{"id":99859,"date":"2025-09-24T00:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=99859"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:32:15","slug":"we-still-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/we-still-going\/","title":{"rendered":"We Still Going"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_99860\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99860\" class=\"wp-image-99860 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/kala-orig-800x799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/kala-orig-800x799.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/kala-orig-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/kala-orig-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/kala-orig-1536x1533.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/kala-orig-2048x2044.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/kala-orig-335x334.jpg 335w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/kala-orig-1050x1048.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos Courtesy Kalapana<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The band that helped <\/span><span class=\"s2\">define<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> a generation of local music is <\/span><span class=\"s1\">celebrating its 50th anniversary with an upcoming concert <\/span><span class=\"s1\">beneath the moon and stars at Tom Moffatt Waik\u012bk\u012b Shell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Few bands helped inspire a generation of local artists and shape contemporary Hawaiian music more than the outfit known as Kalapana, which brought pleasing harmonies along with a pop-rock-jazz-funk sensibility to listeners\u2019 ears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Particularly in the 1970s, the band churned out timeless songs like nobody\u2019s business \u2014 from the soaring, ethereal majesty of <i>Naturally<\/i> and the romantic bossa-pop feel of <i>Nightbird<\/i> to the lively chord progression and easily singable chorus of <i>The Hurt<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Yet despite its immense popularity, Kalapana was&nbsp;once surprisingly unaware of just how revered it was beyond Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s shores.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">When group members traveled to the Philippines for a couple of concerts in the early \u201990s, for example, they were completely taken aback by the reactions overseas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">As keyboardist Gaylord Holomalia remembers, \u201cWe had no idea just how big we were down there. When we landed in Manila, we never saw customs \u2014 they just let us through. We then went straight to a reception for us at the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">At the shows, the group performed in front of 10,000 adoring fans each night. On the second night, the band was even encouraged to play <i>The Hurt<\/i> not once, but twice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cAfter we were done playing the song, the promoter said, \u2018Do it again and this time let the audience sing it,\u2019\u201d Holomalia says. \u201cSo we did that, and the people all stood up and sang because <i>The Hurt<\/i> was huge in the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Proving it still possessed an incredible amount of staying power, Kalapana returned to the archipelagic country 20 years later as part of a small tour with the British-American rock band America. After arriving at a hotel and heading to dinner together, the groups\u2019 members found themselves strolling past one of the lounges when a live band recognized them and abruptly cut the music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cThey just stopped playing and went, \u2018Oh, wow!\u2019\u201d recalls Holomalia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">But the interest wasn\u2019t in America and its catalogue of hits \u2014 among them, <i>A Horse with No Name, You Can Do Magic, Ventura Highway <\/i>and <i>Sister Golden Hair.<\/i> Rather, it was in Kalapana. As proof of this, the live band \u201cimmediately started playing <i>The Hurt<\/i>,\u201d says Holomalia, chuckling at the memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Such wonderstruck moments don\u2019t happen as often these days and particularly since the passing of three of Kalapana\u2019s founding icons \u2014 vocalist\/guitarist Mackey Feary (in 1999), vocalist\/guitarist Malani Bilyeu (2018) and guitarist DJ Pratt (2021). Even Holomalia admits, \u201cOur star has faded a little.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">But that doesn\u2019t mean the band that made it magical to sing along to <i>When the Morning Comes, Moon and Stars, You Make It Hard <\/i>and <i>Going Going Gone<\/i> is done.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Five decades after the release of its self-titled debut album that helped usher in the defining sound of an era, Kalapana will celebrate its golden anniversary next month in front of scores of loyal and appreciative fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The concert, Kalapana 50, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at Tom Moffatt Waik\u012bk\u012b Shell. For tickets, visit ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur music is what keeps us going,\u201d says longtime bassist Kenji Sano, who just turned 70 in August. \u201cThe fans love our music, and we love playing for the fans.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cFor us, it\u2019s been 50 years \u2026 and we still going.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Joining Holomalia and Sano for the evening performance will be a number of well-known entertainers, including Henry Kapono, Jorden Kealoha-Yamanaka of PARTYFOUL (formerly of Crossing Rain) and Atsushi Sat\u014d, a vocalist with the J-pop group EXILE. Also on the ticket will be Kirk Thompson, past keyboardist and Kalapana\u2019s only surviving founder; former band member and saxophonist Michael Paulo; international disc jockey Kamasami Kong, who once referred to Kalapana as \u201cthe Beatles of Hawai\u02bbi\u201d; and several younger-generation musicians who Holomalia regularly brings along to help further the band\u2019s legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSome people might say, \u02bbOh, it\u2019s a young Kalapana,\u2019 but it\u2019s a young Kalapana that\u2019s going to carry on and keep (our music) alive,\u201d explains Holomalia, 71, of the band\u2019s shuffling lineup. \u201cThey might not always do it within this band, but they\u2019ll do it in whatever they do because they love the music of Kalapana.