>> I'D DESCRIBE MYSELF BASICALLY AS A FATHER AND A HUSBAND FIRST, AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMES AFTER THAT.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE I CAME FROM A FAMILY WHERE FAMILY MATTERS, AND THE FAMILY COMES FIRST.

♪ OLAPA KA UILA I KANEOHEKA HUI LAULIMA O I LANIWAI ME KA UA APUAKEA KA LAI AO MALULANI (MOLOLANI) ME KA ANU O KE KOOLAU OLAPA KA UILA I KANEOHEKA HUI LAULIMA O I LANIWAI ME KA UA APUAKEA KA LAI AO MALULANI (MOLOLANI) ME KA ANU O KE KOLAU KAULANA MAI NEI KOOLAUPOKO UA A KA UILA AI KANEOHE ME KA UA APUAKEAKA LAI AO MALULANI ME KA ANU O KE KOLAU HANOHANO MOKAPU I KA EHU KAITE TUA MOTUMOTU AO HEEIA ME KA UA APUAKEAKA LAI AO MALULANI ME KA ANU O KE KOLAU ♪ HOOKAHI MEAHOU MA HEEIA KA UWEA KELEKALEPA LEO NAHENAHE ME KA UA APUAKEAKA LAI AO MALULANI ME KA ANU O KE KOLAU HAINA IA MAI ANA KA PUANAUA A KA UILA AI KANEOHE ME KA UA APUAKEAKA LAI AO MALULANI ME KA ANU O KE KOLAU HAINA IA MAI ANA KA PUANAUA A KA UILA AI KANEOHE ME KA UA APUAKEAKA LAI AO MALULANI ME KA ANU O KE KOLAU ♪ >> IN MY FAMILY, MUSIC RUNS PRETTY DEEP.

JUST LOOKING AT HOW MY FATHER TREATED HIS MUSIC, AND WE HAD AN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY ROOM.

MY DAD WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD SINGER.

HE HAD HIS OWN BAND AT ONE TIME, AND HE PERFORMED BACK IN THE '20S AND THE '30S WITH JOHNNY NOBLE, THE HAWKSHAW HOWELL BAND WHICH WAS, I GUESS A DANCE BAND WHICH WAS FEATURED AT THE OLD ALEXANDER YOUNG HOTEL DOWN ON BISHOP STREET.

AND HE WAS ALWAYS PLAYING MUSIC.

I GUESS WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG, HE WAS CAUGHT UP IN THIS TRADITION WITH HIS MOTHER AND HIS TUTU, WHERE THEY WOULD GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE IN THE EVENING AFTER WORK AND SERENADE THE NEIGHBORS.

THIS WAS A TRADITION WHICH YOU NO LONGER HEAR OR FEEL ANYWHERE.

BUT IT WAS THE LIFE THAT HE KNEW.

>> THE ONE SONG THAT I'M KNOWN FOR IS A SONG CALLED ULILI E, AND IT WAS A SONG WHICH I FIRST HEARD SUNG BY THE HILO HAWAIIANS BACK IN THE MID-50S, THEY CAME OUT WITH A RECORDING.

I THINK IT WAS THEM.

IT WAS EITHER THEM, OR IT WAS THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ALUMNI GLEE CLUB.

AND I HEARD A NUMBER OF REINCARNATIONS OF THAT SONG, AND THE BEST REINCARNATION I HEARD OF IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY GABBY FOLKS, GABBY AND THE SONS OF HAWAII.

AND I JUST LOVED HEARING THAT SONG WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, AND I LEARNED ALL THE WORDS TO THAT.

SO, BY THE TIME I WAS ATTENDING KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS, IT WAS PART OF MY REPERTOIRE, BUT IT WAS ALSO PART OF THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS REPERTOIRE AND THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY KNEW THE SONG.

SO THAT WHEN YOU GET UP AT KAMEHAMEHA DURING ALUMNI WEEK, YOU CAN SING THE SONG, AND EVERYBODY WILL SING IT WITH YOU.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THESE SONGS THAT JUST RESONATES WITH THE HAWAIIANS.

