Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
The Kalama Brothers with Puahi's Polynesian Dancers
10/22/2024 | 57m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
An evening of Polynesian island music featuring Puahi's Polynesian Dancers.
Redlands natives, Ryan & Kai Kalama return to the Redlands Bowl stage for an evening of Polynesian island music featuring Puahi's Polynesian Dancers.
Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
The Kalama Brothers with Puahi's Polynesian Dancers
10/22/2024 | 57m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Redlands natives, Ryan & Kai Kalama return to the Redlands Bowl stage for an evening of Polynesian island music featuring Puahi's Polynesian Dancers.
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(audience cheering/applauding) - [House Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Kalama Brothers!
(upbeat guitar music) - Hello, Redlands and aloha!
- [Audience] Aloha!
- Too-hoo!
Are you ready to have some fun?
(audience cheering) - [Crowd] Woo-hoo!
- Let's do it!
♪ - One, two.
- One, two.
- [Both] One, two, three!
♪ Kilakila 'o Haleakala ♪ ♪ Kuahiwi nani o Maui ♪ ♪ Ha'aheo 'oe Hawai'i ♪ ♪ Hanohano Maui no ka 'oi ♪ ♪ Kilakila 'o Haleakala ♪ ♪ Kuahiwi nani o Maui ♪ ♪ Ha'aheo 'oe Hawai'i ♪ ♪ Hanohano Maui no ka 'oi ♪ ♪ Kilakila 'o Haleakala ♪ ♪ Kuahiwi nani o Maui ♪ ♪ Ha'aheo 'oe Hawai'i ♪ ♪ Hanohano Maui no ka 'oi ♪ (slower tempo) ♪ ♪ Kau ana la kau ana ♪ ♪ Kau ana ko ia ala maka ♪ ♪ 'O ua lio holo peki ♪ ♪ Mea 'ole ko ia ala holo ♪ (slow guitar) ♪ Kau ana la kau ana ♪ ♪ - Kau ana la kau ana ♪ ♪ Kau ana ko ia ala maka ♪ ♪ - Kau ana ko ia ala maka ♪ ♪ 'O ua lio holo peki ♪ ♪ - 'O ua lio holo peki ♪ ♪ Mea 'ole ko ia ala holo ♪ (fast tempo) [Both] ♪ Kilakila 'o Haleakala ♪ ♪ Kuahiwi nani o Maui ♪ ♪ Ha'aheo 'oe Hawai'i ♪ ♪ Hanohano Maui no ka 'oi ♪ ♪ Kilakila 'o Haleakala ♪ ♪ Kuahiwi nani o Maui ♪ ♪ Ha'aheo 'oe Hawai'i ♪ ♪ Hanohano Maui no ka 'oi ♪ ♪ Hanohano Maui no ka 'oi ♪ ♪ Hanohano Maui ♪ no ka 'oi ♪ - Kilakila 'o Haleakala ♪ ♪ Kilakila 'o Haleakala!
♪ (last note) (audience whooping) (audience applauding) (quick riff) (applause) - Thank you so much, everybody.
Once again, we are the Kalama Brothers.
My name is Ryan.
- And, my name is Kai.
- And we are from Redlands, California.
(audience cheers/applauds) It is so good to be back home.
We're gonna have a great show tonight.
We are here to play our music, share our story, and have a lot of fun.
On this next song, we're gonna be joined by Puahi's Polynesian Dancers, all the way from Temecula.
Yes!
Make some noise.
(audience whooping) Here they come.
Yeah, look at the costumes!
Mmm!
- [Crowd] Yeah!
- [Ryan] Alright, so this is a song that we wrote.
It's called "Pali Wind."
Has anybody been to the island of Oahu?
(audience whooping) This is about a place called the Pali Lookout.
My brother and I, we played music there one day, and, you know, the legend is-- It's a giant cliff.
You know, if you get too close to the cliff's edge, the wind will hold you up.
And, we kind of interpreted that as our ancestors telling us, "Keep going."
They're gonna hold us up.
And so, we wrote this song, "Pali Wind."
