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(L&L Morning Star)
Outside the Big Island, songwriter Lloyd Longakit is best known as mentor of his talented children, Loeka and Pomai. Lloyd introduced Loeka as a solo artist with "The One They Call Hawaii," a winning recording on Ron Jacobs' "Homegrown '97" album for KRTR 96 in 1997. Two years later, Loeka and his sister won a Hoku Award for their sincere, albeit oddly titled, religious album, "1st Thing's 1st." Now Lloyd steps into the spotlight with new instrumental arrangements of songs previously recorded by the kids -- "The One They Call Hawaii" and "A'ama Crab" among them.
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Lloyd Longakit(L&L Morning Star)
Outside the Big Island, songwriter Lloyd Longakit is best known as mentor of his talented children, Loeka and Pomai. Lloyd introduced Loeka as a solo artist with "The One They Call Hawaii," a winning recording on Ron Jacobs' "Homegrown '97" album for KRTR 96 in 1997. Two years later, Loeka and his sister won a Hoku Award for their sincere, albeit oddly titled, religious album, "1st Thing's 1st." Now Lloyd steps into the spotlight with new instrumental arrangements of songs previously recorded by the kids -- "The One They Call Hawaii" and "A'ama Crab" among them.
Acoustic guitar is the featured instrument, but thanks to modern studio technology he sounds like a small group rather than a solo guitarist. Some of the song titles indicate the things that inspired them, but the beauty of his arrangements -- jazz, pop or slack key -- allow the listener to imagine other scenarios.
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