Please read:
Hawai'i 78' by: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Originally titled: Hawai'i 77'
Produced by: Kawika Records - Hilo, Hi - 1977
Original performers: The Ioane Brothers
Original Song Writers: Mickey Ioane, Abe Keala, Cleyton Kua and Kawika Crowley
Please visit the website: www.Hawaii78.com
For detailed information about the birth and origin of this great song of Hawai'i - (Some believe it to be the anthem for the people of Hawai'i)
This website will explain how the chorus of Hawai'i 78' was misinterpreted and recorded unintentionally incorrect over the years.
Although Israel and The Makaha Sons recorded wonderful versions, the song deserves the respect and notoriety, along with the original (4) song writers, to be known by all and understand what the true meaning of the song and chorus actually was intended to be and why.
Mahalo - Kokua Films Hawai'i
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Excerpt "the true story of Hawaii 78" taken from: www.hawaii78.com
Written by: Kawika Crowley
11/12/03
28 years ago, history was about to be made... a young and gifted man of a mere 21 sat down and with pen in hand planted a seed... a seed of music destined to impact Hawaiian music and the Hawaiian cultural revolution and renaissance of the '70's for generations to come. The story starts on a chilly October night in 1976 at my home in Waiakea Uka in Hilo... on the line is a fellow musician and good friend Cleyton Kua of the band "Da Blahlas".
He knew I was looking for new artists for my record label Kawika Records and he felt he found a promising one. His name was Micky Ioane. Cleyton was impressed with a few songs Micky had written and suggested I give him a listen. The next night Cleyton and I walked into the Ioane home in Keaukaha... it was packed with friends and neighbors, all anxious for the audition of one named Micky. I felt chicken-skin as I was ushered into the kitchen where Micky was sitting at the kitchen table with guitar in hand and nervously shifting his lyric sheets before him. There was no where to sit... I stood and after being introduced to Micky , I gestured him to begin singing his songs... the first hit hard... a touching song about a legendary drunk in Keaukaha nicknamed Peter Pumpkin... the song ended... everyone in the kitchen clapped in support, including Cleyton and me...
To read more of this fascinating story of the song Hawaii 78: please visit the above website.
Mahalo - KFH