(beatboxing) (upbeat guitar music) ♪ (audience shouts/whoops) ♪ ♪ Pali Wind ♪ ♪ Reach across the troubled skies ♪ ♪ Let me in ♪ ♪ To the people and their cries ♪ ♪ Keep us from falling over ...♪ ♪ ♪ We must lean on our father's shoulders... ♪ ♪ ♪ Pali Wind ♪ ♪ Be the guidance of our peace ♪ ♪ Chicken skin ♪ ♪ Knowing my ohana shall release ♪ ♪ From within ♪ ♪ The change is bound to live... ♪ ♪ ♪ Don't forget ♪ ♪ You get just what you give... ♪ ♪ ♪ Blowin' away ♪ ♪ Every day ♪ ♪ Blowin' the clouds away ♪ ♪ - Ladies and gentlemen, my brother, Ryan Kalama on the bass!
(lively bass solo) ♪ ♪ Come and gone ♪ ♪ Are the souls who fought their war ♪ ♪ From beyond ♪ ♪ They are with us to our core ♪ ♪ Keep us from fallin' over... ♪ ♪ ♪ We must lean on our father's shoulders... ♪ ♪ ♪ Blowin' away ♪ ♪ Every day ♪ ♪ Blowin' the clouds away ♪ ♪ ♪ Blowin' away ♪ ♪ Every day ♪ ♪ Blowin' the clouds away ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ (last note) (audience cheers/applauds) - Big round of applause for Puahi's Polynesian Dancers.
They're so awesome.
- [Crowd] Woo!!
- We are the Kalama Brothers.
My name is Ryan.
- My name is Kai.
- And, we have been performing music since we were children.
We grew up here in Redlands, California, so it's awesome to be back in our hometown.
Our dad was a singer.
He was Hawaiian, and so that's where our love of Hawaiian music came from.
But, our mom also had a big influence on our music.
She was our choir director in church who taught us how to harmonize and made sure we rehearsed, which is not native to Hawaiians!
(Kai laughs) - These Hawaiians!
- Yeah.
(Kai laughs) - But, yeah.
We grew up as a performing family.
We all did the Redlands Theater Festival when we were kids.
Or dad was an actor, as well.
And, we started out as singers.
We sang in church.
And then, you know, eventually, we started picking up instruments.
We're still learning how to play those!
- Yeah.
- I'll speak for myself.
- We'll be playing to a track tonight!
- Yes.
- No, I'm just kidding!
- Yes!
It's all karaoke, actually.
Makes it easier!
But, yeah.
It's such a beautiful place to grow up, and there's so much cultivation of the arts in this town, which is so key, and we're so grateful.
Even today, you know, the Redlands Bowl Association helping us out and, you know, putting us out there to spread music, and love, and aloha.
We're very lucky.
- Nice.
You nailed that!
- Thank you.
- That was great.
That was great.
(Kai beatboxing) ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ ♪ (happy-go-lucky music) ♪ ♪ I live my life on the mainland ♪ ♪ Trying to find where I belong ♪ ♪ One hapa-haole man ♪ ♪ Searchin' for who I am ♪ ♪ I heard a voice that sang this song ♪ ♪ Come back to your people ♪ ♪ Come back to your land ♪ ♪ Come back to Hawaii as fast as you can ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ ♪ ♪ And now, I'm back home in the islands ♪ ♪ I see it clearer now than when I was young ♪ ♪ My responsibility ♪ ♪ Is to bring unity ♪ ♪ Singin' this song to everyone ♪ ♪ Come back to your people ♪ ♪ Come back to your land ♪ ♪ Come back to Hawaii as fast as you can ♪ ♪ One more time now ♪ ♪ Come back to your people ♪ ♪ Come back to your land ♪ ♪ Come back to Hawaii as fast as you can ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ - Alright, Redlands Bowl!
Let's clap your hands!
Here we go.
♪ Well I got my heart in two homelands ♪ ♪ I eat my rice with eggs and Spam ♪ ♪ There's no better place I found ♪ ♪ Than walkin' on Hawaiian ground ♪ ♪ Now I know why I am here ♪ ♪ Spread the love and conquer fear ♪ ♪ Live aloha, sing it loud ♪ ♪ I'm Hawaiian, I am proud ♪ (audience cheering) ♪ Oh, oh ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ My brother, Kai, on guitar!
