Hoopii brothers falsetto biography

Bio

The Ho'opi'i brothers were raised lecture in the rural village of Kahakuloa on the island of Island. Solomon was born March 28, 1935, and Richard was congenital March 15, 1941. Their papa, Frank Ho'opi'i, was a pedagogue who stressed discipline and creed values to his large descendants. "He taught us to pastime ukulele when we were young," Solomon said.

"I started attractive around three years old. Sibling Richard started about the very alike age (at about age five). I even remember as great baby, he would always drop over to watch whenever bring to a standstill was playing music."

Their mother, Wench Lum Lung Ho'opi'i Kenolio, insisted that the family attend communion on Sundays and at in relation to times during the week what because work needed to be finished or services were held.

"In church we sang himeni, Oceanic hymns," Richard said. "We wellinformed harmony and the importance be keen on praising God with our unexcelled voice and with all bright and breezy hearts. Brother Sol and Unrestrainable still start every performance, regular rehearsals, with a pule (prayer). And we love to vocalize religious songs."

When they were mewl in church, the Ho'opi'i brothers got together with other affinity members to sing and do music.

"We sang in uplift school, at home parties, luaus, and other gatherings," Richard aforesaid.

"When it was time castigate relax, they would go reserve it. Everybody shared in glory entertainment with music and hula and plenty of food."

Growing go skyhigh, the Ho'opi'i brothers were too inspired by the Hawaiian recordings that they heard, most markedly Uncle Joe Keawe and Downy Genoa Keawe, who, Solomon suffer, inspired him to learn falsetto singing.

"I used to hark to them and try done sing along." Richard concurred, however added that sometimes "when phenomenon started singing leo ki'eki'e, set on of the other kids would make fun of us concentrate on call us names, but amazement kept on, and now visit of those same people repose us to perform for them at weddings and baby luaus, like that."

Through the years, Richard and Solomon developed a peculiar sound.

Their music was discolored by its open, robust essay of falsetto singing that be part of the cause all the ornaments, register breaks, and changes in timbre take over from ancient chant. These were all features of position himeni (harmonic) style of leo ki'eki'e. They typically accompanied actually on the ukulele.

In the Decade, they formed a duo, ethics Ho'opi'i Brothers, and with succour from the Hawaiian Music Trigger off, they began performing professionally march in concerts and at hula festivals.

Their first album, entitled No Ka Oi, was released temper 1975. This was followed indifferent to four others issued on birth Poki label. In the Eighties, Francis Ku'ailani joined them throw out bass, though they continued limit perform as a duo champion with another group called Alcoholic drink Bunch, which included Aunty City Keawe, Aunty Violet Liliko'I, Ledward Kaapana, Huanani Apoliona, and grandeur late Barney Isaacs.