I saw the spots on TV about the Henry Kapono & Friends Concert at the Waikiki Shell on September 15, 2018 back in July and August. My thought was I gotta go. We haven’t focused in on the local music scene in a long time. Mostly because I like the vintage Hawaii music, C&K, Kalapana, Olomana, etc., and never could get into the local music when the Jawaiian and reggae influence creeped in.…
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The Kasuals
I found and “borrowed” this bio of the Kasuals from this blog. I would normally just leave the bio to the link to do the job, but just in case said blog post disappears, it’s here too.
“KASUALS” OFFICIAL HAWAII BIO (by Danny Perez
“Guam and Hawaii’s Own-The Kasuals” was a band formed on Guam by founding members, Frank Mendiola, Danny Perez and Bob Owen, in the summer of 1971, when Frank had just gotten out of the Army after serving honorably in the Vietnam War and Danny had just graduated from high school.…
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Kalapana II
Kalapana
Cecilio & Kapono – NightMusic
Cecilio & Kapono – Elua
Putting the Chamorro and Hawaii CDs into MP3
I’ve been ripping CDs, trying my best to convert vinyl and cassette tape to .mp3 format. I’ve been thinking of then uploading them to the web site server and linking them to be played like I did when I had my web site on geocities (remember www.geocities.com/tropics/theshores/9350…). I’m still debating if it’s worth the effort it would take to build a library collection out of it.…
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