THE CELEBRATION IN OUR SONGS, FIRST PAAINA WOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE BORN AND THE NEXT ONE WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND GRADUATION AND THE HOUSEWARMING AND THEN WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND YOU DIE AND AFTER YOU DIE, WE WOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE CELEBRATIONS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT OF PASSAGE AND SOMETIMES THE MUSIC HELPS US GET THROUGH, GETS US THROUGH A BIRTH OR HARD DEATH IN THE FAMILY OR ONE YEAR AFTER YOUR FAMILIES DIE.

SO TO ME, THAT'S WHAT THE MUSIC DOES.

IT'S THERE TO SOOTH YOU AND TO ME, MUSIC IS LIKE THE HAND OF GOD.

IT'S JUST LIKE GOD TALKING TO YOU.

♪ FROM THE PARKING LOT, GO RIGHT.

WHEN YOU REACH THE STOP LIGHTS, YOU GO LEFT.

KALIHI.

SUGAR CANE TRAIN.

WHAT'S THAT I SMELL?

PASS THE SEWAGE PLANT.

TOWARDS KAPALUA, KAPALUA AIRPORT.

GO TOWARDS KAHANA.

WHAT'S THAT I SMELL?

THAT WAS THE BARGES.

GO THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH.

GET FRENCH FRIES, CHEESEBURGER, CHOCOLATE SUNDAE, AND I'M ON MY WAY.

PASS NAPILI TOWARDS HONOKAA.

HONOLUA BAY.

OVER ONE-LANE BRIDGE.

CHECK OUT THE SURF.

PICK A FEW PINEAPPLES FROM FIELD 53 AND I'M ON MY WAY.

UNCLE CHUN'S JUNKYARD TOWARDS OPEN PASTURES.

COW ON THE ROAD.

GET PAST THE CATTLE.

FEW ROCKS.

FEW DONKEYS.

ON THE BEACH TOWARDS THE VALLEY.

GO PAST JOE KUBATO'S HOUSE.

TURN.

PASS DAN AND JAN'S FRUIT STAND.

FINALLY I'M HOME.

TO THE 36-MILE MARKER.

>> I LEARNED HOW TO PLAY GUITAR FROM MY FAMILY FROM THE BIG ISLAND.

MY GREAT GRANDFATHER PLAYED.

MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, GRANDPARENTS PLAYED, DAD, AUNTIES UNCLES.

EVERYBODY PLAYED, EVEN MY MOM.

♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN.)

SHE MOVES.

SHE TOUCHES.

SHE MOVES TOWARDS THE SEA.

SHE'S A MOVER OF MOUNTAINS.

SHE REALLY MOVES ME.

(SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) BURNING EYES OF DESIRE.

TOWARD THE AIR BLOWING.

THROUGH THE BREEZE.

SHE REALLY MOVES ME.

(SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) ♪ ♪ RED AND BLACK ARE HER COLORS.

SHE'S BURNING THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪ I CAN SEE HER IN THE DISTANCE ♪ SHE REALLY MOVES ME ♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) ♪ I CAN SEE HER IN THE SUNLIGHT ♪ SEE HER WHEN THE SUN SETS ♪ SEE THE SEA IN HER EYES ♪ SHE REALLY MOVES ME ♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) ♪ WALKING ♪ GUIDED BY HER LIGHT ♪ I CAN FEEL HER PRESENCE ♪ SHE REALLY MOVES ME (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) >> WHEN THE SPANISH COWBOYS FIRST CAME OVER, THEY HAD SOMETHING THEY CALL, ON THE GUITAR, THEY PLAYED ON THE BASS AND THEY HAD A SIX-STRING THAT PLAYED THE RHYTHM.

THEN THEY HAD A FOUR-STRING TENOR GUITAR THAT PLAYED THE LEAD.

YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT PHENOMENON IN THE MARIACHI BAND OF TODAY.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY HAVE ONLY THE ONE GUITAR, SO THE HAWAIIANS, YOU KNOW, WILL PLAY BASS RHYTHM AND LEAD ON GUITAR.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES SLACK-KEY SLACK-KEY.

♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) ♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) >> I THINK IT STARTED BACKWARD.

WE'VE BEEN DOING SLACK-KEY FOR 35, 40 YEARS TRAVELING ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

THE THING ABOUT SLACK-KEY, THERE'S ABOUT 18 TO 20 OF US.

