Bruddah IZ
May 20, 1959 - June 26, 1997
In Loving Memory - Israel Kamakawiwo`ole
Lately, the "In Loving Memory - Israel Kamakawiwo`ole Guestbook" has been a difficult task to upkeep on a regular basis. As a result, e-Hawaii.com was generous enough to offer some space where the guestbook process is somewhat automated. I hope you enjoy the "new" look. My apologies for any inconvenience(s) this has caused.
Name: jerry
Email: JerryCoWin@aol.com
URL:
Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2002
Time: 06:41 AM
Comments
Bruddah IZ... Your great talent, your sincere heart, your magicial voice...
They are in my soul.
Aloha, Iz.
Heaven must have needed a singing angel...
Name: Luca
Email: lucabac@libero.it
URL:
Date: Monday, January 28, 2002
Time: 07:39 AM
Comments
Iz - A gentle man with a big heart and a delicate sound. you live in mine mind forever.
Name: K.G. Bell
Email: kahikealoha@yahoo.com
URL:
Date: Monday, January 28, 2002
Time: 12:11 AM
Comments
Iz was a marvelous man, a supreme humanitarian who I hold in esteem next to Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, Sitting Bull, and Queen Liliuokalani. His death, tragic and seemingly needless should have woken Kanaka Maoli to the following fact: the messenger has passed away, and now we must see if those who heard the message really believe in the principles which Iz espoused or if they merely enjoyed him as a piece of entertainment. This summer, a friend of my fiancee was visiting from France. The night she landed, I asked her if I was the first Hawaiian she had met, and apologized for the low culture that my people live under as a result of their inability to assimilate into contemporary culture. She smiled, and said "Don't worry, I know Iz's music." His music has served as a vehicle to our recognition, around the world. We need more heroes like him, and we need them to stay with us.
Name: ALEKA
Email: sandigracio.antoni@gte.net
URL:
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002
Time: 03:30 PM
Comments
I will miss you and your music. they there all so touching to the heart and soul and it will live on for ever. GOD BLESS
Name: Donna LeClair
Email: shaka_ent@hotmail.com
URL: shawmail
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002
Time: 10:49 AM
Comments
I have just found the music of Israel and was so taken with him and his voice. I felt an instant kinship. When I found out he was no longer alive and was so young I was so sad and almost in tears. I too lost my husband in 1998. My condolences to his family and all who loved him.
Name: Angie Smith
Email: angiesmith@rocketmail.com
URL:
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002
Time: 08:31 AM
Comments
While in Hawaii last week, I bought a CD and it is beautiful. I was saddened to learn that this big-hearted, soulful man is not with us. I am blessed to have found his music, and to have visited your homeland. Take good care... continue... Mahalo... Angie
Name: Rusli Arshad
Email: rusli@consultant.com
URL:
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2002
Time: 06:50 PM
Comments
Great voice and great humour as shown in IZ world. Audiophile-grade recording too! Your beautiful renderings pulls on my heart strings. God must have wanted you for his own. A really big loss to the rest of us you leave behind. Definitely my number ONE cd in my collection. I love you Bruddah!
Name: Summergirl!
Email: Summerlady@onebox.com
URL: http:\\summergirl.net
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2002
Time: 02:13 PM
Comments
It's 2002...we still thinkin' bout you! Aloha wao ia oe...
Name: DJ KAIATANO
Email: DJ_KAIATANO@KQMQFAN.COM
URL:
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2002
Time: 05:48 AM
Comments
HEY BRADDAH IZ I KNOW YOU ARE THERE AND MY FAMILY AND I REALLY MISS SEEING YOU AT THE CONCERTS AND WATCHING YOU DOING THE THINGS YOU DO BEST AND THATS SINGING YOU ALWAYS MAKE OUR HEARTS MELT WITH YOUR MUSIC I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR MAKING EVERYBODY DREAMS COME TRUE BRADDAH IZ YOU ARE THE MAN TAKE CARE & GOD BLESS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WE LOVE AND MISS YOU.......
ALOHA DJ KAIATANO
Name: Frederich
Email: vestner@mediaone.net
URL:
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2002
Time: 02:11 PM
Comments
Like many, I first heard Israel's music on the soundtrack of Meet Joe Black, awhile back actually, while I liked the song, I never really looked much into it. I heard it once again in Finding Forrester, and struggled to remember where I heard it. I fell into a world of wonderful, not just Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful world. Thank you IZ for introducing me to a whole new world of music. My condolences to family, friends and fans alike.
Name: Kevin J
Email: ksjordan@hotmail.com
URL:
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Time: 05:57 PM
Comments
Mahalo, bruddah IZ for all your music and your spirit that lives even still as we enter the year 2002. May you look down upon us and laugh and tell your duck jokes and talk on computer in a better place which you now know.
