Album Notes

"Sweet Hollywaiians" are amazing Japanese hot string band and play '20s,'30s hawaiian,swing,ragtime,blues,italian and calypso music.... Hollywood style!!

They respect the string virtuosos like Sol Hoopii,Roy Smeck,Eddie Lang,Carl Kress,Giovanni Vicari and play many many instruments......Guitar,Hawaiian Steel Guitar,Ukulele,Mandolin,Mandola,Banjo and Bass.

When you listen to their sound,you will be really very impressed by their level of musicianship, clever arrangements and feel for playing the '20s,'30s music.

These guys are terrific!!

ROBERT CRUMB
"I have listened to "Sweet Hollywaiians" and found the music excellent,exactly to my taste!
I was surprised how good the music was,in fact!!"


JANET KLEIN
"If I was to order my favorite choices from the Victor Record Catalog 1927, that stack of shellac 78 rpms would have sounded like this! Tom Marion and the Sweet Hollywaiians have lovingly and skillfully rendered a choice selection of Hawaiian, Italian, Tinpan Alley and more...
my heartfelt praise and appreciation for making beautiful old music live long."

PERSONNEL;
#Tomotaka Matsui
National Tricone Steel Guitar,Guitar,Vocal

#Nobumasa Takada
B&D Radio Special Tenor Banjo,Weymann Mandolin,Ukulele,Guitar,Vocal

#Takashi Nakayama
Guitar,Ukulele,Vocal

#Kouichi Tsutsumishita
Bass,Vocal

#Tom Marion (on "Dardanella")
Gibson Mandocello