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slkho
`Olu`olu
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 Posted - 09/13/2009 : 11:06:47 AM
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Finally...I good thread question.
...hmmm?...too many to classify just one, (diffrent artists, group, song, place & time, styles, etc...)All seem so special to me for one reason or another. I'm lousy with Hawaiian names of songs, but it would have to be when I first heard Dennis Kamakahi perform, to me, it was truly magical.. Of course, after that, all my other favorites followed soon after too. (i.e. Cyril, Led, Dennis Paavo, Uncle Ray, ...the list goes on...). Good question Lokahi.
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 09/13/2009 : 2:12:36 PM
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Originally posted by slkho
...too many to classify just one, (diffrent artists, group, song, place & time, styles, etc...)All seem so special to me for one reason or another.
That's for sure, but there really are some that we all think back on and say to ourselves, " Boy am I glad I was here to see and hear this, this is really special!!!"
Thanks everybody for all the reply's. I've used them as the basis for my show this week. Don't stop now. Keep 'em coming if you feel like chiming in. I have a show to do next week also. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
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Kawika96797
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 09/13/2009 : 3:20:47 PM
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| Year 197? Andrews Amphitheatre at the University of Hawaii Manoa Campus. Kanikapila... The Sunday Manoa-Peter Moon,Robert and Roland Cazimero... "Kawika" |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 09/13/2009 : 9:56:07 PM
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Hoh, Man, Kawika - that was a concert that is etched in Hawaiian music history! Good thing you are an old fut and were around back then to see it. And good thing you are young enough to remember it. Wow.
When you saw it then, did you get a feeling that it was a major impact on Hawaiian music? Please tell us more. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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Kawika96797
Akahai
USA
71 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2009 : 07:02:05 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Hoh, Man, Kawika - that was a concert that is etched in Hawaiian music history! Good thing you are an old fut and were around back then to see it. And good thing you are young enough to remember it. Wow.
When you saw it then, did you get a feeling that it was a major impact on Hawaiian music? Please tell us more.
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Honestly, when I saw that performance, I did not realize the full impact that Robert, Roland and Peter were making on the local music scene. All I knew was that there was something "special" going on here.
There is no doubt that the Sunday Manoa rekindled interest in Hawaiian music in Hawaii. It certainly did for me. Many good musicians of that decade began to emulate that Sunday Manoa style of arranging. The dazzling fingerwork of Peter Moon had ukulele players all over Hawaii trying to play the iconic "Kawika" solo. You will still hear Peter Moons influence in some slack key riffs today. The tight harmony and style of the Cazimero Bros. was copied by many groups trying to emulate that Sunday Manoa sound. |
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hikabe
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 09/14/2009 : 11:22:27 AM
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Year 197? Andrews Amphitheatre at the University of Hawaii Manoa Campus. Kanikapila... The Sunday Manoa-Peter Moon,Robert and Roland Cazimero... "Kawika"
Do you remember if Auntie Genoa and Olomana were also performing that night. If so it was June 18, 1978, a concert put on by the Protect Kahoolawe Ohana. I know because I drew the poster for that concert. I have attended so many concerts at Andrews. Though it might have been another night you attended. I did a lot of artwork around the campus back then. I practically lived on campus and slept under the stars in Andrews many times.
It really was an amazing time for Hawaiian music. The Makaha Sons of Niihau was breaking on the scene. Sons of Hawaii were in their prime. Kaau Crater Boys were doing good. Liko Martin performed once in awhile. Musicians were making pretty good music and neva have raggae yet. Another memorable concert at Andrews was the Hoopii Brothers doing an afternoon show in the late '70s. |
Stay Tuned... |
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`Ilio Nui
`Olu`olu
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2009 : 12:45:56 PM
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A Top 5 would be easier, but Bev and I both came up with the same one. In 2005, Aloha Music Camp had just ended and we were staying a couple extra days at Kaupoa village. On Sunday in Maunaloa town there was a hula and music festival. I donʻt remember who was playing. As the afternoon ended and the vendors were tearing down, it was announced that it was all pau and time for "Hawai`i Aloha". There were probably 200 people still left. We all joined hands in a hugh circle that wove around the mountain-top park, through the vendors, through the hulau tent and both sides of the stage. With most of the folks knowing the words and singing, the mana that filled us all was incredible. The ancients were pleased. That song has chicken skinned me many times, but never more than that.
Right up there is:
1. John Keawe and Hopeʻs first performance at AMC at Kalani Honua. I cried. Their love for each other is uncomparable.
2. Patrick Landeza, Cyril Pahinui and Sally Van Meter at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
3. Aunty Genoa - everytime I saw her.
4. Kevin Brown and `ohana - Don Quixoteʻs, Felton CA
5. way too many more
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PoiDog
Lokahi
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Posted - 09/17/2009 : 5:36:26 PM
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June 2008, about 30 male classmates jumped off a bus at the entrance to the Waikiki Elks Club, and with NO practice, did a rousing rendition of Kani `U`ina.....acapella and in parts. `Ulili E, Na`i Aupuni and Kani `U`ina was our men's medley selection back in the 1968 Song Contest. I don't know how or who started it, but after the song was done, we kind of stood there mouths agape, some people sniffling and everybody with major chicken-skin. Back in '68 we were directed by Tom Akana...and he was right there leading us again. Somehow, that was a magic moment...