♪ HONE ANA KO LEO E ULILI EO KAHI MANU NOHO AE KAI KIAI MA KA LAE AO KEKAHA O IA KAI UA LANA MALIE ULILI A ULILI HOI ULILI HOLOHOLO KAHAKAI E O IA KAI UA LANA MALIE ULILI HOLOHOLO KAHAKAI O IA KAI UA LANA MALIE ♪ HONE ANA KO LEO KOLEA E PEHEA O KAHIKI MAIKAI NO O IA AINA ULUWEHIWEHI I HUI PU IA ME KE ONAONA ULILI A ULILI HOI ULILI HOLOHOLO KAHAKAI E O IA KAI UA LANA MALIE ULILI HOLOHOLO KAHAKAI O IA KAI UA LANA MALIE ♪ HONE ANA KO LEO KOLEA APEHEA O KAHIKI MAIKAI NO O IA AINA ULUWEHIWEHI I HUI PU IA ME KE ONAONA ULILI AULILI HOI ULILI HOLOHOLO KAHAKAI E O IA KAI UA LANA MALIE ULILI HOLOHOLO KAHAKAI O IA KAI UA LANA MALIE ♪ >> PANE MAI WAS WRITTEN BY ROBERT CAZIMERO.

AND I ADMIRE ROBERT SO MUCH; I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED HIM FROM THE TIME WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.

NOT THAT HE KNEW ME WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, ‘CAUSE HE WAS LIKE THREE OR FOUR YEARS OLDER THAN ME.

BUT ROBERT IS SO GOOD, YOU NEVER NOTICE HOW GOOD HE IS AT DOING EVERYTHING, INCLUDING WRITING.

AND THIS ONE SONG, PANE MAI, IS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS THAT I CONSIDER I'VE EVER LEARNED OR HEARD.

AND IT‘S STRAIGHT-AHEAD MEN'S SINGING, JUST STRAIGHT-AHEAD MEN'S SINGING THAT WE'LL PRESENT FOR THAT.

NOT SO MUCH SLACK KEY, ALTHOUGH WE ARE PLAYING SLACK KEY.

IT'S JUST A SONG THAT YOU HAVE HAWAIIAN MEN SINGING IN FULL VOICE.

♪ UALA OE E KUUIPO KAHE ANA AU IA OE I KA LIPOLIPO O KA PO PANE MAI, PANE MAI HOO MAHA OE KUU POLI HONI AKU A HONI MAI HE ALOHA WAU IA OE PANE MAI, PANE MAI HULI HULI KOU KINO PUMEHANA I KA LAI KI PUNIA KA HUA ME KE ALOHA PANE MAI, PANE MAI OLUOLU OE E KUUIPO I KEIA HOOIPOIPO NEI I KA WAI WELAWELA NUI PANE MAI, PANE MAI HULI HULI KOU KINO PUMEHANA I KA LAI KI PUNIA KA HUA ME KE ALOHA PANE MAI, PANE MAI HULI HULI KOU KINO PUMEHANA I KA LAI KI PUNIA KA HUA ME KE ALOHA PANE MAI, PANE MAI PANE MAI, PANE MAI ♪ >> I'VE INVITED A VERY DEAR FRIEND -- FRIENDS, I SHOULD SAY.

SHE TEACHES UP AT UH; SHE HAS HER OWN HALAU.

>> I FIRST MET PETER WHEN I STARTED TO TEACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MUSIC DEPARTMENT.

I'M A LECTURER THERE, SO I TEACH HULA.

WE STARTED TO DO ORVIS AUDITORIUM END OF SEMESTER PAU HANA AND RECITALS.

SO, PETER WOULD COME AND SET UP THE SOUND SYSTEM FOR US.

I DIDN'T KNOW HE PLAYED SLACK KEY; I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS THE SOUND MAN.

AND THEN, I FOUND OUT HE WROTE A BOOK ON SLACK KEY, AND THAT HE WAS TEACHING SLACK KEY AT THE UNIVERSITY.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

HE'S HIDDEN IN THE CORNER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MUSIC DEPARTMENT, AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS HOW REALLY GOOD OF A SLACK KEY PLAYER HE IS.

SO, I SAID, WELL, CAN YOU PLAY?

CAN YOU BRING YOUR CLASS AND BRING YOUR CLASS TO PLAY FOR US?

AND I JUST HEARD HIS VOICE, AND IT WAS AN OLD SOUND, AN OLD STYLE SLACK GUITAR, AN OLD STYLE SINGING.

