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| | TIME Pacific | Hawaii's Man of Steel | August 14, 2000 |
 | | This may make Nawahi seem a musical stunt man, but the Yazoo CD reveals him as a gifted instrumentalist having serious fun. |
 | | He could be the star (on the briskly wailing Ticklin' the Strings, the jaunty May Day Is Lei Day in Hawaii) or the sideman, accompanying New Orleans stride pianist Fats Pichon (Wiggle Yo Toes) and hillbilly Slim Smith (Otto Wood, the Bandit, with Bennie playing mandolin, harmonica and two guitars). |
 | | He worked in many pop dialects and in dozens of bands-for a while, with the young Roy Rogers-but there was one constant: inventive exhilaration. |
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