Mona Kanoui (or whatever its called)

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Any info on this instrumental?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Used to be thought of as a BW work, now considered part of Dennis' canon.

Or... the other way around. - hey, I've just woken up, cut me some slack. Whatever, there are reputedly lyrics, and I'm told they're pretty dumb. One version recorded 11/15/68.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Interesting...

[c-man]

Used to be thought of as a BW work, now considered part of Dennis' canon.

Or... the other way around. - hey, I've just woken up, cut me some slack. Whatever, there are reputedly lyrics, and I'm told they're pretty dumb. One version recorded 11/15/68.

Another version supposedly recorded circa'75.
Lyrics by Kalanich ?  Could be wrong there, I just know not to many people have ever heard them.

[SloopJohnB]

Mona Kani sure sounds Denny-ish. I've heard a version with vocals, but this particular version was done by Sean MacCreavy... 

[Old Rake]

It is Denny, with lyrics (uncut and unrecorded) by Steve Kalenich.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

It is Denny, with lyrics (uncut and unrecorded) by Steve Kalenich.

Awesome.

[Jason]

Man I remember the good old days when Mona Kanau first hit the collector's market in the worst possible mp3 rip. It sounded like utter garbage. Thank God for the source on Brother Rarities/Big Sur 1970 in perfect sound (gee, how did THAT one get out? ).

I wonder if Mona Kanau was a solo Dennis session or a Dennis track intended for the band. 11/15/68 puts it in the 20/20 period.

[Dan Lega]

    I asked Steve Kalinich what he could tell me about the lyrics to Mona Kani, and he said he remembered that there were a bunch of faux Hawaiian words in the song.  I'm hoping there are more lyrics than that written down or sung on tape someplace, but the fake Hawaiian may be all that there ever was.

         Love and merci,   Dan Lega

[Lowbacca]

*bump*

Short question about the track in.. question here, so I thought I'd use this here old thread.



On topic: The track is called "Mona Kani" on my copy of "Get The Boot Vol. 1" and it's called "Mona Kana" on MiC. Both are practically the same tracks. The thread title reads "Mona Kanoui".

Are all these titles interchangable?
If not, did different versions/recordings have different names?
Are all of these Dennis solo tracks/recordings/projects?


Thanks in advance for any information!

[Jason]

They're all the same thing. The official track name is Mona Kana.

[Lowbacca]

They're all the same thing. The official track name is Mona Kana.

Thanks.

 . . and it's presumably a Dennis solo project?

[c-man]

They're all the same thing. The official track name is Mona Kana.

Thanks.

 . . and it's presumably a Dennis solo project?

A track produced by Dennis with help from Carl, intended for the "20/20" album but never finished with vocals. Mike Kowalski plays drums!

[RangeRoverA1]

Mona Kani is only half-good; instead of those off-the-cob strings they could've gone on developing suspicious atmosphere doing lots of variations on it. Three Blind Mice is a perfect closer in & of the song, it's almost as though it was intended to sit at the end of Mona Kani (at least, according to some YT video, maybe just a fan-made stuff).

[Andrew G. Doe]

"Three Blind Mice" was recorded by Brian in late 1965... "Mona Kana" was recorded by Dennis in late 1968. Join the dots. 

[RangeRoverA1]

2Mr. Doe: Thanks for the accuracy, however, admit that it's combined very seamlessly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt9rA4cGsws

Sounds like Brian & Dennis's music could do a good match.

[pixletwin]

They're all the same thing. The official track name is Mona Kana.

Thanks.

 . . and it's presumably a Dennis solo project?

A track produced by Dennis with help from Carl, intended for the "20/20" album but never finished with vocals. Mike Kowalski plays drums!

Yes, about that sessionography..... 

[Lowbacca]

They're all the same thing. The official track name is Mona Kana.

Thanks.

 . . and it's presumably a Dennis solo project?

A track produced by Dennis with help from Carl, intended for the "20/20" album but never finished with vocals. Mike Kowalski plays drums!

Alright, thanks for the intel!