HIS VOICE HAS THAT LITTLE OLD CHANT STYLE OF KUOLO GOING IN HIS VOICE, THAT VIBRATO THAT HE SINGS WITH.

IT JUST SOUNDED SO CAN'T WE DO A HULA; CAN WE DO A HULA?

AND I HAD A MELE THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE REALLY COOL WITH THE SLACK KEY BEHIND.

SO, I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD PLAY SLACK KEY MUSIC BEHIND ONE OF THE SONGS THAT WE DID.

AND EVERY SEMESTER, WE INVITE HIM TO BE A PART OF OUR END OF SEMESTER RECITAL.

>> WHEN WE THINK THE RHYTHMS, THE NATURAL RHYTHMS OF SLACK KEY, WE ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE RHYTHMS OF HULA.

AND OF COURSE, IT DRAWS FROM THE HULA REPERTOIRE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.

YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE IT.

WHEREAS IT USED TO BE COMMONPLACE, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN SO MUCH NOWADAYS.

AND SO, I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN BE OF SERVICE TO VICKY FOLKS.

>> WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PETER FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND ASKING HIM TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH US AND TEACHING US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SLACK KEY, AS WE TEACH HIM ABOUT HULA AND HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HULA AND SLACK KEY HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME HAS ALSO BEEN OUR RELATIONSHIP.

SO, WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.

AND HE'LL WALK IN THE SEMESTER EARLY ON AND SAY, WHAT WE DOING THIS YEAR, WHAT WE GOING DO NOW?

YOU KNOW.

AND I'M THROWING OUT, WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS SONG?

SO, I THINK THAT I'VE INCREASED HIS MELE, I'VE KIND OF STRETCHED HIM TO THINK THAT, CAN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?

I THINK THIS YEAR, WE WANT TO DO UA NANI O NUUANU.

I DON'T THINK HE'S DONE IT IN SLACK KEY; I THINK THE MELODIC LINE WOULD BE PERFECT FOR HIM FOR THIS KIND OF SONG.

SO, I INTRODUCE SONGS TO HIM, AND HE'LL BRING MELE FROM HIS COLLECTION, AND WE'LL KIND OF SHARE BACK AND FORTH.

SO, AS WE EXPAND OUR MUSIC VOCABULARY, BOTH OF US ARE LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER.

SO, I WILL THENOH, I'VE NEVER CHOREOGRAPHED THAT BEFORE, LET'S TRY THAT ONE.

OR, CAN YOU DO THIS ONE?

I HEAR SLACK KEY; I'M NOT A SLACK KEY PLAYER AND I'M NOT A MUSICIAN, BUT I CAN HEAR SOMETIMES IN THE MUSIC AND I CAN SEE THAT THAT WOULD WORK, LET'S TRY THIS.

>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN; IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

SO, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE A HALAU OF FIFTEEN TO TWENTY-FIVE STUDENTS GOING THROUGH THE HULA TO YOUR MUSIC, AND IT'S JUST REALLY SOMETHING TO BEHOLD, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

♪ >> GREEN ROSE HULA WAS A FAVORITE OF MINE BECAUSE OF SONNY.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SONGS I LEARNED THAT HE DID.

AND HE PLAYED IT NOT SO MUCH TUNANA [PHONETIC] STYLE, WHICH IS BASIC CHA-LANG-A-LANG.

HE PICKED IT OUT; HE PICKED THE MELODY AND MADE A VERY SEDUCTIVE MELODY AND PRESENTATION BACK IN 1962, 1963.

AND IT ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SLACK KEY SONGS THAT I LEARNED, WAS THAT ONE.

IT WAS WRITTEN BY JOHNNY ALMEIDA AND LAIDA PAIA.

BASICALLY LAIDA PAIA, AND JOHNNY SANG IT ALL THE TIME.

HE WAS THE BETTER ENTERTAINER, SO HE ALWAYS GOT THE CREDIT FOR IT.

♪ NO KA PUA LOKE LAU KE ALOHANO KA UI KAU I KA WEKIU NO KA PUA LOKE LAU KE ALOHANO KA UI KAU I KA WEKIU KOALA ONAONA I ANEIHOOLALE MAI ANA E WALEA KOALA ONAONA I ANEIHOOLALE MAI ANA E WALEA E WALEA PU AKU ME OE I KA HANA NOEAU HOOIPO ♪ E WALEA PU AKU ME OE I KA HANA NOEAU HOOIPO ♪ A HE IPO OE NAU I ALOHA KA ANOI A KUU PUUWAI ♪ ♪ >> IN TERMS OF PLAYING SLACK KEY, IT'S STARTED OFF NATURALLY ENOUGH WITH MY FATHER.