Mahalo, bruddah IZ for being a part of this earth and sharing your music and spirit with those of us that are Hawaiin at heart.
Kevin (Hawaiin at heart)
Name: Paul
Email: monterrey11@hotmail.com
URL: http://www.geocities.com/paris/metro/7253/rainbow.html
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Time: 07:21 AM
Comments
There seems to be no end of finding beauty in this world. Surprise - it's Bruddah IZ and "Over the Rainbow." If only I could touch one heart how he has touched many.
Name: Miranda
Email: venusisabella@shaw.ca
URL:
Date: Monday, January 21, 2002
Time: 08:45 PM
Comments
I just discovered who sings the "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" medly that I love so much, and I find that he has passed on. What a beautiful song to remember him by.
Name: molly keen
Email: keenthings@aol.com
URL:
Date: Sunday, January 20, 2002
Time: 03:07 PM
Comments
I am thankful that I found Israel's music. His beautiful voice has brightened my life.
Thank you, Israel.
Name: Bob Smith
Email: robert.smith@dcaa.mil
URL:
Date: Friday, January 18, 2002
Time: 07:44 AM
Comments
His music touched me! I got on CD I lovedd it so much I got all of Iz's music
Name: Tommy Smith
Email: tsmith@digiterm.com
URL:
Date: Thursday, January 17, 2002
Time: 03:42 PM
Comments
Smiles and tears in the same 30 seconds. I was just introduced to Iz and was instantly enchanted by his music. In a lust to hear more I read about his life and find out he has passed away years before I met his music. This is a happy and terribly sad moment. God Bless Iz! You live by meeting new people everyday.
Name: Pat
Email:
URL:
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Time: 10:35 PM
Comments
A heavenly voice. I just discovered him tonight. Rest in peace, IZ
Name: Matthew Laeno
Email: williebubba12@yahoo.com
URL: roadrunner.com
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2002
Time: 04:28 PM
Comments
you really were a great inspiration to me and your music still lives in everyone who has heard it. God Bless
Name: Daniel Townley
Email: danieltownley@worldnet.att.net
URL:
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2002
Time: 02:59 PM
Comments
IZ is in our hearts forever.
Name: Mary Barton
Email: lindbart@msn.com
URL:
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2002
Time: 09:46 AM
Comments
I recently discovered IZ looking for contemporary Hawaiian music prior to a vacation trip there. His beautiful clear voice and sweet humor won my admiration instantly. I am so glad his musical legacy has been preserved. What a wonderful discovery. mary
Name: Mary Barton
Email: lindbart@msn.com
URL:
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2002
Time: 09:45 AM
Comments
I recently discovered IZ looking for contemporary Hawaiian music prior to a vacation trip there. His beautiful clear voice and sweet humor won my admiration instantly. I am so glad his musical legacy has been preserved. What a wonderful discovery. mary
Name: Susan Bell
Email: r.bell20@verizon.net
URL:
Date: Friday, January 11, 2002
Time: 01:18 PM
Comments
Thank you for maintaining this site. I was listening to IZ's music in my car today and wondered what info I could find online about his life. I discovered his beautiful music while on a solo trip to Kauai many years back....Like everyone else, I fell in love with him. He made it so easy to feel a connection with the Islands and the Hawaiian people and culture. I have returned to Kauai every year, now with my family in tow...we spend as much time as possible in our little rented house and try to become one with these beautiful Islands and the wonderful people....I could go on and on....I have many stories of our travels there that illustrate the Aloha spirit, but no one does it better than Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, with his incredible voice and music. He lives on in my heart forever. Thank you again, Susan Bell Santa Barbara, Calif.
Name: Mary Thanh
Email: younme247@msn.com
URL: http://angelfire.com/stars3/maryandnavy
Date: Thursday, January 10, 2002
Time: 01:40 PM
Comments
Dis one is dedicated to bruddah IZ. Much love and aloha to you. Such a wonderful person and a great music artist. love and aloha- mary Thanh
Name: Christopher Ching
Email: hawaiianboy808@hotmail.com
URL:
Date: Thursday, January 10, 2002
Time: 12:25 PM
Comments
I'm a seventeen year old living in Seattle, Washington. Away from the family and friends from Hawaii I struggle to find happiness, for nothing can replace the hole I have for Hawaii. Bruddah IZ is my light and my inspiration to find Hawaiian happiness in everyday I spend here on the mainland.
