And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In the early 1980s, while stationed at Pearl Harbor, I often went to hear The Peter Moon Band, and Gabby Pahinui. Both played some excellent slack key guitar Hawaiian music.
It'd have to been the very early 80s since Gabby passed in 80.
Gabby was one my dad traded with. We lived in Waimanalo, later Kailua. We traded our catch from the sea for vegetables, milk, chicken, eggs, butter, pig, and so on. It went especially well when dad would bring a turtle (green or leatherback) as the Hawaiians considered turtle a delicacy. And it is! They'd use the shell to make items including serving bowls.
(Someone here a few days ago mentioned the drive-in at Kailua. We lived not far from there. Dirt road, tin roof. The world our playground. Poor and rich.)
Sorry no haole’s
ReplyDeleteAu contraire. The Polynesians was an act at the lounge for the tourists who mostly are ... haole.
DeleteEven their album covers scream, Come see us at the tiki lounge at Rico's Tropical Boom Boom Klub.
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ReplyDeleteIn the early 1980s, while stationed at Pearl Harbor, I often went to hear The Peter Moon Band, and Gabby Pahinui. Both played some excellent slack key guitar Hawaiian music.
ReplyDeleteIt'd have to been the very early 80s since Gabby passed in 80.
DeleteGabby was one my dad traded with.
We lived in Waimanalo, later Kailua. We traded our catch from the sea for vegetables, milk, chicken, eggs, butter, pig, and so on.
It went especially well when dad would bring a turtle (green or leatherback) as the Hawaiians considered turtle a delicacy. And it is!
They'd use the shell to make items including serving bowls.
(Someone here a few days ago mentioned the drive-in at Kailua. We lived not far from there. Dirt road, tin roof. The world our playground. Poor and rich.)
You ever listen to Ledward Kaapana?
ReplyDeleteLed's rendition of Hi'ilawi is the finest I've heard. Several times I seen Martin and his brothers together.
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