NOW, HE WASN'T A NATURAL SLACK KEY PLAYER; HE DIDN'T PLAY IT ALL THE TIME.

BUT HE COULD PLAY IT, AND HE KNEW A COUPLE TUNINGS; D TUNING AND A D WAHINE TUNING.

HE HAD LEARNED FROM HIS MOTHER AND HIS TUTU HOW TO PLAY SLACK KEY.

SO, WHAT HE PASSED ON TO US WAS THE OLD STYLE; WHAT HE PASSED ON TO ME WAS THE OLD STYLE.

WHICH WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR WHEN I WAS YOUNG, BUT ONCE I HEARD GABBY, IT WAS LIKE, OH, IS THAT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO SOUND LIKE?

[CHUCKLE] AND THEN, WHEN THE SUNDAY MANOA CAME OUT WITH PETER MOON, IT WAS ANOTHER STEP UP.

AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE MENTORED BY PETER FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WENT ON FOR A COUPLE DECADES.

I WAS ALSO FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK AND BE MENTORED BY SONNY CHILLINGWORTH.

YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SONNY WAS JUST INCREDIBLE, BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

I HAVE BECOME GOOD FRIENDS, REAL CLOSE FRIENDS WITH LIKO MARTIN; LIKO HANK FREDERICKS MARTIN, WHO WAS A FREE SPIRIT.

I JUST HIT IT OFF WITH LIKO, AND WE COULD JUST KICK BACK AND PLAY MUSIC.

AND HE WROTE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG.

DIDN'T HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD, AND OF COURSE, I WAS SO YOUNG I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WASN'T WORKING.

BUT HE WAS JUST WORKING AT HIS MUSIC, AND HE JUST HAD THE WORLD BEFORE HIM.

WITH HIM, I PLAYED THOSE CRATER FESTIVALS.

IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE PLAYING IN FRONT OF THESE FESTIVALS WITH SIXTY, SEVENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND YOU'RE PLAYING JUST BEFORE SANTANA GOES ON; YOU'RE THE LAST LOCAL GROUP PLAYING BEFORE COUNTRY COMFORT, THOSE GUYS.

AND IT WAS REALLY AN EXPERIENCE PLAYING WITH HIM.

TO SEE HOW HE COULD WRITE ABOUT HAWAII, AND WRITE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HE CARED ABOUT; SO LIKO WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF [INDISTINCT].

♪ KE ALA O KA ROSE UA HAPA MAI KA MAILE LAU LII O KE KUAHIWI KE ALA O KA ROSE UA HAPA MAI KA MAILE LAU LII O KE KUAHIWI KA HALA O KAI MAILE AO UKA KUI AE KAUA A LAWA KUU LEI IA OE E KE KULA ME KE KAIMANA KUMU MANAKO HOOLULILULI HAWELA PONO IHO KE KAULA ILI MA KUU O KA NOHO ILI SALIA KANI E KA PIO HONE I KE KULA MANAO IHO OE O WAU IA HAINA IA MAI ANA KAPUANA KE ALA O KA ROSE UA HAPA MAI HAINA IA MAI ANA KAPUANA KE ALA O KA ROSE UA HAPA MAI >> ANOTHER MORE CONTEMPORARY TYPE OF APPROACH IS THE SONG WHICH I'D HEARD PERFORMED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS.

BUT THE ARRANGEMENT THAT I LIKE ISTHE SONG ITSELF IS CALLED KA HUILA WAI, WRITTEN BY ALFRED ALOHIKEA, A GREAT SONGWRITER FROM THE BIG ISLAND, BUT WHO WAS MOSTLY KNOWN FOR WRITING ABOUT KAUAI.

YOU KNOW, HANOHANO HANALEI, NA MOLOKAMA, KAI HAWANAWANA.

A TERRIFIC SONGWRITER.

ANYWAY, HE WRITES A SONG KA HUILA WAI ABOUT THE WINDMILL WHICH YOU COULD FIND DOWN IN NAALEHU, KAU SIDE.

