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Facing Future

By Dan Kois

Facing Future

By Dan Kois

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Even at four in the morning, the strip clubs and watering holes surrounding the Honolulu studio were still hopping. The recording engineer heard a car pull into the lot, and soon the biggest man he had ever seen walked in. When he stepped into the studio, the floated floor shifted beneath the engineer's feet. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole engulfed the engineer's hand in his and said, "Hi, bruddah." The product of that impromptu recording session, a delicate medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World," has driven sales of Facing Future to nearly two million copies. Each time the medley is licensed to appear in advertisements, in movies, even on American Idol, Mainlanders embrace it anew as a touch of the unfamiliar in their otherwise staid record collections. But in Hawai'i, a state struggling with the responsibility of its native heritage, Facing Future is much more. Gaining unprecedented access to Israel's family, friends, and colleagues, Dan Kois tells the remarkable story of Bruddah Iz and the album that changed his life-and his death.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
188
Release Date:
2009-12-03
Publication Date:
2010-01-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
082642905X
ISBN13:
9780826429056
Weight:
144 g
Height:
121 cm
Width:
167 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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