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with Myrna Kamae
I’ve never been much for parties, but gather- ing at a beachside home with friends and co-workers on Christmas Day 1965 changed my life. Before moving from Utah to Ha- wai‘i to help friends manage a restaurant, I had been ex- posed to Polynesian music, but nothing had prepared me for what I heard now.
“The musician on the left playing the small Martin ʻukulele is Eddie Kamae, and the one on the right is Ray- mond Kane playing slack key guitar.”
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I stood, not moving, for two hours, immersed in mu- sic, with nothing between me
The miracle of knowing this was the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with started
The Music That Never Stopped
“Music expresses what cannot be put into words and what cannot remain silent.” — Victor Hugo
with a song, and my love was not far behind. Even though we lost Eddie in 2017, his music lives on. I hear it still.
Myrna Kamae is the pro- ducer of all 10 documentaries on Hawaiian culture, directed by her husband, Eddie, for the Hawaiian Legacy Founda- tion. Together, they produced 14 albums of traditional Ha- waiian music, Eddie’s book “Hawaiian Son,” and co- wrote seven Hawaiian songs. Myrna recently launched the Eddie Kamae Songbook: A Musical Journey, a free online site at eddiekamaesongbook. org.
Chasing The Light is pro- duced by Lynne Johnson and Robin Stephens Rohr.
They had come to Lahaina to visit Eddie’s mom.
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and its lilting beauty.
“Do you know who they
I had discovered an authentic voice of Hawai‘i, a sound, a song, two legends whose mu- sic soared above the sky on wings of aloha.
are?” my boss asked.
I shook my head, still held
by the expanse resounding in my heart.
Then back to Earth: My boss asked if I would go open the restaurant. I was heavy-hearted to think I wouldn’t hear or see that ʻukulele player again. Lat- er that night, however, who should walk into the restau- rant but Eddie and his cous- in Harold Kaniho. After we closed, Eddie asked if I’ d like to go into Lahaina. We dropped off his cousin, then watched the full Maui moon slip into the sea.
I’ ve always listened more to instruments, more to music than to words. I was deeply touched, though, by the melo- dy of the Hawaiian language, as well as the virtuosity of the players. The breezes and ocean murmurs blended per- fectly with their voices. I felt
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