NOT SO MUCH NAALEHU, BUT WAIOHINU.

THE SONG IS ACTUALLY PRETTY POWERFUL.

WE DO SOME TRIPS THROUGH IT.

AS SIMPLE AS IT IS, IT'S A VERY STRONG SONG.

♪ KA WALE MAI NO, KA HUILA WAI AOHE WAI IAU, E NINIU AI KA WALE MAI NO, KA HUILA WAI AOHE WAI IAU, E NINIU AI HE ANIANI KU, MAU OE NO HE HOA KUKA, PU ME KAUA ALOHA IA N, OIO LELE I SA LELE AHEA, I KA MOANA ♪ ALOHA IA NO, O WAIOHINU KA PALI LELE WAI, A KE KOAE MAI NOHO OE, A HOO POINA I KAHI PIKAKE, ULU MAEMAE HAINA IA MAI, ANA KA PUANA AOHE WAI IAU, E NINIU AI HAINA IA MAI, ANA KA PUANA AOHE WAI IAU, E NINIU AI E NINIU AI E NINIU AI ♪ ♪ >> HAVING THIS PROJECT WITH NA MELE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY WONDERFUL, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH TWO OF MY FORMER STUDENTS.

AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN A COUPLE YEARS.

>> I KNOW PETER FROM HAWAIIAN ENSEMBLE CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BACK IN THE FALL OF 2000, OR SPRING OF 2001.

AT THE TIME, I WASN'T PLAYING BASS, BUT I BROUGHT MY UKULELE TO CLASS, AND WE'D GO OVER A FEW SONGS THAT HE LEARNED.

AND BEING A KAMEHAMEHA ALUMNI, THERE AS A COMMON REPERTOIRE THAT WE SHARED THAT HE WOULD BRING TO CLASS, THAT WE'D WORK ON.

>> MR. MEDEIROS AND I HAVE PLAYED ON AND OFF SINCE I STARTED, AND KEPT A GOOD CONNECTION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND I GUESS WE GET ALONG WELL.

>> SO, EVENTUALLY, WHEN I CALLED THEM UP, THEY SAID, YEAH, LET'S PLAY.

AND SO, WE'VE HAD OUR TEN OR SO REHEARSALS, TWO HOURS EACH, JUST JAMMING AND LAUGHING, AND HAVING A LOT OF FUN, AND EATING A LOT OF FOOD.

>> THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN GREAT.

BEING AT PETER'S HOUSE, GOING THROUGH THE [INDISTINCT], EATING SOME GOOD FOOD RIGHT AFTER.

>> THE MORE YOU HANG AROUND WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE, THE BETTER THE RELATIONSHIP BECOMES.

AND IN HAWAIIAN CULTURE, FOOD IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO, IT'S GOOD TO BREAK BREAD WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AFTER A HARD PRACTICE, OR AFTER A PERFORMANCE.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SHARE FOOD AND DRINK AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW.

>> I SHOULDN'T CALL THEM KIDS, ‘CAUSE THEY'RE IN THEIR TWENTIES, OR ACTUALLY [INDISTINCT] IN HIS MID-30S.

BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY'VE GROWN UP, ‘CAUSE I KNEW THEM WHEN THEY WERE IN THEIR LATE TEENS AND WATCHED HOW THEY DEVELOPED AND GROWN UP AS YOUNG MEN.

AND THESE GUYS CAN PLAY.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN PLAY LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEY KNOW THEIR PRIORITIES TO GO TO REGULAR WORK.

YOU KNOW.

[CHUCKLE] ALTHOUGH NATE IS PLAYING, MORE OR LESS HE'S A PRO.

HE'S PLAYING EVERY OTHER WEEK OR SO.

BUT THE MAIN THING IS TO GET YOUR LIFE ESTABLISHED AND GET IT GOING, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BOTH DOING.

>> THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE NA MELE EXPERIENCE, IT'S BEEN A BLAST, A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

JUST MEETING NATE AND PLAYING WITH HIM; HE'S A REALLY FUNNY GUY.

AND MEETING THE REST OF THE MEDEIROS OHANA WAS REALLY FUN.

I'M PRETTY STOKED THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THIS NA MELE, YOU KNOW.

>> NANI KOOLAU IS A TRADITIONAL PIECE, AND IT SPEAKS BASICALLY ABOUT A LOVE AFFAIR WHICH TOOK PLACE IN NUUANU.

