Greg MacDonald - Pan 2 Paradise - COMPACT DISCS

Please read all the great information about this CD, but if you just are looking to contact us directly, here's that info first Greg and Junko MacDonald Ph. 808-735-6003 (that's our home in Hawaii) email gmacd@aloha.net Now, on with this wonderful CD. Pan 2 Paradise is the first steel drum recording of Hawaiian and Caribbean music (seven Hawaiian favorites, seven Caribbean favorites) on the same CD. It's also the first time that steel drums have been blended with the Hawaiian ukulele and steel guitar. It's quite simply unique. This combination was sort of 'accidental.' We were playing in Waikiki at the Moana Sheraton Surfrider Hotel, in the beautiful Banyan Court overlooking the beach. Guests kept asking us if we had a recording. Since we didn't have any original music, we took a list of the most frequently requested tunes, and headed for the studio. When we finished, we realized that half the songs were Hawaiian, half Caribbean. Why? Because we were performing in Hawaii so people would request Hawaiian songs, but others knew the instrument was from the Caribbean, so requested those. Hence the title Pan (which is the nickname for the steel drum) 2 Paradise (music from two paradises.) For custom audio or MP3 CD's, contact Greg, gmacd@aloha.net, and you can choose/pay for just the songs you want from our five CD's. To see and hear all recordings by us, scroll down to 'Try This,' located on the lower left of your screen, then look for 'GALLERIES this is in Greg MacDonald,' and click on it. Bio We are an instrumental duo. I play parallel lead pans (higher register) and Junko plays double seconds (lower register). You can see our picture on the album Sweet Dreaming, located in this site, see below for directions how to get there. My introduction to pan was at the University of California, Berkeley. Having been a professional trap set drummer, I took a class at Berkeley