In article >, dsi1 > wrote:

> 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

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