♪ Come back to your people ♪ ♪ Come back to your land ♪ ♪ Come back to Hawaii as fast as you can ♪ ♪ One more time now ♪ ♪ Come back to your people ♪ ♪ Come back to your land ♪ ♪ Come back to Hawaii as fast as you can ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ ♪ Sharin' the aloha with ya ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ ♪ Sharin' the aloha with ya ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪ ♪ Sharin' the aloha with ya ♪ (slow tempo) ♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo... ♪ (audience cheering) (last note) (audience applauds) - You know, hula is such an important part of the Hawaiian culture.
For so long, the Hawaiian language was never written down.
So, how was the language passed down?
How was the family stories, how were the myths and legends passed down?
It was through hula.
It was through chant.
And so, we are really grateful to have Puahi's help us to keep the culture alive in that way.
Let's do it.
- Two, a one, two, three.
(upbeat guitar music) ♪ - [Dancers] He aloha!
♪ He aloha 'ia no ♪ ♪ A'o Waikiki, ea ♪ ♪ Ka nehe o ke kai ♪ ♪ Hawanawana ♪ (audience whoops/cheers) - [Dancers] He aloha!
♪ He aloha 'ia no ♪ ♪ A'o Waikiki, ea ♪ ♪ Ka nehe o ke kai ♪ ♪ Hawanawana ♪ (audience whoops/cheers) - [Dancers] Pa iho!
♪ Pa iho ka makani ♪ ♪ Lawe malie, ea ♪ ♪ Ke 'ala onaona ♪ ♪ O ka lipoa ♪ ♪ - [Dancers] Kaulana!
♪ Kaulana kou inoa ♪ ♪ I na malihini, ea ♪ ♪ Ka'apuni kou nani ♪ ♪ Puni ka honua ♪ - Wa-hoo!
- [Dancers] Huli aku!
♪ Huli aku nana ia ♪ ♪ Kaimana Hila, ea ♪ ♪ 'Ike i ka nani ♪ ♪ A'o Honolulu ♪ ♪ - [Dancers] Ha'ina!
♪ Ha'ina 'ia mai ♪ ♪ Ana ka puana, ea ♪ ♪ He aloha 'ia no ♪ ♪ A'o Waikiki ♪ ♪ - Yoo hoo!
- [Dancers] Ha'ina!
♪ Ha'ina 'ia mai ♪ ♪ Ana ka puana, ea ♪ ♪ He aloha 'ia no ♪ ♪ A'o Waikiki ♪ ♪ (audience cheers/applauds) - Maika'i, kai'!
Maika'i, kai'...
They stole the show!
That was is it!
That was-- They stole the show right there!
- Thank you!
That's all for us.
- That's it.
Goodnight, everybody!
Get home safe.
(crowd laughs) - Have a great time.
- That was great.
(laughter) You know, going back to talking about our dad and uncle.
They were-- Man, they were so talented.
They could sing.
They could tell jokes.
They had very big hearts.
They wore very tiny shorts!
- They did!
(crowd laughs) - I don't know why, but that was their style.
That was their style.
- We're trying to bring it back.
Who knows?
(laughs) - Yeah!
Alright.
You know, so my brother and I, we-- It's just the two of us.
We don't have any other siblings.
No other brothers, no other sisters.
It's just the two of us.
So, we are very grateful that we are best friends and that we get to perform together.
This is another song that we wrote.
We want to dedicate this song to our mom, Jamie.
(audience cheering) Mombo, yes!
A.K.A.
Mombo!
(gentle guitar music) Our mom taught us so much.
She's been there for us our whole lives.
♪ (audience laughing) I know, I know.
Of course!
Of course, she has.
(Kai laughs) Anyways, Mombo?
We love you.
This song is-- Well, this is a song that we wrote about our dad after he passed away.
It's called "Keau."
So, our dad's name was Ronald Keau Kalama.
So, this is his middle name.
And, the word "Keau" means "the dawn" or "the sunrise."
That name, Keau, was not even a very common name in Hawaii, but my father passed it on to me.
I passed it on to my son.
You know, our dad, he passed away when he was 53.
He had a heart attack, and so that was a really big blow for us.
So, we kind of healed ourself through music.
Even though he's not around anymore, we can still feel his spirit and his presence.
