Omelet wrote:
> In article >, dsi1 > wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article > ,
>>> TFM® > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's a fun one. Try to get the pronunciation right, Israel
>>>> Kamakawiwo'ole.
>>>> TFM®
>>> I've always pronounced it "Fat Dead Hawaiian Guy" Ð his rendering of
>>> "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is beautiful.
>> I can pronounce his name just fine, however, many folks can't. That's
>> why we mainly just call him "Brudda Iz." Here's a video of Budda Iz
>> playing a simple tune on the windward side of Oahu, where I live. At the
>> end, he yells "shark!" :-)
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_YfyKahP-0
>
> That was lovely. I'd never heard of this guy. :-)

It was lovely. He was a giant guy with the voice of an angel. There's no
reason you should have heard of Brudda Iz, unless you were into Hawaiian
music, then there would be no way that you would not know and love him.
Here's Hawaii's expression of love for him:

http://archives.starbulletin.com/199...ws/story3.html