I am throwing a Luau on the Mainland. Can you recommend some CDs?
Many people on the Mainland think of Hawaiian Music as Hawaiian Steel Guitar, Don Ho, and Elvis’s Blue Hawaii. If you want CD’s with the ‘Hapa-Haole’ Waikiki sounds, try the following: • Henry Allen – Blue Hawaii (includes Waikiki Steel Guitar Classics like Hawaiian Wedding Song & Aloha ‘Oe) • Don Ho – Greatest Hits! (includes Tiny Bubbles, Pearly Shells, etc.) • Hawaii Calls – Blue Hawaii (includes Hawaiian Classics including Blue Hawaii, Hukilau, etc.) If you want to include the music that’s popular in Hawaii, add some of the CD’s listed in the previous question (e.g. Keali’i Reichel – Kawaipunahele, or Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Facing Future). What is the History of the Ukulele in Hawaii? When the Portuguese arrived around 1879 to work in the sugar cane fields, they brought the braguinha. The Hawaiians were impressed at the speed of Joao Fernandes fingers as he played this instrument. One story has it that the Hawaiians called the instrument ‘ukulele’, which means jumping flea in Engl