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">While he shepherds Kalapana\u2019s path forward with fresh talent, Holomalia hasn\u2019t forgotten about those who built the band. It\u2019s why he still incorporates video footage of Feary, Bilyeu and Pratt in Kalapana\u2019s live performances \u2014 recorded clips all perfectly synched so that yesterday\u2019s musical heroes can play and sing along with today\u2019s band members.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">While some aren\u2019t enamored with this approach to live music, Holomalia plans to carry on with playing videos of his departed friends at next month\u2019s 50th anniversary concert. It\u2019s his way of bridging the past with the present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019ve had musicians tell me that we shouldn\u2019t do the videos, that it\u2019s not good. But the fans tell me they love it,\u201d Holomalia explains. \u201cI mean they cry when they see Mackey singing <i>Moon and Stars, <\/i>or DJ playing guitar all the way through <i>Velzyland,<\/i> a song that he wrote.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Taking in a deep breath, he then adds, \u201cI miss those guys. I like hearing them and I like seeing them. I like them being there (in concert) because I\u2019m more comfortable. Maybe it seems kind of selfish, but I like having them with us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I<\/span><span class=\"s1\">n recounting how they ultimately joined Kalapana, Holomalia and Sano point to a common denominator: Feary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In Holomalia\u2019s case, he recalls rehearsing with Billy Kaui (of Country Comfort fame) at his Waim\u0101nalo home one day in 1977 when Feary, who had just left Kalapana due to group tensions, showed up at the door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMackey came by and we kind of knew he wasn\u2019t with Kalapana anymore, and he wanted to be a part of the band,\u201d recalls Holomalia. \u201cSo that lasted for a little bit, but then Billy had a solo thing going and kind of had his own producer and everything, so I basically just said, \u2018Hey, Mackey, why don\u2019t we just make it the Mackey Feary Band?\u2019 And that turned out to be Mackey\u2019s first musical endeavor after Kalapana.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">That union eventually disolved, however, leaving Feary on the lookout for a new group to join forces with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Enter Sano, who in the early \u201980s had been playing in a band with guitarist-vocalist Maurice Bega. Feary ran into Bega at a party, listened to a tape of the group and liked what he heard, and expressed interest in teaming up. A surprised Bega immediately phoned Sano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cMaurice calls me up and he goes, \u2018Eh, you not gonna believe this but Mackey\u2019s here and he wants to join us.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Get the hell out of here,\u2019\u201d Sano remembers saying in disbelief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">That encounter led to the formation of Mackey Feary and Shine, although the name was subsequently scratched just before the band\u2019s debut album in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">As Sano explains, \u201cIf you read it in Japanese, \u2018shine\u2019 means, \u2018Hey, go die.\u2019 Not good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The band quickly rebranded itself as Mackey Feary &amp; Nite Life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Despite his solo projects, Feary had not closed the door completely on a Kalapana reunion. In the early \u201980s, concert promoter Tom Moffatt convinced Feary, Bilyeu, Thompson, Paulo and original band drummer Alvin Fejarang to perform a concert at Waik\u012bk\u012b Shell. That gathering not only produced a live album, but set the stage for the group reforming in 1986 \u2014 this time with a lineup consisting of Feary, Bilyeu, Pratt and, because of Feary\u2019s familiarity with them, Sano and Holomalia, the group\u2019s then-newest members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Today, the Kalapana veterans live miles apart from each other \u2014 Holomalia in Honolulu and Sano in LA. But the distance apart is made all the sweeter whenever they gather to play the band\u2019s classic songs, with the next opportunity coming at October\u2019s anniversary concert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">For Sano, he\u2019s still tickled over the fact that he\u2019s a part of one of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s greatest musical acts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cIt\u2019s a big responsibility, but at the same time I\u2019m thrilled and honored to be able to continue the legacy of Kalapana music,\u201d he says. \u201cThere was a reason why I was asked to join and be a part of this journey and it became the biggest part of my life and still is. I have a responsibility to myself, to the departed brothers, to the \u2018ohanas, and to all the fans of the past 50 years \u2014 young and old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cKalapana music,\u201d he adds, \u201cis in my heart and soul.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The band that helped define a generation of local music is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an upcoming concert beneath..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":99860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We Still Going - MidWeek<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/we-still-going\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We Still Going - 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