AND IT SPEAKS OF ALL THE AREAS WITHIN THERE.

IT'S JUST A GOOD COUNTRY FOOT-STOMPING SONG.

♪ NANI KOOLAU A HE PO ANU KA INIKI WELAWELA O KA MAKASILA I LAILA KAUA I WALEA AI ME KA WAI O KA ULALA E HO NANI KOOLAU A HE PO ANU KA INIKI WELAWELA O KA MAKASILA I LAILA KAUA I WALEA AI ME KA WAI O KA ULALA E HO A HIKI KAUA I NUUANU A INU I KA WAI O SILOSILA I LAILA KAUA I HIOLANI AI ME KA WAI O KA PALI KOOLAU ♪ AUHEA WALE ANA OE E KUU LEI MOKIHANA A UI KUI A LAWA I LEI HOOHIEHIE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> YES; YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT THE MUSIC IS QUITE SEDUCTIVE.

BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA WORK IN MUSIC, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARRY THE ENTIRE RISKS THAT GO ALONG WITH IS, WHICH MEANS GIVING UP OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU COULD BE PROVIDING FOR YOUR FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO.

IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A FAMILY MAN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A ROOF OVER YOUR FAMILY, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO FEED YOUR FAMILY, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THEIR WELFARE.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU'VE GOT TO DO, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

AND IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON IN THE MUSIC OR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT TYPE OF LIFESTYLE, AS WELL AS PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WHEN YOU ARE ENTERTAINING OR YOU'RE A MUSICIAN, YOU BECOME A NIGHT PERSON WHERE YOU'RE BASICALLY AT THE BECK AND CALL OF THOSE WHO WANT TO ENTERTAINED, WHICH IS USUALLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF FIVE O'CLOCK AND TEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.

THAT'S A HARD WAY TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF.

YOU DON'T GET TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY, AND YOU'LL SEE THE KIDS WHEN THEY COME HOME, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE KIDS WHEN THEY GO OFF TO SCHOOL.

AND THAT'LL BE ABOUT IT.

BUT AS FAR AS SEEING THEM AT DINNER AND FINDING OUT HOW THEY'RE DOING, IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN AT ALL.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO YOU.

TAKE CARE OF THEM.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER WAY THAT I WOULD APPROACH LIFE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S INHERENT THAT YOU JUST TAKE CARE, YOU JUST MALAMA THEM.

YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM.

I'M MARRIED TO PAMELA KEIKO MATSUKAWA, AND WE'VE BEEN MARRIED CLOSE TO THREE DECADES NOW.

WE HAVE ONE CHILD, WAYNE, AND GEE, BASICALLY OUR WHOLE LIFE IS FOCUSED AROUND HER.

[CHUCKLE] AND ONE OF THE JOYS OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN RAISING HER AND WATCHING HER GROW AND BECOME THE PERSON THAT SHE'S GONNA BECOME.

MOKIHANA LULLABYE, IS A SONG WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY LOYAL GARNER AND MOON OF THE MAKAHA SONS.

AND MOKIHANA LULLABYE IS A SONG WHICH IS A VERY, VERY SWEET SONG THAT KIND OF PULLS AT ME AS A PARENT.

IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE IF YOU HAD A KID OR A SMALL BABY OR A CHILD, AND THERE ARE TENDER MOMENTS THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.

AND THIS SONG JUST KIND OF REMINDS ME OF THAT, AND IT'S A VERY, VERY SWEET SONG.

♪ HAAHEO I KA NANI A HE NANI MAOLI NO HE PUA MOKIHANA A ALA ONAONA IA HANU HE PUA HAKU IAME KA MAILELAULIILII, WILI IA ME KE ALOHA ME KE ALOHA POINA OLE MAHALO NO IA OE IA OE E KUU HOAALOHA ALOHA NO‘O KAUAI KAUAI O KALANIPO PUANA IA MAINO KUU LEI ALOHA HE PUA MOKIHANA A ALA ONAONA IA HANU MAHALO NO NA OEIA OE E KUU HOAALOHA ALOHA NO O KAUAI KAUAI O KALANIPO PUANA IA MAI NO KUU LEI ALOHA HE PUA MOKIHANA A ALA ONAONA IA HANU >> ABOUT '72, I STARTED TEACHING.

