John Keawe Beautiful Hula Dancer
	Record Label: Homestead Productions Catalog #: HP 1008 Barcode: 7 04565 71112 7 List Price: $ 15.98 Release Date: July/August 2006 Configuration: Compact Disc
Track Listing: (click links for audio samples)
1) Hawaii's Hope 2) Beautiful Hula Dancer 3) Hana Pipi 4) Gentle Spirit 5) Before Days 6) Noho Me I'au 7) Nu'uanu Slack Key 8) 'Aina Hanau	9) Ho'omana'o 10) Moloka'i Longing 11) Going Places 12) Slack Key 101 13) Gone Fishing 14) As Long As 15) Gimme Some Slack 16) Aloha Pueo

Product Description

Slack key guitarist John Keawe, a contributing artist on Hawaii's 1st Grammy Award in 2005, Na Hoku winner,
and a recipient of two Hawaii Music Awards, presents his 8th CD release entitled Beautiful Hula Dancer.

Beautiful Hula Dancer features 12 slack-key instrumentals and 4 vocals, all original creations by the
talented John Keawe. The title track (vocal), "Beautiful Hula Dancer", written for John's wife, Hope,
is a tribute to her beautiful hula and a testament of the love they share. Other vocals include on this release
are "Noho Me I`au", a song also written for his wife, "Moloka`i Longing" and a country flavored
ballad, "As Long As". Instrumentals include a haunting melody called "`Aina Hanau (land of one's birth)",
and an emotionally filled song entitled "Hawaii's Hope" written for Princess Kaiulani.

John uses several different tunings on this recording, which create a variety of colors and voicing.
This new recording brings to the forefront the uniqueness and honesty of John's music.