The Groove @ Dot's in Wahiawa (3-28-2015)

Check out these Captured Golden Moments!

Cellar Catz at Chuck Cellar (8-30-2014) and The Ground Floor (9-11-2014)

OMG! Someone let the Catz out of the Cellar (that's the CELLAR CATZ), and now they moved up to the Ground Floor!

Our last visit with these guys was on a Saturday night at the Chuck's Cellar in the basement of the Outrigger East Hotel (their home base venue). We enjoyed the mixed variety of songs they played there, so tonight we decided to see what they would be like outside of Waikiki. The evening started with some songs like Ku'u Home O Kahalu'u, Ferry Cross, Our Day Will Come, Route 66, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Waika, Lodi, Knock Me Off My Feet, and My Brown Eyed Girl.

As the night progressed they played some songs like Blackbird, Listen To The Music, You Got Me, Lying Eyes, Start Me Up, Play That Funky Music, Johnny Be Good, and Tequila (the band's prelude to the their favorite beverage refreshment). Their final set included songs like: Put The Load On Me, Crossroads, Mustang Sally, Brown Sugar, and Love Potion #9.

So cute that Les dedicated "She's My Little Sweet Thing' to his daughter who was also in the audience. Also spotted in the audience was the Patrick Koh Jazz Ensemble Band members who dropped by after finishing their gig at Cafe Julia. (Another venue we plan to visit soon)

Please check out these captured Golden Moments!

Chucks Cellar:





The Ground Floor:






CELLAR CATZ:

Les Loo - Lead guitar, Piano, Bass guitar, vocals
Bert Higa - Bass guitar, Lead guitar, vocals
Harry Chang - Drums

Mahalo to all the CELLAR CATZ, for not just one, but two fun evenings!
Until next time - Don't Stop The Music!

Summer Live at HASR Bistro (2-1-2013)

It's SUMMER in February at HASR Bistro! No, not the season Summer, but the band SUMMER!

The first time I saw Summer play was in 1977 at the Aloha Stadium, for a C&K concert.   I have to re-thank my sister Sharon who bought me and my other sister Terry Ann concert tickets for our Christmas gifts.   Sharon along with her UH college friends frequent the 2nd floor establishment called "Toppe Ada Shoppe" along Kapiolani Boulevard back in the 70s.  Today Walgreens occupies this property.   Sharon would tell us about the bands that played there and the kinds of music they played.   One of their favorite bands was Summer.   Unfortunately I never got the chance to visit the Toppe Ada Shoppe, but luckily Terry Ann had purchased the Summer in Malibu album.   We quickly learned the lyrics to all their songs and the rest is history.

We were so happy to finally see Summer play having missed their last 3 reunion performances due to conflicting schedules.  This evening started with a visit by 2 dancing lions for the Chinatown New Year's celebration.   After the smell of fire crackers and noise faded, we settled into our front row seats (thanks Terry Kakazu!) and it was 1977 all over again!   It was fun to reminisce and sing along to our favorite songs again such as New Years Eve, Forrest, Fire Fly, Plenty of Reason, Kona Daze, No Place Like Home, Love Is, etc. Feeding that lion for good luck surely paid off.   Since the show started later than planned due to the street festivities, the band agreed to play an extra set.  What a treat to hear Juliet (written by Ron And Mackie), Nanakuli Blues, Lahainaluna, Lady Wants to Know, and more.  Later that night I just had to get my guitar out and strum a few more songs. Geez, those were the good old days!

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Summer's next reunion show will be on February 22nd at Terry's Place.

Please enjoy these captured golden moments below. Mahalo SUMMER! and Don't Stop The Music!

    


The Summer Band:

Ron Yuen - Guitar, vocals
Tim Hurley - Bass guitar, vocals
Peter Abiva - Guitar, vocals
Dexter Cadiente - Congas, percussions, vocals

Band contact:  ronyuen@hawaii.rr.com