One Of These Days

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One Foot On The Sand (remix)-Kona Kidd

Iz In Concert

Hawai'i Aloha

Love Is...

You Don't Remember

Kimié Miner - Proud As The Sun

Make It Happen

Ruby

Sugar Daddy

Island Feeling

The hit song from the album "Stay Awake" by 5:05 almost never came to be: when I put the group 5:05 together, my goal was to create Hawaii's version of Toto and the Eagles (where everyone played their instruments really well and could sing). So we set out to write original songs in the style of Journey, the Police and Toto - then go shop the rock project to Major Labels on the mainland.

After months of recording rock material, I told the group members that if we wanted to get some airplay here in Hawaii, we would have to do a couple of songs that would cater to local radio stations that played Hawaiian and Reggae music.  This did not go over well with the members of the group who all wanted to stay true to our original rock direction. After weeks of debate, one day Ben Vegas comes to the studio and said "I don't really know why we have to go in this direction, but I saw my wife sleeping last night and I wrote this song for her."  "Pua Nani" went on to be the biggest hit song from our CD. 

The lead vocal and 12 string guitars was performed by Ben, Blaise Sison laid down the Fretless Bass, and I played the keyboards. Greg Sardinha is playing the Steel Guitar. The background vocals were sung by Ben, Roland Davis, Blaise and myself.

The "Stay Awake" CD by 5:05 is available here: 
http://www.mele.com/music/artist/5%3A05/stay+awake/ 

The song is also part of an anthology:  "The Best of Flyin' Hawaiian Volume 3"
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-flyin-hawaiian-vol-3-mw0001436080

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