And, he had an amazing voice.
Sometimes we even just, you know, can still hear his voice when we're performing.
So- We have Puahi's here to dance our song, "Keau."
♪ (slow soulful music) ♪ Can you hear ♪ ♪ The sound of old ♪ ♪ Hawaii ♪ ♪ That calls the soul ♪ ♪ From far across the sea?
♪ ♪ ♪ Can you feel the love of our ♪ ♪ Ohana ♪ ♪ ♪ The love that seems to set ♪ ♪ Your spirit free?
♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Ko Aloha ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Aloha o'e ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Aloha o'e ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau, ♪ ♪ Call out to me ♪ ♪ ♪ Your voice ♪ ♪ A gift from ♪ ♪ The heavens ♪ ♪ ♪ Your love ♪ ♪ As deep as the sea ♪ ♪ ♪ And now, ♪ ♪ Although I cannot ♪ ♪ See you ♪ ♪ ♪ I feel that you ♪ ♪ Are always here with me ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Ko Aloha ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Aloha o'e ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Aloha o'e ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau, ♪ ♪ Call out to me ♪ ♪ ♪ Can you hear the sound of old ♪ ♪ Hawaii ♪ ♪ That calls the soul ♪ ♪ From far ♪ ♪ Across the sea?
♪ ♪ ♪ Can you feel the love of our ♪ ♪ Ohana ♪ ♪ ♪ The love that seems to set ♪ ♪ Your spirit free?
♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Ko Aloha ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Aloha o'e ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau Aloha o'e ♪ ♪ (soft guitar) ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau, ♪ ♪ Call out to me ♪ ♪ ♪ Keau ♪ ♪ Keau, ♪ ♪ Call out to me ♪ ♪ ♪ To me ♪ ♪ Me...!
♪ ♪ (audience applauds/cheers) - Well, we're really excited to play this song here tonight.
This is our newest song, and it is a love letter to Redlands, California.
(audience whoops/applauds) (slow acoustic guitar) ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ ♪ I look back on my life ♪ ♪ And, on the town where I was raised ♪ ♪ I miss the orange groves ♪ ♪ And, all the places that I played ♪ ♪ The purple snow-capped mountains ♪ ♪ A church on every street ♪ ♪ Eatin' lunch at Cuca's ♪ ♪ In the triple-digit heat ♪ (crowd laughs) ♪ Redlands, California ♪ ♪ The place where I am from ♪ ♪ The people and the places ♪ ♪ That I knew when I was young ♪ ♪ ♪ Redlands, California ♪ ♪ I call it my hometown ♪ ♪ I look up to the mountains ♪ ♪ They could never bring me down ♪ ♪ ♪ Walkin' down on State Street ♪ ♪ Lookin' at the trees of light ♪ ♪ Meet my friends on Thursday ♪ ♪ Stroll through the market night ♪ ♪ Listenin' to local music ♪ ♪ Right there in the street ♪ ♪ Family and strangers ♪ ♪ Are all rockin' to the beat ♪ ♪ ♪ Redlands, California ♪ ♪ The place where I am from ♪ ♪ The people and the places ♪ ♪ That I knew when I was young ♪ ♪ Redlands, California ♪ ♪ I call it my hometown ♪ ♪ I look up to the mountains ♪ ♪ They could never bring me down ♪ ♪ ♪ Redlands University ♪ ♪ And the Redlands Bowl ♪ (audience whoops) ♪ Redlands Theater Festival ♪ ♪ They feed my Redlands soul ♪ ♪ I'm an inland emperor ♪ ♪ A crown of orange trees ♪ ♪ I love the smell of orange blossoms ♪ ♪ Blowin' in the breeze ♪ (clapping) ♪ Redlands, California ♪ ♪ The place where I am from ♪ ♪ The people and the places ♪ ♪ That I knew when I was young ♪ ♪ ♪ Redlands, California ♪ ♪ I call it my hometown ♪ ♪ I look up to the mountains ♪ ♪ They could never, ever, ♪ ♪ Ever bring me down ♪ ♪ Never bring me down ♪ ♪ They could never bring me down ♪ ♪ They could never bring me down ♪ (slower music) ♪ They could never bring me down ♪ They could never... ♪ (music fades) (audience cheers/applauds) - We grew up loving all kinds of music, not just Hawaiian music.