I STARTED TEACHING SLACK KEY CONSISTENTLY AT UH.

I HAD FOUR CLASSES.

I HAD CLASSES, YOU KNOW, TEN, TWENTY PEOPLE, THREE OR FOUR OF THEM.

AND THIS WAS WHEN LOCAL KIDS TOOK THEIR MUSIC, AND THEY PLAYED IT, AND THEY SANG IT WITH PRIDE.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT THEMSELVES AND SAID, EH, WE'RE GOOD, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE OUR STUFF.

DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER THEY WERE SAMOAN, OKINAWAN, FILIPINO, PAKE, OR HAWAIIAN; THEY ALL SANG THE SAME SONGS.

THEY ALL SANG THE SAME SONGS.

AND IT'S STILL THAT WAY TODAY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASICALLY ISLAND PEOPLE; WE'RE ALL THE SAME.

♪ AIA U HEEIA LA I KA NALU E HEE ANA AIA IHEEIA LA I KA NALU E HEE ANA HEE ANA I KA MUKU LA HO I ANA I KA LALA HE E ANA I KA MUKU LA HO I ANA I KA LALA A NA U I KIKAHA LA A O IA AEKAI A NA U I KIKAHA LA A O IA AEKAI A HE KUHIHEWA KOU LA AIA I KA POLI A HE KUHIHEWA KOU LA AIA I KA POLI HAINA MAI KA PUANA LA O HALALA I KA NUKU MANU HAINA MAI KA PUANA LA O HALALA I KA NUKU MANU ♪ * >> WE'RE DOING A WONDERFUL SONG WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY KAUHAILIKUA, WHO WAS EDDIE KAMAE'S GRANDMOTHER.

THE SONG IS KANANAKA, AND IT'S ABOUT THIS MERMAID WHO LIVES OUT IN FRONT OF LAHAINA.

BASICALLY, WE'RE DOING THIS AS A HULA NOHO WITH THE HALAU.

AND SO, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE, AND IT'S SO NICE, IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THAT.

♪ O KA PA MAI A KA MAAAHALIHALI MAI ANA LA I KE ALA KE ALA ONAONA O KA LIPOA HANA OE A KANI PONO HANA OE KAULANA KUU HOME PUNI WAIPIO ME NA PEA NANI O KA AINA KAKELA HE HALE ALII HERODE KOU HOALIKE MOI PUNI HAAKEI KUKUNA O KA LA KOU KAPA IAE OLINO NEI A PUNI KA HONUA AUE AI LUNA LILO LIHI LAUNA OLE MAI NA ALII NUI O KE AO ♪ ♪ E OU MAU KINI NA MAKAMAKA ME NA KUPA O KUU AINA ME KA WAILELE AO HIILAWE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I'M HAVING A LOT MORE FUN PLAYING MUSIC NOW.

YOU KNOW, WHERE I'M LIVING RIGHT NOW, LEDWARD LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

SO, WHEN WE JAM, THE MUSIC IS REALLY GOOD.

AND FOR ME, WHEN I GET TO PLAY WITH HIM, IT TAKES ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS PLAYING WITH SONNY OR PLAYING WITH LIKO AND OTHERS.

IT'S JUST A GOOD TIME, PLAYING REALLY GOOD MUSIC.

GETTING TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS AND PLAYING.

AND THAT KIND OF TAKES ME BACK TO MY DAD; THAT'S WHY HE LOVED TO PLAY, ‘CAUSE HE HAD ALL OF HIS FRIENDS, ALL OF THESE CREATIVE PEOPLE.

AND HE'D PLAY WITH THEM, SING THEIR SONGS, THEY'D WRITE FOR HIM.

AND THEY DIDN'T CARE IF HE WASN'T PLAYING IN A SHOWROOM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

HE JUST HAD A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.

>> I'VE ALWAYS HEARD MUSIC IN MY MIND AND I'VE ALWAYS HEARD MY DAD SING.

I CAN STILL HEAR HIM, YOU KNOW.

SO, THE MUSIC NOW IS ACTUALLY MUCH BETTER, AND THERE'S NO EGO INVOLVED WHATSOEVER.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KICKING BACK AND PLAYING, HAVING FUN.

LITERALLY HAVING FUN, PLAYING.

AND I ENJOY THAT ASPECT OF IT.

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