Of course, Iz's Facing Future is the ultimate Hawaii CD. if anyone doesn't know it, get it. But I've listened to it about 5,000 times. His other CD's don't really offer additional songs, but I have those too.

SO...ANYONE..... Give me the names of some other Hawaii CD's that are great like Iz's are great. maybe there are none.

Hapa's first("Hapa")is a classic and among my all time favorites. You probably won't like it as much as I do.
-Bill

Hi imaq. Any chance that has the original song about Hasegawa'a General Store? I have been looking for that song on the internet and not able to find it. But that name rings a bell to me of who might have recorded that song.

Not sure, I don't think so. Have you checked i-tunes?
-Bill

oooohh...hapa is one of my favorites too (ku'u lei ku'u ipo)

their "collections" cd is terrific

oh...and mele.com might be a good place to look. You could always e-mail [email protected]. She know everyting about island music!
-Bill

Bill, this is perfect. Thanks a lot. Are you from Hawaii?

bluefan,
Good taste in music as well as destinations!
-Bill

itunes shows hasegawa's general store's artist being ho'opi'i brothers

ditto to you bill!

Man, cool to have you guys online at the sametime. I wil check out Hapi and ho'opi'i brothers. Thanks for your help.

i am obsessed with Hawaii after returning from my 5th trip last week.

sigh............

Nope, but I visit as often as I can, which ain't often enough!

-Bill

Here's an older thread you might enjoy.

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...1&tid=34638815

You also must check out Keali'i Reichel (vocal) and Ledward Kaapana (slack key).

Just google "Hasegawa General Store" and you'll get a buncha stuff. Here's one lead:
http://www.squareone.org/Hapa/h43.html

For a while I was into Keali'i Reichel. I still love Jerry Santos. For some reason, I was also really into Ululani Guerrero. Amy Hanaialii Gilliom and Willie K are still super popular. As you can see, I could go on and on! For that classic Hawaiian music, why don't you just listen to it on your computer, broadcast from Hawaii?

http://hawaiian105.com/

Hi Bill!

The Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau, of which Iz was a member, were really great. I recently got the CD "Na Mele Henoheno" and I love it.

The sweet sound of the islands! 105!

Thanks and hi to you too, Melissa.

-Bill

For those new to Hawaiian music, there are some truly great compilation albums which will let you hear "the best of the best" -- both in music, and in musicians. I could point you to them, but that would be too blatant. I'll just let you know that mele.com has all of the following titles:

Destination Hawai`i
A Taste of Hawai`i
Hula Records' Hits
Hawai`i: Music from the Islands of Aloha
Pride of Punahele II
Pure Hawaiian
Pure Hawaiian - `Elua

Check out Jamie Lawrence. He is a local, and has been preforming for 25 years. I hired him for my daughter's wedding. He has an amazing voice. You can order his cd's

Re: "Hasegawa General Store"

slbrown emailed me directly, and I was able to point him to two older recordings of this great song, on these CDs:

MAUI'S SUNSET MUSIC
HAWAII'S SUNSET MELODIES

These versions were done in the 1950s/1960s.

Do you have Ke Ala A by Iz?
I can't think of anyone who is as good as IZ!!!
Try Jack Johnson or Jake Shimabukoro?
Aloha!!