You know, R&B, soul, rock and roll.
Our first band we started when I was in high school, he was in junior high.
It was a lot of rock.
You know, power pop, alternative rock, and that was mostly our focus for a long time.
But, then when our dad, he unfortunately passed away in 2010.
You know, up until that point, Hawaiian music, that was dad's thing, you know?
And so, once he passed away, we were like, you know, maybe we should focus back on Hawaiian music.
And so, we started playing one of his songs, which is called "Oahu," and it's about the island where he's from.
We're gonna play it tonight.
And, when we started playing that song at our shows, things just started snowballing from there.
Whatever the Hawaiian version is of snowballing!
- Snow coning!
- Snow coning.
Shave icing - Shave icing!
- This next song is another one of our original songs, and this song is called "I Ka Pono."
The word "pono" is very big in Hawaiian culture.
It means "to be right" or "to do the right thing" or "to be righteous."
So, you see it and hear it a lot in Hawaiian stories, in Hawaiian music, you know.
[Kai playing guitar] But, we are talking a lot tonight about our dad, and our dad, he was definitely a righteous man.
He had a very just spiritual presence about him.
So, this is a song that we wrote as a tribute to our dad, who's swirling up in the heavens.
And, you know, he-- not only did he teach us how to sing Hawaiian music and play guitar, but he also taught us to be proud of our Hawaiian culture.
And, we are.
And so, we're proud that we are able to be stewards of the culture and of Aloha.
So this is our song, "I Ka Pono."
- One, two, three, go.
♪ I am the son of a righteous man ♪ ♪ He was so proud of this land ♪ ♪ I ka Pono ♪ ♪ O Hawaii ♪ (joyful guitar) ♪ ♪ We are descended from Kahunas ♪ ♪ We are the keiki of kapunas ♪ ♪ We are Ali'i ♪ ♪ ♪ Our father always sang with Mana ♪ ♪ He showed us how to be Kalama ♪ ♪ We are ohana ♪ (joyful guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ I am the son of a righteous man ♪ ♪ He was so proud of this land ♪ ♪ I ka Pono ♪ ♪ O Hawaii ♪ ♪ ♪ Tatou o tagata folau e ♪ ♪ Vala'auina ♪ ♪ E le atua o le sami tele ♪ ♪ E o mai ♪ ♪ Ia ava'e le lu'itau e lelei ♪ ♪ Tapenapena ♪ ♪ ♪ Aue aue ♪ ♪ Nuku i mua ♪ ♪ Te manulele e tataki e ♪ ♪ Aue aue ♪ ♪ Te fenua te malie ♪ ♪ Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e ♪ ♪ We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high ♪ ♪ We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze ♪ ♪ At night we name every star ♪ ♪ We know where we are ♪ ♪ We know who we are, who we are ♪ ♪ Aue aue ♪ ♪ We sail a coast to find ♪ ♪ A brand new island everywhere we row ♪ ♪ Aue aue ♪ ♪ Keep our island in our mind ♪ ♪ And, when it's time to find home ♪ ♪ We know the way ♪ ♪ Aue aue ♪ ♪ We are explorers reading every sign ♪ ♪ We tell the stories of our elders ♪ ♪ In a never-ending chain ♪ ♪ Aue aue ♪ ♪ Te fenua te malie ♪ ♪ Na heko hakilia ♪ ♪ We know the way ♪ ♪ ♪ Ua Mau ke ♪ ♪ Ea o ka ♪ ♪ Aina ♪ ♪ I ka Pono ♪ ♪ ♪ Ua Mau ke ♪ ♪ Ea o ka ♪ ♪ Aina ♪ ♪ I ka Pono ♪ (joyful guitar) (vocalizing) ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ ♪ I am the son of a righteous man (Ua Mau ke) ♪ ♪ He was so proud of this land (Ea o ka) ♪ ♪ I ka Pono (Aina) ♪ ♪ (I ka Pono) ♪ ♪ O Hawaii ♪ ♪ ♪ I am the son (We are descended) ♪ ♪ Of a righteous man (From Kahunas) ♪ ♪ He was so proud of this land (We are the keiki of kapunas) ♪ ♪ I ka Pono (We are Ali'i) ♪ ♪ O Hawaii ♪ ♪ ♪ Ua Mau ke ♪ ♪ Ea o ka ♪ ♪ Aina ♪ ♪ I ka Pono ♪ ♪ ♪ I am the son of a righteous man ♪ ♪ He was so proud of this land ♪ ♪ I ka Pono ♪ ♪ O Hawaii... ♪ (audience cheers/applauds) - [Ryan] This is a song that actually we did not write.