KEOLA BEAMER, LEONARD KAAPANA, CYRIL PAHINUI, SO ALL OF US HAVE BEEN TRAVELING DOING GIGS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE'VE BEEN TO GERMANY, EUROPE, FRANCE, THE WHOLE PACIFIC RIM, AUSTRALIA, YOU KNOW, AND JAPAN.

I PLAYED IN CHINA.

I PLAYED IN SINGAPORE.

SO PEOPLE WHO KNEW WHAT SLACK-KEY IS.

WHEN SLACK-KEY FOUND THE GRAMMYS, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

SO ACTUALLY, PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT SLACK-KEY AND THE GRAMMYS KIND OF CAUGHT UP WITH WHAT THE WORLD ALREADY KNEW.

♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) >> HERE'S ANOTHER HYMN THAT OUR TUTU TAUGHT US.

♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) ♪ >> STILL YET ANOTHER HYMN THAT TUTU TAUGHT US.

♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) >> HYMNS OF HAWAI'I.

FROM ABOUT 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TO ABOUT 8:00, 9:00 AT NIGHT, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WOULD GET OFF AT ABOUT 3:00.

START AT 6:00, GET OFF AT 2:00.

SO THEY'D ALL GO DOWN TO SUCK 'EM UP.

ABOUT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE STEVEDORES GOT OFF, SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE A MEETING GROUND.

THERE WOULD BE LIKE 2, 300 GUYS EVERY DAY, JUST LOADED WITH GUYS, JUST CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, AND THEY USED TO SERVE GOOD PUPUS IN THOSE DAYS LIKE PORK WATER CREST OR SPAM AND CABBAGE OR SOMETHING.

THE BOYS ARE HUNGRY AND THEY JUST LIKE SUCK 'EM.

NOT ONLY CHEESE AND CRACKERS LIKE TODAY OR PEANUTS, BUT THOSE DAYS HAD REAL GOOD PUPUS SO THE PLACE WAS PACKED.

SO I DID THAT SONG AND THE GUYS WENT CRAZY.

THEY THREW MONEY ON THE STAGE AND HERE'S A YOUNG GUY, ONLY I THINK I WAS 11 AT THAT TIME, '61, '62, AND THEY HEARD THAT AND THEY THREW MONEY ON THE STAGE.

AND FOR MY FIRST THREE-MINUTE SONG, IF I WASHED CARS, I WASHED 10, 12 CARS, MAYBE MAKE A BUCK OR SO.

I MADE $27.10.

IT WAS LIKE WORKING A WHOLE MONTH FOR LESS THAN A 3-MINUTE SONG.

♪ ON THE SHORES OF KEALIA.

♪ WASHING THE WAVES ♪ THE ROLLING SANDS ♪ AGAINST THE SHORE ♪ AND NOW MY HEART WILL BE FOREVER MORE, DEAR ♪ AND YOUR LOVE ♪ HAS GONE AWAY ♪ COME BACK TO ME ♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) >> ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT ME IS THAT I TRY TO FORM A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY AUDIENCE RIGHT AWAY, WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE SECONDS, SO A LOT OF TIMES, BEFORE I EVEN STEP ON THE STAGE, I'LL BE UP MEETING THE AUDIENCE WHEN THEY COME IN THE DOOR SO I KNOW, I'M CHECKING IT OUT.

I'M SCOPING OUT WHO DO I KNOW IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF IT'S SOMEBODY SPECIAL, SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY.

SO I TRY TO MAKE EVERYBODY, WHETHER I'M AT CARNEGIE HALL OR BACKYARD PARTY, FEEL LIKE THEY'RE FAMILY, AND I DO THE SAME THING WITH MY STUDENTS.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES GREAT TEACHERS GREAT.

YOU ESTABLISH THIS RELATIONSHIP.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, I TRY TO MAKE THEM FEEL IMPORTANT.

EVEN THOUGH I'M THE ARTIST, I DON'T HAVE TO BLOW SMOKE.

I JUST TRY TO MAKE THEM FEEL IMPORTANT, THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND THEN I THINK THAT'S THE KEY.

I DO THAT NATURALLY BECAUSE I LEARNED THAT FROM MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS.

♪ ♪ >> GOT 'EM BEFORE SHE CAUGHT ME.