Name: Taylor
Email: kainoa9@aol.com
URL:
Date: Tuesday, January 08, 2002
Time: 01:25 PM
Comments
braddah iz + fam, we haole now...we moved mainland ahwile ago but the local lives on. i know your out there IZ and thanx for all the great aloha songs
Name: Kristine Gaa
Email: kristine_gaa@hotmail.com
URL:
Date: Monday, January 07, 2002
Time: 08:51 PM
Comments
I love Iz's voice. It's like a lullaby and makes me proud to be a Pacific Islander. Although not Hawaiian, I find myself standing just a little taller, just a little more proud of my heritage as a filipina. May his voice inspire the People to recognize, cherish, and fight for the heritage that is uniquely theirs. My only regret, that I did not discovery his magic until after he passed from this earth.
Rest in peace, Israel Kamakawiwo`ole, knowing that your voice will inspire and hearten future generations to come.
Name: Chip Wasson
Email: carl.wasson@gsa.gov
URL:
Date: Monday, January 07, 2002
Time: 07:02 PM
Comments
Lovely, its all about the music. Looking future to more Hawaiian music!
Name: Eva Tessler
Email: raoni1@yahoo.com
URL:
Date: Monday, January 07, 2002
Time: 10:54 AM
Comments
Bruddah IZ:I only regret I could not share your music with my beloved husband Daniel who also passed away in 1997. Mahalo nui loa for your sweet voice. You live in our hearts.
Name: pat easterling
Email: easterling_pat@hotmail.com
URL:
Date: Monday, January 07, 2002
Time: 07:22 AM
Comments
I first heard Bruddah Iz in a cabin in Volcano - what a voice - what a spirit - It's cold here in Utah in January and in two weeks we will be in Lanikai! Iz makes my heart swell. I am so thankful for being raised in Hawaii and learning about the music and the culture. ALOHA
Name: Lyz
Email: jeilyz@yahoo.com
URL:
Date: Sunday, January 06, 2002
Time: 06:50 PM
Comments
i knew der wuz sumthin special about IZ wen i first saw his CD but it took me dis long to finally listen to his music..dis is d sound of tru love for music..my "Sunshine", who lives in Hawai'i, says u'll enjoy life when u share ur SMILE to d world and IZ taught me to embrace it~
Name: John McCaa
Email: jkm30@aol.com
URL:
Date: Friday, January 04, 2002
Time: 04:58 PM
Comments
I'm a latecomer to his music but what a wonderful joyous sound
Name: Reg Baldock
Email: regb@free2air.com.au
URL:
Date: Friday, January 04, 2002
Time: 04:52 PM
Comments
First heard Israel on the soundtrack of "Meet Joe Black" and again last night on the soundtrack of "Finding Forrester" "Over the rainbow/What a wonderful World" plays in my head all the time. When I found this great voice,I find that he has left this World. A great shame. Reg Baldock (Australia)
Name: Daniela Colasanti
Email: dcolasanti@virgilio.it
URL:
Date: Thursday, January 03, 2002
Time: 11:08 PM
Comments
I knew his wonderful music only this year. His first song I listened has been Over the Rainbow and since then IZ is the sound of my heart and I'll thank him for what he is giving to me.
Name: Leo
Email: leopoldolombardi@libero.it
URL:
Date: Thursday, January 03, 2002
Time: 09:21 AM
Comments
Ho scoperto da poco e per caso la tua musica. Mi riesce difficile pensare che da oltre quattro anni non sei pił con noi e che non sarą pił possibile ascoltare tue nuove canzoni. Tu, paladino delle minoranze etniche e cantore delle tue meravigliose isole trasformate dal progresso, mi stai regalando intense emozioni. Grazie Iz, tu e la tua musica rimarrete per sempre nel mio cuore. Ciao.
Name: wendy gordon
Email: wendygordonuk@yahoo.com
URL: yahoo
Date: Wednesday, January 02, 2002
Time: 02:32 PM
Comments
only just discovered iz, had to find out more. love the site, thanks for the info. shall visit again love wendyxx
Name: o.d. phillips
Email: o.d.phillips@dunbararm.com
URL:
Date: Wednesday, January 02, 2002
Time: 11:24 AM
Comments
I am saddened that IZ has passed away. Unfortunately for me, I discovered his music long after his death.
Name: VINCE KAPAHU
Email: RUKRONIC@MSN.COM
URL:
Date: Tuesday, January 01, 2002
Time: 12:42 PM
Comments
I MISS YOU MY BRUDDAH. I MISS THE GET TOGETHERS WITH NALU, ANALU, & PAKE DOWN ON AMANA ST. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH ALL OF US. NO TEARS IN MY EYES, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD GOOD TIMES TOGETHER. A HUI HOU!
ALOHA, VINNY "MAKE MAN"
Name: Gianluca Golferelli
Email: ggolfarelli@akros.it
URL:
Date: Tuesday, January 01, 2002
Time: 07:18 AM
Comments
"Somewhere, over the Rainbow" he's singing his songs for Angeles.....