Yellow Bird - Музыка

Arthur Lyman Was Born On The Island Of Kauai In The U.S. Territory Of Hawaii On 2 February 1934. He Was The Youngest Of Eight Children Of A Hawaiian Mother And A Father Of Hawaiian French Belgian And Chinese Extraction. When Arthur's Father A Land Surveyor Lost His Eyesight In An Accident On Kauai The Family Moved To The Island Of Oahu And Settled In Makiki A Section Of Honolulu. 1 Arthur's Father Was Very Strict With Him Each Day After School Locking Him In A Room With Orders To Play Along To A Stack Of Benny Goodman Records "to Learn What Good Music Is." "I Had A Little Toy Marimba " Lyman Later Recalled "a Sort Of Bass Xylophone And From Those Old 78 Rpm Disks I Learned Every Note Lionel Hampton Recorded With The Goodman Group." 2 At Age 8 He Made His Public Debut Playing His Toy Marimba On The Listerine Amateur Hour On Radio Station KGMB Honolulu Playing "Twelfth Street Rag." "I Won A Bottle Of Listerine " He Laughed. 3 Lyman Joined His Father And Brother Playing USO Shows On The Bases At Kaneohe And Pearl Harbor. 4 Over The Next Few Years He Became Adept At The 4-Mallet Style Of Playing Which Offers A Greater Range Of Chord-Forming Options. In Fact He Became Good Enough To Turn Professional At Age 14 When He Joined A Group Called The Gadabouts Playing Vibes In The Cool-Jazz Style Then In Vogue. "I Was Working At Leroy's A Little Nightclub Down By Kakaako. I Was Making About $60 A Week Working Monday To Saturday From 9 To 2 In The Morning And Then I'd Go To School. So It Was Kind Of Tough." read less