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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
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 Posted - 01/15/2008 : 05:46:12 AM
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Ho'aikane was a super group of the 80s-90s Hawaiian music scene and also put a few slack key and traditional Hawaiian songs onto their albums. Their version of "By and By, Ho'i Mai 'Oe" is one of my favorites. Unfortunately, their albums are hard to find.
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Honopo
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 01/20/2008 : 04:59:31 AM
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Well, on KPOA yesterday, I heard Pu'uwai doing Lucky Dube's "It's Not Easy" and it made my day! Lucky lives on in Hawaii!
Even though his times are hard
You can hardly see it on his face
Because of the smile
People coming in from miles away
To hear him sing and see him play
So he can' t disappoint them now
The room is full of smoke
But he can see them dancing
And he can see them crying
It doesn' t bother him at all 'Cause he knows it' s only tears of joy
Let the band play on
There' s a girl sitting by the corner there
And she looks at him with her big brown eyes
He smiles back and carries on playing
It doesn' t bother him at all
Somehow, it gives him some comfort
Police came in halfway through the night
With the good news
Neighbours are complaining
'Cause the music is so low low low low
So TURN IT UP NOW, now
Let the band play on |
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Bd1
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 01/21/2008 : 12:43:13 AM
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| Aloha Jesse,I got my CD's of Ho'Aikane from Kahale Music,P.O. Box 1996,Waianae,Hi 96792 They had at last count (mine) 7 or 8 CD's. I have "A New Beginning" and "Island Irie". |
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Kaohi
Aloha
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Posted - 02/03/2008 : 5:23:58 PM
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GREAT POST clip
"The first Hawaiian reggae hit was a cover of Bob Marley’s “Guava Jelly” off of the Cane Fire Album by the Peter Moon Band. This was in 1982. Among the band members were Randy Lorenzo, Cyril Pahinui, Martin Pahinui, Steve Wofford, Bobby Hall, Merv Ching and Peter Moon. All of them first class musicians. These were the guys who set the bar that no other group has as of yet passed."
Kaohi's Post:
In 1978, hippies, "Stop the Bombing" on O Kanaloa Kohe Malamalama island off Maui, and the ending of the Vietnam War combined caused a need to reach for a universal sound that screamed all of the above.
In Haleiwa, we use to have a theater where Mc Donalds exist today-- here is where the first Reggae band groups played. The steps or dance was a marching an African war style. Only African-American soilders found their way to this theater. In their Army uniform they danced, I too joined them, it was an individual sort of thing. No talk, just dance-march to the Reggae beat, I believe this band was from Waianae.
I played Bob Marley records when my husband was at work. I played his music in mourning for George Helm. I read something printed on the back of the "War" album which brought peace to the happenings.
Don't mean to be long winded--Uncle Gabby played a concert in the Haleiwa parking lot that was organized by Mala a hippie woman living in Kahana Bay as a caregiver for a Kupuna.
Kaohi
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