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Ohio River Rag (Awake Again Version)

Songsbig island, Holualoa, improvisation, peaceful guitar music, relaxing guitar, relaxing music, shure ksm 141, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, tranquil song

Here is a version of my song “Ohio River Rag” recorded for the Awake Again project. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 3/1/09.

Morning and Night (Awake Again Version)

Songsbig island, Holualoa, improvisation, peaceful guitar music, relaxing guitar, relaxing music, shure ksm 141, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, tranquil song

Here is a version of my song “Morning and Night” recorded for the Awake Again project. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 6/20/09.

Dust Yourself Off

Songsbig island, drop C, Hawaii, Holualoa, improvisation, ki ho’alu, peaceful guitar music, relaxing guitar, relaxing music, shure ksm 141, slack key, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, tranquil song

Dust Yourself Off is a slack key influenced fingerstyle song from my Awake Again project. I hear the song as imbued with a sense of renewal and starting a new journey. This was to be the first full length song in the setlist, preceded by only a brief instrumental introduction. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 2/24/09

Brownsboro Road (Awake Again Version)

Songsshure ksm 141, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, Taylor Dreadnaught guitar

Here is a version of my song “Brownsboro Road” recorded for the Awake Again project. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 4/20/09.

Momentum (6/8/09)

Songsbig island, Holualoa, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, Taylor Dreadnaught guitar, taylor guitars

Momentum was a song I wrote not long after moving back to Kailua-Kona after being away for a while. Alternately titled “Rolling Waves,” I have added different bridges and changed the intro at times, but the core of the song remains the same. This version was recorded as a demo for my “Awake Again” project. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 6/8/09.

Introduction from Awake Again (6/13/09)

SongsElixir strings, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, Taylor Dreadnaught guitar, taylor guitars

This was the introduction to a set of songs I was working on a while back. The working title of the project was “Awake Again”, and the idea was to have a set of songs songs that were connected by mostly shorter and improvisatory ‘transitions’, including both an introduction preceding the set and an outro at the end. I wanted the introduction to convey a sense that you were transitioning into listening mode and set the stage for the music to come. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 6/13/09.

Punahoa Special (Live at Hawaii Island Slack Key Festival)

Songsbig island, fred punahoa, fred punahou, Hawaii, kailua kona, keauhou, ki ho’alu, kona coffee, mauna loa tuning, sheraton, slack key, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e

Here is a live version of “Punahoa Special” from 2007 (apologies for the camera work :-). This is a song I was fortunate enough to learn directly from Led Ka’apana, one that Led had in turn learned directly from his uncle Fred Punahoa. Though Fred never made a full album, he did make a notable appearance on the Waimea Music Festival album and fostered amazing talents of the next generation such as Led and Sonny Lim. This is an often covered song in the slack key world, and might also be the most popular song in Mauna Loa slack key tuning. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded live at the 25th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival “Kona Style,” at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort in Keauhou, Hawai’i 9/2/07.

Straight Ahead Blues (Demo)

Songsacoustic blues, acoustic guitar, big island, fingerstyle guitar, Hawaii, Holualoa, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, Taylor Dreadnaught

Here is an improvised song from the vaults I dubbed “Straight Ahead Blues.” At the time I recorded this song, I was listening to a lot of the Clapton Unplugged album, which I still enjoy going back to from time to time. Same with the blues on acoustic guitar. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 2/26/09.

Hand Dancing

Songsawake again, Elixir strings, Fred Kelly, love, peace, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, Taylor Dreadnaught guitar, taylor guitars, thumbpicks

Hand Dancing started out as an introductory fingerpicking study I wrote for students back when I was teaching guitar full time at a music store. I kept the song in my set for a number of years, playing it on both nylon and steel string. This version was recorded as a demo for my “Awake Again” project. The wallpaper shows me with my old Taylor 310ce that I used to record this song. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 6/20/09.

Transition One (3/16/09)

Songsacoustic guitar, big island, Elixir HD Light, fingerstyle guitar, Fred Kelly, Hawaii, Holualoa, kailua kona, kona coffee, love, peaceful guitar music, relaxing guitar, relaxing music, Taylor 310, taylor 310ce, Taylor 310e, Taylor Dreadnaught guitar, taylor guitars, thumbpicks, tranquil song

Here is an improvisatory piece recorded for a project I had a few years back. The idea behind the project, called “Awake Again,” was to have a handful of songs that were connected by mostly shorter and improvisatory ‘transitions’ that would act as both glue and palette cleanser between the slightly more structured songs. The wallpaper shows me with my old Taylor 310ce that I used to record this song. Hope you enjoy.

Recorded in Holualoa, Hawai’i, 3/16/09.

Nick Borho

Slack Key & Fingerstyle Guitar