintage Hawaiian records to play on his Victrola. One of his favorite passions is to share his music collection with visitors who stop by.

So I’m sure he’ll be very happy to see all of you.

I’ll knock on the door and see if he’s home.

Aloha, Grandpa Otto.

It’s Captain Scotty B. And Tiki Brian. And a bunch of his Tiki friends.

Welcome, everyone. Come in and make yourselves at home. You caught me at a great time.

I just picked up a bunch of old Hawaiian cowboy music. I haven’t even played them, so I’m not sure how they’re going to sound. Would you and your Tiki friends care to join me as I play these on my Victrola?

Of course we would, Grandpa Otto. Hawaiian cowboy music! Yes, Captain, the Hawaiian cowboy or Paniolo is a big part of Hawaiian history.

In fact, the islanders are going to be celebrating the heritage of the Paniolo later today on the Aloha Beach. Everyone is invited, so I suggest that you take your Tiki friends down to the beach and listen to the music of the Hawaiian cowboy. That sounds like a fantastic idea, Grandpa Otto.

I’ll do that right after we leave your grotto. Wonderful. So let’s listen to some vintage Paniolo tunes on the Victrola.

Enjoy my friends.

that he heard was so enchanting. He lost his heart and sang this melody.

What now, Dean Evelyn?

Very nice, Grandpa Otto. That music puts me in the mood for the Paniolo Celebration, happening at the Aloha Beach in just a few minutes. You and your Tiki friends better hurry along so you don’t miss the celebration.

Mahalo, Grandpa Otto.

We’ll see you soon.

Mahalo, Grandpa Otto. Thanks for the vintage tunes. All right, friends, let’s head down to the Aloha Beach and check out the heritage of the Paniolo Celebration.

And while we’re heading down to the beach, let me tell you a little bit more about the history of the Hawaiian cowboy. You see, the Hawaiian cowboy, also known as the Paniolo, is a direct descendant of the Vaquero, the cowboy of California and Mexico. Experts in Hawaiian epidemiology believe Paniolo is the Hawaiianized pronunciation of the Espanol.

The Hawaiian language has no S sound and all syllables and words must end in a vowel. Paniolo, like cowboys on the mainland of North America, learned their skills from the Mexican Vaquero. By the early 19th century, Captain George Vancouver’s gift of cattle to Pe’e Kamehameha, monarch of the Hawaiian kingdom, had multiplied astonishingly and were wreaking havoc throughout the countryside.

About 1812, John Parker, a sailor who jumped ship and settled in the islands, received permission from Kamehameha to capture the wild cattle and develop a beef industry. The Hawaiian style of ranching originally included capturing wild cattle by driving them into pits dug in the forest floor. Once tamed somewhat by hunger and thirst, they were hauled out up a steep ramp and tied by their horns to the horns of a tame, older steer, or ox, that knew where the food and water were located.

The industry grew slowly under the reign of Kamehameha’s son, Laholio, Kamehameha II. Later, Kamehameha III visited California, then still part of Mexico. He was impressed with the skill of the Mexican vaquero and invited several to Hawaii in 1832 to teach the Hawaiian people how to work cattle.

Even today, traditional Paniolo dress, as well as certain styles of Hawaiian formal attire, reflect the Spanish heritage of the vaquero. The traditional Hawaiian saddle, the Noho Leo, and many other tools of the cowboy’s trade have a distinctly Mexican-Spanish look, and many Hawaiian ranching families still carry the names of the vaquero who married Hawaiian women and made Hawaii their home. So, that’s just a quick summary of the history of the Paniolo, or Hawaiian cowboy.

And look, friends, we’ve arrived to the Aloha Beach just in time for the celebration. Let’s enjoy another Tiki cocktail and listen to some Hawaiian cowboy music. Captain, are you ready for some Paniolo music?

I sure am, Tiki Brian.

Yee-haw!

There you have it, friends, the music of the Hawaiian cowboy. Pretty amazing.

It sure was.

Well, friends, it’s getting late, and it’s time to head back to the main beach and prepare for our flight back home. Let’s go to the main beach.

Friends, we are now back on the main beach, and sadly, it’s time to go home. The captain has prepared the plane, and we’re ready to take off. I hope you enjoyed your visit to Exotic Tiki Island.

Listening to the music of the Paniolo was very cool. Before we take off, I’d like to remind all of you about ETI Radio. ETI Radio is an online broadcast that begins on the first Friday of each month.

If you enjoy the music from the podcast, then you’re going to love ETI Radio. Plus, the captain and myself will be hosting the Aloha Friday live happy hour show from the Blue Whale Tiki Bar to kick off the weekend broadcast. For more information on ETI Radio, visit the official exotictikiisland.com website.

There, you will see the ETI Radio schedule along with many more specially themed ETI Radio broadcast. Oh, and one more thing. If you like the podcast and want to show your appreciation, you can buy me a Mai Tai by making a donation to the show.

Simply go to exotictikiisland.com and click on the donation button to make a donation. Any amount is greatly appreciated and it really does help me offset the cost of producing each podcast show. Well, that just about wraps it up for this show.

We’ll be back with more music, fun and adventure on Show 52 of the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast. Captain, let’s send them off. Aloha!