Here's an article from Ka Mo`i, the school paper's issue from the day of the contest.
Scattering Kui Lee's ashes off Waikiki. I was paddling for Hui Nalu at the time. Must have been about 40 canoes and everybody was singing, "I'll Remember You." |
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Allen M Cary
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 09/21/2009 : 08:47:08 AM
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One December a few years back my wife and I were strolling down by the Moana Surfrider and heard the familiar sound of Jerry Santos, whom we had never seen live at that point, coming from the patio bar of the hotel. We went in and sat down with maybe 10 other people to listen. The most memorable part was when Jerry said he had a special guest in the audience who would come up and dance. Expecting a female hula dancer as is the norm after such statements, we were blown away when Frank Hewitt came up in his jeans and aloha shirt, kicked off his shoes and danced the first male hula we'd ever seen. The performance was awe inspiring. I don't remember the mele, but I can still see the fluid, effortless, yet powerful moves of Kumu Hewitt. Awesome!
Allen
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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 09/24/2009 : 2:39:51 PM
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'Alika - Aunty Genoa
Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani - Natalie Ai Kamauu
Akaka Falls - Allison |
He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 12:40:55 PM
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A little less than a year before she passed, we saw Auntie Genoa at the Marriot. She was sitting at a tablewith friends while the equipment was being set up. She looked like she was holding court- almost regal in her bearing. We stopped to say hi and she greeted us as though we were old friends,taking time to talk with 2 strangers from the mainland. And what a show she put on! I don't think she ever got old, she just was needed elsewhere.
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"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 |
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olomana929ny
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 09/30/2009 : 11:44:49 AM
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The year was 1981. Olomana with Robert Beaumont performing at a venue near Ala Moana. I was in awe by the sound of Jerry's voice. It was like an angel. But in addition to the songs they sung, it was the sight of a young Frank Hewitt performing the hula to Kanaka Waiwai that was also memorable.
The year was 1997. Keali'i Reichel performing Maile's Song/Hawaiian Lullaby at Carnegie Hall. Incredibly emotional from a spectator's perspective.
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wcerto
Ahonui
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Posted - 09/30/2009 : 1:34:55 PM
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Originally posted by olomana929ny
The year was 1981. Olomana with Robert Beaumont performing at a venue near Ala Moana. I was in awe by the sound of Jerry's voice. It was like an angel. But in addition to the songs they sung, it was the sight of a young Frank Hewitt performing the hula to Kanaka Waiwai that was also memorable.
There is a special feeling you get when hearing Jerry sing. You can surely feel his aloha for the music and how happy and proud he is to give you the gift of his music. I love to see the smile on his face when he sings.
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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JerseyAloha
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 10/16/2009 : 1:26:48 PM
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Aloha from New Jersey.
Hearing Jon & Randy singing at Ala Moana Shopping Center shortly after I arrived in Honolulu in August, 1980... "Hawaiian Soul" got me where I live (still does), and I didn't even know George Helm's story then... Gorgeous harmonies. "In My Life/For No One" medley...
Gabby Pahinui died a month or two after I arrived on Oahu, so I never got to hear him play... but I did get to hear his sons perform.
I know I heard the Makaha Sons of Niihau play live at the East-West Center within a couple of weeks or months of my arrival. "Hawai'i '78" blew my doors off. I think that's when I heard "Rusty Old Steampipes" for the first time, too. Total chickenskin.
Other than those episodes, I really only got to Kanikapila. I lived downhill from campus, and could hear music wafting from Andrews -- when it wasn't entirely drowned out by the screeching of brakes on the freeway exit ramp for University Avenue. ;-)
Hearing Dennis Pavao under the stars at Andrews Amphitheatre. Heavenly... His rendition of the "Kimo Henderson Hula" is my all-time favorite.
Seeing Brother Frank Hewett dance kane hula. WOW!
Hearing "Mehameha/White Sandy Beach" performed by the Makaha Sons at Kanikapila circa 1991.
Hearing Palani Vaughn in 1982 (?). I think that one of the songs was "Kaulana Na Pua." (Apologies if I goof on identifying the performer. It's been a long while... I still love that song.)
Thanks for shaking loose those memories. ;-)
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Hoe kama kani.
Paddle with the wind.
(Title of a painting by James Fitt, 1985)
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2009 : 1:38:21 PM
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| Hey, mahalo JA for the wonderful images. Lot's of sweet memories for sure. Welcome to da patch. You definitely sound like one of our kind of people. The aloha spirit knows no geographical limits, to be sure. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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