"Gimme Some Slack" is very nahenahe, like a spontaneous backyard jam, with Keawe's mastery on guitar in full throttle.

There's more historical perspective than entertainment value here, in the sense that most of the tracks may not be broadly accessible these days. The expansive song list ranges from the truly Hawaiian to the hapa-haole, with mixed results, largely performed by Ho'opi'i's Novelty Quartette. The fare includes "Palolo" (1937), "Royal Hawaiian Hotel" (1930), "Hula Blues" (1930), "Hapa Haole Hula Girl" (1933) and "To You, Sweetheart, Aloha" (1936), surely early repertory favorites. Then there are the curious items like "King Kamehameha," "Hula Breeze" and "Ten Tiny Toes, One Baby Nose," with an unmistakable hapa-haole stamp evocative of a time when Hawai'i was an exotic port in the far-off seas. A bit kitschy, but reflecting the period well.