12/98
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: | Charles Stark |
| E-mail address: | astark@interlog.com |
| Comments: Just visited Hawaii in November of 1998. On the island of Kauai I heard one of your CDs and bought it immediately. In your music you will live forever. Charles Stark Canada | |
Wednesday December 30th 1998 06:34:29
| Name: | trisha |
| E-mail address: | hitrisha@aol.com |
| Comments: Thanks IZ for your beautiful voice and spirit. Your music will forever echo in the hearts of many. A nice surprise about a month ago when I went to see "Meet Joe Black". It brought tears to my eyes. Love ya! | |
Tuesday December 29th 1998 09:45:40
| Name: | kamuela kaleimokihana kahookano |
| E-mail address: | haeaiian warrior |
| Comments: brada iz rest in piece theres a lot of music to be played in heaven.and we will still be listening no mater howm far.from the kahookano family of las vegas always hawaiian. | |
Tuesday December 29th 1998 04:33:23
| Name: | Ben Holokai |
| E-mail address: | Zamt69A@Prodigy.Com |
| Comments: I am 60 years old so I have fresh memories of many nights and days of listening to the traditional music of Hawaii sung by those who went before me. Listening to the few CDs I have of IZ always bring tears to my eyes. I have lived in California for over thirty years now and the voice of IZ brings pain to my heart for I miss my home very much. Aloha, IZ. Although I don't completely agree with your stand on sovereignty, I will miss you very much . . .aloha and Mahalo | |
Sunday December 27th 1998 11:45:41
| Name: | frank w evans |
| E-mail address: | evans.fc@worldnet.att.net |
| Comments: WHILE VISITING HAWAII LAST OCTOBER WE HEARD THE MUSIC OF IZ AND THOUGHT IS WAS WONDERFUL .. MY SISTER AND BROTHERLAW BOUGHT HIS TAPES AND WE HAVE ALL ENJOYED IT. WE ARE SO GLAD WE HARD THEHIS MUSIC AND WILL CHREISH IT FOREVER! ALOHA. RICH, FRANK, DOLLY AND CAROL | |
Saturday December 26th 1998 07:56:10
| Name: | Grant Miyamoto |
| E-mail address: | hsb@lava.net |
| Comments: Bruddah IZ, never forgotten.. Always in our thoughts, heart and souls...Mahalo bruddah..... | |
Saturday December 26th 1998 11:12:43
| Name: | LEHUA MATSUOKA |
| E-mail address: | mmkmm@mauigateway.com |
| Comments: Hawaii has suffered a great loss, as well as the family. His spirit lives on in his music, and in our hearts. | |
Friday December 25th 1998 12:28:02
| Name: | Frank Yourek |
| E-mail address: | frankyourek@earthlink.net |
| Comments: Namaste...Aloha...Dear Heart, I grew up in Hawaii...underwater at Nanakuli, just south by the railroad tracks I snorkled three hours a day, from 1956 to 1960...paradise/heaven time on this earth. Now I am in Santa Barbara, California...and when I discovered "Israel Kamakawiwo'ole" I went into Ecstacy. He spoke to my heart, my spiritual roots, my physical "coming into this body time of this incarnation". When I heard he died, I felt my heart in agony crying out for his spirit, and my love and deepest prayers soared up towards his risen spirit. I can't really say what it did to me, but he is, is a part of my wife's and my life now. What more can I say. He takes me to a higher place of love. Oh yes, I felt to "Haole trip of being a seventh grader in Waipahu Catholic School in 1958-59. Yes, 4 Haoles and 76 "Locals" in one Seventh Grade class. Yes, I fought and won respect. But the year before, Clarence and Larry from Nanakuli (heavy set, black wavy hair, tall, thin sandy abond hair) and I and one other Haole I don't remember were one against the Barber's Ponit 6th graders--we had a purple Hawk's Head as our symbol, and we defeated them all...I wander in my later years on the "Mainland", but let me say that my heart has never left Hawaii, and Brother Iz has taken me back to those "Golden Years". If you, his wife or daughter get this message, "Thank you for loving him, being born to him and you, and just being their to love, honor and thank". Last thot (maybe), God Bless You...Thank You... | |
Friday December 25th 1998 04:18:44
| Name: | JERRY PENA |
| E-mail address: | KEALAKAI@HOTMAIL.COM |
| Comments: ALOHA FROM BOSNIA! | |
Tuesday December 22nd 1998 03:28:27
| Name: | Joseph Scott |
| E-mail address: | joebscott@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://members.aol.com/joebscott |
| Comments: I was introduced to the music of Iz on a recent trip to Hawaii. What a blessed voice he had. Even when he sings in Hawaiian, his words seem to touch me. Now I am discovering his music. Just imagine, Iz's music can attract new fans after he is gone. | |
