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Kevin Chang AKA Mr. Chang discusses his latest album “Boxers and Bootleggers”. Foxes and Hedgehogs
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Kevin Chang AKA Mr. Chang discusses his new album “Boxers and Bootleggers”, musical influences, life as a musician in Hawaii, and Hawaii’s connection to Idaho Spud candy bars.
Kevin Chang AKA Mr. Chang discusses his new album “Boxers and Bootleggers”, musical influences, life as a musician in Hawaii, and Hawaii’s connection to Idaho Spud candy bars.
Kevin Chang is an attorney, film producer, singer-songwriter & Co-Director of a Hawaiʻi non-profit organization Kua‘āina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA: kuahawaii.org ). Formerly a solo practitioner in the field of entertainment law and civil litigation he continues to perform as a singer-songwriting act known as Mr. Chang ( https://www.facebook.com/mrchangmusic, Twitter @mrchangmusic ) and a member of the band Kupa‘āina (citizen of the land; https://www.facebook.com/kupaaina ) which has spent the last 20 years performing, writing and contributing to a voice about Hawai’i in the world. Some of his -and Kupaʻāina’s- music were featured on national and local television and a number of artistic and philanthropic efforts. \
Hui Ohana-*Hui Ohana means "group of the family" in Hawaiian. This name is appropriate because all in the trio are related. The 70's saw the blossoming of the Hawaiian Renaissance, and Hui 'Ohana was a key part of that return to traditional Hawaiian culture and music. In 1972, the group “Hui Ohana” exploded onto the Hawaiian music scene with their debut record, “Young Hawaii Plays Old Hawaii”. *
Dennis Pavao-Dennis Pavao, was one of several Hawaiian musicians who, during the 1970s, led a Hawaiian music renaissance, reviving Hawaiian music, especially "ka leo ki'eki'e".
Gary Haleamau-Gary Haleamau grew up at Hu'ehu'e Ranch in North Kona on the big island of Hawaii. Family gatherings included music, and Gary's father Karin Haleamau, a paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) and ki ho'alu (slack-key guitar) player, encouraged his son to join in. **
'Aunty' Genoa Leilani Adolpho Keawe-Aiko was a Hawaiian musician. Aunty Genoa was born on the island of Oʻahu in the Kakaʻako district of Honolulu and grew up in Lā'ie. **
Gabby Pahinui-April 22, 1921 – October 13, 1980) was a slack-key guitarist and singer of Hawaiian music. Born into a struggling family, Gabby was born Charles Kapono Kahahawai Jr. and later hānaied with his brother and one of his sisters to Philip and Emily Pahinui and raised in the impoverished district of Kaka'ako in Honolulu in the 1920s ("all tin roofs and kinda falling apart").
The Sons of Hawaii-The Sons of Hawaii was a Hawaiian musical group that grew popular to mainstream audiences from the 1960s through the 1990s.
8. Dennis Kamakahi-Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi was a Hawaiian slack key guitarist, recording artist, music composer, and Christian minister.
9. Ledward Kaapana-Kaapana (born August 25, 1948) is a Hawaiian musician, best known for playing in the slack key guitar style. He also plays steel guitar, ukulele, autoharp and bass guitar, and is a baritone and falsetto vocalist.
10. Tyrone Wells-Tyrone Wells still sort of chuckles to himself when he thinks about the fact that making music is his “job." He has been at this “job" for well over a decade, and is just now beginning to shake off the discomfort and stress of the days when he had a real job (TJ Maxx - lead of the ladies department in Spokane, WA).
11. Jack Johnson-Jack Hody Johnson (born May 18, 1975 is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, record producer, documentary filmmaker and former professional surfer. Johnson is known primarily for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. Johnson has reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart with his albums Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George in 2006, Sleep Through the Static in
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Kevin Chang AKA Mr. Chang discusses his new album “Boxers and Bootleggers”, musical influences, life as a musician in Hawaii, and Hawaii’s connection to Idaho Spud candy bars.
Kevin Chang AKA Mr. Chang discusses his new album “Boxers and Bootleggers”, musical influences, life as a musician in Hawaii, and Hawaii’s connection to Idaho Spud candy bars.
Kevin Chang is an attorney, film producer, singer-songwriter & Co-Director of a Hawaiʻi non-profit organization Kua‘āina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA: kuahawaii.org ). Formerly a solo practitioner in the field of entertainment law and civil litigation he continues to perform as a singer-songwriting act known as Mr. Chang ( https://www.facebook.com/mrchangmusic, Twitter @mrchangmusic ) and a member of the band Kupa‘āina (citizen of the land; https://www.facebook.com/kupaaina ) which has spent the last 20 years performing, writing and contributing to a voice about Hawai’i in the world. Some of his -and Kupaʻāina’s- music were featured on national and local television and a number of artistic and philanthropic efforts. \
Hui Ohana-*Hui Ohana means "group of the family" in Hawaiian. This name is appropriate because all in the trio are related. The 70's saw the blossoming of the Hawaiian Renaissance, and Hui 'Ohana was a key part of that return to traditional Hawaiian culture and music. In 1972, the group “Hui Ohana” exploded onto the Hawaiian music scene with their debut record, “Young Hawaii Plays Old Hawaii”. *
Dennis Pavao-Dennis Pavao, was one of several Hawaiian musicians who, during the 1970s, led a Hawaiian music renaissance, reviving Hawaiian music, especially "ka leo ki'eki'e".
Gary Haleamau-Gary Haleamau grew up at Hu'ehu'e Ranch in North Kona on the big island of Hawaii. Family gatherings included music, and Gary's father Karin Haleamau, a paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) and ki ho'alu (slack-key guitar) player, encouraged his son to join in. **
'Aunty' Genoa Leilani Adolpho Keawe-Aiko was a Hawaiian musician. Aunty Genoa was born on the island of Oʻahu in the Kakaʻako district of Honolulu and grew up in Lā'ie. **
Gabby Pahinui-April 22, 1921 – October 13, 1980) was a slack-key guitarist and singer of Hawaiian music. Born into a struggling family, Gabby was born Charles Kapono Kahahawai Jr. and later hānaied with his brother and one of his sisters to Philip and Emily Pahinui and raised in the impoverished district of Kaka'ako in Honolulu in the 1920s ("all tin roofs and kinda falling apart").
The Sons of Hawaii-The Sons of Hawaii was a Hawaiian musical group that grew popular to mainstream audiences from the 1960s through the 1990s.
8. Dennis Kamakahi-Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi was a Hawaiian slack key guitarist, recording artist, music composer, and Christian minister.
9. Ledward Kaapana-Kaapana (born August 25, 1948) is a Hawaiian musician, best known for playing in the slack key guitar style. He also plays steel guitar, ukulele, autoharp and bass guitar, and is a baritone and falsetto vocalist.
10. Tyrone Wells-Tyrone Wells still sort of chuckles to himself when he thinks about the fact that making music is his “job." He has been at this “job" for well over a decade, and is just now beginning to shake off the discomfort and stress of the days when he had a real job (TJ Maxx - lead of the ladies department in Spokane, WA).
11. Jack Johnson-Jack Hody Johnson (born May 18, 1975 is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, record producer, documentary filmmaker and former professional surfer. Johnson is known primarily for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. Johnson has reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart with his albums Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George in 2006, Sleep Through the Static in
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