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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
 Posted - 02/28/2008 : 07:19:23 AM
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Heaven has gained another slack key master...island TV is reporting that Raymond Kane passed away early this morning:
http://kgmb9.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4448&Itemid=76
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Auntie Maria
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 07:26:51 AM
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| This has been a very sad week. Uncle Ray has suffered tremendously. It is good that he now no longer will suffer. He has been such a kind advocate for slack key guitar. He shared his knowledge by teaching so many students, many of whom are our TP `ohana. His playing style was very distinctive and you can easily tell who were his haumana because they play with many of Uncle Raymond's characteristics. He was a man full of life, full of joy and a proud Hawaiian. He and Aunty Elodia were a shining example of a married couple. You could not help but see the love in her eyes for him whenever she looked at him. God bless you and keep you in his care, Uncle Raymond. Heaven will be ringing with the sounds of music. Words cannot express. Aloha `oe and mahalo nui loa. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 07:32:28 AM
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| My prayers go out to Auntie Elodia. |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
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Ray Sowders
Akahai
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 07:51:53 AM
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I saw uncle this past Sunday when I visited him at the hospital. He was trying to rest, but still tried to talk to me while I was there. I just tried to get him to relax. Even in his last days he was singing to everybody who would listen! It was his way. He even tried to get the nurses and staff to sing along with him. I played some slack key for him while he drifted off to sleep the last two times I visited. It made me reflect on my chosen business name..."Ki Ho'alu Dreams". He was a great man, and gave freely to so many. I will always be greatful. Hy heart goes out to all of his extended 'ohana. A hui hou uncle,
Ray |
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Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 08:03:08 AM
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Man, I was not expecting that post, Auntie Maria. I really wanted to visit Uncle Ray at Kaiser a few weeks ago while visiting Oʻahu, but I got sick so didn't dare visit a hospital.
Uncle Ray holds a special place in my heart. One, he was the first slack key guitarist that I ever saw perform live. That was many years ago at Somerville Theater in Massachusetts along with George Kahumoku and Keola Beamer. Two, I am one of many studenta who drove out to Waiʻanae to visit the Kānes for a guitar lesson or lesson in aloha. Feels like just yesterday that Lynette and I would pull up to 89-103 Haleakalā Ave and through the screen door hear a loud, welcoming, "Aloha!" I think my last visit was back in 2002. I have many fond memories chatting with the Kānes, seeing Uncle perform at the Slack Key Festival in 2001, Uncle Ray saying to me, "You one sly mongoose!"
My prayers go out to the Kāne ʻohana. Uncle Ray, play on! I will miss you. |
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JimC
Lokahi
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 08:30:31 AM
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You said it Andy, any time with Uncle Raymond was a "lesson in Aloha"
a hui hou Uncle |
Jim
http://www.ohanahulasupply.com
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
1628 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 09:03:54 AM
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Aloha `Oe, Uncle Ray.
Although we only met a few times, Uncle Ray touched my heart through his music and infectious aloha.
I will never forget the one and only slack key lesson Uncle Ray gave me. On the phone. He opened the door just by talking to me. That is mana.
Without Uncle Ray Kane I would never have taken up slack key. Which means there wouldn't be that book I did with Keola, which means there wouldn't be an Aloha Camp, which means there might not be a Taropatch.net.
Which means we wouldn't be able to share our sadness and joy over this great man.
Funny how we find that everything really is connected. Music is so much more than notes.
"Take one, Uncle."
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 09:38:55 AM
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| My thoughts and prayers are with the Kāne ʻohana during the sad times ahead. |
Aloha,
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 09:39:59 AM
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Heaven has been blessed this week, but those of us here on earth are feeling a terrible sense of loss. Raymond Kane. The name alone speaks volumes. We should also know him by his middle name "Kaleoalohapoina'oleohelemanu".......The voice of love that comes and goes like a bird, and will never be forgotten.
What a sad week it has been.
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"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
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KäneKïHö`alu
Akahai
64 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 12:39:06 PM
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| Aloha Uncle Ray. You were an inspiration for me and countless others through your beautiful music. I know Heaven is a better place now that you are there. |
E mālama pono a e hoʻomaha ma ka maluhia o ke Akua,
Matt |
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Pops
Lokahi
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 2:19:44 PM
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Aloha, Uncle Raymond and mahalo nui loa for making the world a better place through your music and aloha. Aunty, my thoughts and prayer are with you and your ohana.
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
1533 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 3:20:11 PM
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Ray Kane had a rock solid sense of rhythm. Simply amazing. We'll all miss him.
Jesse Tinsley |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 3:32:50 PM
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That sense of rhythm gave Uncle Ray's playing an elegant, stately quality. Wai maka.
Paul
Edit: Always with the spelling pilikia. Gotta learn to proofread. |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
Edited by - rendesvous1840 on 02/28/2008 3:34:22 PM |
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Mika ele
Ha`aha`a
USA
1493 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 3:33:33 PM
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Aloha Uncle Ray,
I will always treasure your infectious laugh and whee ha! I will cry a little when I put in the DVD to watch you play. To hear you and Elodia sing "Ke Kali Nei" will bring tears of joy for a love so deep and a talent so wide.
Mahalo Nui Loa,
Mike |
E nana, e ho'olohe. E pa'a ka waha, e hana ka lima. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2165 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 4:12:02 PM
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| I learned slack key first, in 1974. Then, when in Hawaii in 1977, I bought Uncle Ray's "Black" album and Uncle Leonard's "Red" album. I just about wore them out. I met Uncle Ray when he came to Seattle. He had ohana here and friends in the Hawaiian community. What a smile! I remember him telling the kids in the audience, "No smoke! Otherwise you end up like me wit' oxygen." To live life so that you will be sorely missed is a testament to one's character and principles. |
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