Monday December 21st 1998 01:05:39
| Name: | Terrence Valenzona |
| E-mail address: | valenzo@gateway.net |
| Comments: I will miss his music. | |
Thursday December 17th 1998 11:00:05
| Name: | Mike Kirby |
| E-mail address: | mkirby2@compuserve.com |
| Comments: I grew up in Hawaii from 1965 till 1981. Lived on Kauai for 8 yrs and in Hilo for 8 yrs. Came back for the first time in 14 yrs in 1995, Hawaiian Supahman was a hot tune at that time. I saw bruddah Iz on TV doing an interview while I was there. He kind of symbolized the trip for me. Ended up buying a couple of his albums (CD's). I am shocked to hear now of his passing. Respectfully, kirbs | |
Wednesday December 16th 1998 05:52:04
| Name: | robert j.fritz |
| E-mail address: | rgfritz@gateway.net |
| Comments: i always liked hawiian music,but israel really brought out the true flavor of the islands,and was very convincing on what a simple true meaning of island life was.and,moreover,what the true meaning of a happy life was anywhere in the world.i miss his presence here on earth.i just know he's strumming his uke.and singing his songs on some sandy beach in paradise. | |
Wednesday December 16th 1998 01:26:34
| Name: | Janine Kauakeaoahiahi Morgado Kinney |
| E-mail address: | jkmkakaneen@snet.net |
| Comments: I like what IZ sang about and stood for and hoped to preserve...I hope that we can as graciously follow in his footsteps and maintain the traditions and thoughts and hopes in our own ways. | |
Wednesday December 16th 1998 01:07:30
| Name: | mahealani acosta |
| E-mail address: | islandtitah@webtv.net |
| Comments: you have inspired me in manys ways. your memory lives on within me and in the people of hawaii. | |
Saturday December 12th 1998 02:29:27
| Name: | Charlie Stanton |
| E-mail address: | wierd_chuck@compuserve.com |
| Comments: I first heard Iz in 1994 and was so impressed with his island style. As a mainlander I'll never qualify as "Hawaiian" but I learned as a child of SFO in the '60's that we should all have the Aloha spirt so well spoken, and lived by Iz. Mahalo for your recorded words, now recorded for the ages. | |
Friday December 11th 1998 01:36:37
| Name: | Pilialoha Camara |
| E-mail address: | jasminec@hawaii.edu |
| Comments: I think this is a really maika'i thing to have a webpage in memory of a great hawaiian kane. | |
Thursday December 10th 1998 05:13:12
| Name: | Bill & Kathy Jones |
| E-mail address: | acephoto |
| Comments: Just listened to "Facing Future" for about the seventh time and I love the music more each time. It saddens me to find out only today (12/08/98) of Israel's passing. I borrowed this CD from a friend and now I must find one somewhere for me. It has stirred some deep and wonderful emotions. Thanks Bruddah IZ -Bill & Kathy Jones Austin,Texas | |
Tuesday December 8th 1998 07:52:26
| Name: | Tom Kero |
| E-mail address: | cyntom91 |
| Comments: just heard 'Iz's' music for the first time today. i wanted to check it out on the web, was sad to find out that there will be no more of this great stuff...loved it. | |
Tuesday December 8th 1998 03:04:52
| Name: | Kamuela Long |
| E-mail address: | kanikapila@hotmail.com |
| Comments: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole is my favorite Hawaiian artist. I fell in love with his music ever since he went solo, he inspired me to become a musician. He has affected me in so many ways. Everytime that I listen to his music it gives me chills all the time. God Bless you IZ, for all that you have done. | |
Saturday December 5th 1998 01:25:58
| Name: | DARNA P.D. GARCIA |
| E-mail address: | garc@gte.net |
| Comments: BRUDDAH IZ STILL IN DA HEART WE MISS YOU AND WE LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC EVERYDAY!!!! | |
Friday December 4th 1998 02:52:50
| Name: | Brett A. Dabb |
| E-mail address: | bd31631@appstate.edu |
| Comments: Israel I would like you to know how much your music has ment to me and your voice will be with me forever. I just thought you should now how much you mean to me and many others around the world. Your rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World is the best that I have ever heard. Thanks for all that you are. Love, Brett A. Dabb I | |
Wednesday December 2nd 1998 01:56:35
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