
Cyril Pahinui & Peter Moon Jr.
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Cyril Pahinui & Peter Moon Jr.
Cyril Pahinui & Peter Moon Jr.
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Cyril Pahinui & Peter Moon Jr.
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>>GABBY PAHINUI AND PETER MOON ARE LEGENDARY FIGURES IN HAWAIIAN MUSIC, EACH CONTRIBUTING TO THE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL RENAISSANCE OF THE 1970S.
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>>THIRTY YEARS AFTER THIS BELL STREET, WAIMANALO BACKYARD JAM, THEIR SONS CONTINUE THEIR LEGACIES.
CYRIL PAHINUI, NOW SIXTY YEARS OLD, AND ACKNOWLEDGED SLACK KEY MASTER, AND YOUNG PETER MOON, JR., BARELY TWENTY, DISPLAYING A STYLE REMINISCENT OF HIS FAMOUS FATHER.
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>>IN 2009, THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS AWARDED CYRIL PAHINUI A FOLK AND TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP GRANT TO MENTOR PETER MOON, JR. ♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN).
GABBY: I'M NOT REALLY LIKE ONE, YOU KNOW, PROFESSOR KINDA THING, BUT I LEARN I TEACH HOW I STARTED TO PLAY, YOU KNOW.
EYES AND EAR; THAT'S THE OLD SCHOOL.
PETER: WHAT MY UNCLE DO, WE FOLLOW.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
THERE'S NO QUESTION.
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♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE ] PETER: IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO EMULATE, I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO • REALLY CATCH SUBTLE ASPECTS OF HIS PLAYING, OTHER THAN NOTE FOR NOTE, OR RUNS, OR WHATEVER, HOW YOU THINK HE WOULD FEEL THE MUSIC.
AND I GUESS IN THAT PART, AND UNCLE CAN ATTEST TO THAT WITH HIS FATHER, IS ASKING FOR IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN CONNECT AS FAMILY.
GABBY: AND I THINK THE BOY GET GOOD CHANCE OF JUST TAKING OVER, YOU KNOW.
AND FOR ME, LIKE I SAY, I'M DOING MY DAD'S THING.
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TAKE AS MUCH.
THERE'S ONLY ONE GABBY, AND LIKE I SAY, FOR PETER, THERE'S ONLY ONE PETER MOON.
BUT WE CARRY OUR FATHERS, YOU KNOW.
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♪ SNOATSZ ♪ (SINGING IN HAWAIIAN).
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