We didn't write this song, but we play it.
This song was written by the original Kalama brothers: our dad, Ron, and his brother, Bud.
And, they wrote this song about the island where they were born, the island of Oahu.
- [Crowd] Woo!
- If you've been to Oahu, you'll maybe know some of the places that our dad and uncle wrote about, places that meant a lot to them.
You know, like the Pali Lookout, like we sang about earlier; Kane'ohe Bay; a little town on the North Shore called Laie.
That's where our family is from.
This is a song-- I talked earlier about our dad, you know, we being able to hear his voice.
And sometimes, on this one in particular, we can hear our dad sing along.
This is for him, for all of you.
This is "Oahu."
(slow solemn guitar) ♪ ♪ I felt the winds o'er the Pali ♪ ♪ ♪ I've swam the bay of Kane'ohe ♪ ♪ ♪ Tasted sugar cane from Laie ♪ ♪ ♪ Places dear to me ♪ ♪ ♪ This is my Hawaii ♪ ♪ ♪ The place where I was born ♪ ♪ ♪ This is my isle of paradise ♪ ♪ ♪ The island of ♪ ♪ Oahu ♪ ♪ ♪ I've walked the sands of Kailua ♪ ♪ ♪ I've surfed the waves of Waimea ♪ ♪ ♪ The golden sunset of Waikiki ♪ ♪ ♪ Places dear to me ♪ ♪ ♪ This is my Hawaii ♪ ♪ ♪ The place where I was born ♪ ♪ ♪ This is my isle of paradise ♪ ♪ ♪ The island of ♪ ♪ Oahu ♪ ♪ ♪ I've walked the sands of Kailua ♪ ♪ ♪ I've surfed the waves of Waimea (Ahh...) ♪ ♪ ♪ The golden sunset of Waikiki (Ohh...) ♪ ♪ ♪ Places dear to me ♪ ♪ ♪ This is my Hawaii ♪ ♪ ♪ The place where I was born ♪ ♪ ♪ This is my isle of paradise ♪ ♪ ♪ The island of ♪ ♪ ♪ Oahu ♪ ♪ ♪ The island of ♪ (music stops) ♪ Oahu... ♪ ♪ Ooh... ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ (audience cheers/applauds) - [Ryan] We love our Hawaiian music, but we love all sorts of music.
We used to play in a band called the Soul Rebel Alliance, and we wrote this song called "Outlaws."
It's been around for a while.
It was initially inspired by the financial crisis of 2008.
Super current!
Way to go!
Kalama brothers.
- Great time to bring that up.
- Super current.
Yeah, yeah, way to bring the show down!
(Kai laughs) Good job!
(upbeat funky guitar) ♪ ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ ♪ Outlaws, and they're always on the run ♪ ♪ ♪ Perpetrators and fugitives ♪ ♪ And, they're doin' it for fun ♪ ♪ Outlaws, they be comin' for the score ♪ ♪ ♪ They ain't livin' on lockdown ♪ ♪ They're livin' right next door ♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen it a hundred times ♪ ♪ Red, white, and blue collar crimes ♪ ♪ It's not what a man believes ♪ ♪ What he does in the presence of thieves ♪ ♪ We have the ability in all of us ♪ ♪ To be an angel or be infamous ♪ ♪ So, save your irrational fear ♪ ♪ The outlaws are already here ♪ ♪ Do you want me to be your outlaw?
♪ ♪ ♪ Do you want me to be your outlaw?
♪ ♪ ♪ Do you want me to be your outlaw?
♪ ♪ ♪ Do you want me to be?
Yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ So, sing it a hundred times ♪ ♪ ♪ Those red, white, and blue collar crimes ♪ ♪ ♪ It's not what a man believes ♪ ♪ ♪ What he does in the presence of thieves ♪ - [Kai] Freestyle!
(rap vocals) ♪ Yes, you know that I do a little show ♪ ♪ Gotta play it right now with my little bro ♪ ♪ Sing it from the heart, we're singin' from the soul ♪ ♪ We are live and direct here at the Redlands Bowl, yes sir ♪ ♪ Kalama Brothers in there, ain't no others ♪ ♪ Tellin' stories about our dad ♪ ♪ Tellin' stories about our mothers ♪ ♪ Got some hula dancers and they're just dancin' ♪ ♪ Yes, you know the feet, yo, they always prancin', yeah ♪ ♪ My name is Ryan and his name is Kai ♪ ♪ Yo, we get up on the stage, make the people feel high ♪ ♪ Yes sir, that's what we do, if you like these boys ♪ ♪ All the people in Redlands got to make some noise ♪ ♪ Yo, when I say uh, you say ah ♪ ♪ Uh ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Uh ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Yo, when I say uh, you say ah ♪ ♪ Uh ♪ ♪ Ah!
♪ ♪ Uh ♪ ♪ Ah!
♪ ♪ When I say K, you say B ♪ ♪ K ♪ ♪ B ♪ ♪ K ♪ ♪ B ♪ ♪ Now, somebody scream!
♪ (audience screaming) (upbeat guitar) ♪ So, sing it a hundred times ♪ ♪ ♪ Those red, white, and blue collar crimes ♪ ♪ ♪ It's not what a man believes ♪ ♪ ♪ What he does in the presence of thieves ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Outlaws ♪ ♪ And, they're takin' this whole town ♪ ♪ ♪ Ain't nothin' we can do ♪ ♪ Except watch it all fall down ♪ ♪ Outlaws with the criminal minds (Do you want to be) ♪ ♪ (Your outlaw?)
They didn't leave'em up today ♪ ♪ (Do you want me to be?)
They came to rob us blind ♪ ♪ (note fades) (audience applauds/cheers) So, when we started playing music for ourselves, we had a band called Offwhite.
And, yeah!
We were kids, you know?
And so, Hawaiian music was dad's thing at that point.
We wanted to play Green Day or Nirvana or Weezer.
That was like our- - The Holy Trinity!
- Holy Trinity of '90s rock.
(Kai laughs) So, that's kind of-- that was our sound, at first.
So, we wanted to pay homage to that and play an Offwhite song.
So, this song is called "Invisible," and it's kind of ironic, you know?
Like, the song's called "Invisible".
It's about us trying to get famous and nobody will take us to that next level.
(Kai imitates sad trombone) Yeah!
And the words are, you know, the words are, you know, "But, now we're back and coming home to no one."
And so, the idea is that we'd be playing this stage, but nobody's here!
So, it's ironic because we have a packed house tonight here at the Redlands Bowl!
- Yeah!
(audience cheering) (Kai beatboxing) (upbeat guitar music) ♪ ♪ (bass groove/upbeat guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ We're already tired ♪ ♪ Feels like we're older ♪ ♪ So much older ♪ ♪ ♪ Did we miss our chance?
♪ ♪ And, how long till the next one?
♪ ♪ Till the next one ♪ ♪ ♪ Spinning round and round ♪ ♪ Runnin' out of patience ♪ ♪ ♪ Lost but never found ♪ ♪ The cost of our aggression ♪ ♪ ♪ Whoa, ho, ho ♪ ♪ But, now we're back ♪ ♪ And, coming home to no one ♪ ♪ ♪ Our bags are packed ♪ ♪ But, we don't have ♪ ♪ ♪ A destination ♪ ♪ (breezy guitar music) ♪ ♪ Walkin' around ♪ ♪ No one is seeing ♪ ♪ Can't you see me?
♪ ♪ ♪ Screaming out loud ♪ ♪ No one is hearing ♪ ♪ Can't you hear me?
♪ ♪ ♪ Spinning round and round ♪ ♪ Runnin' out of patience ♪ ♪ ♪ Swimming in self-doubt ♪ ♪ The cause of our frustration ♪ ♪ ♪ Whoa, ho, ho ♪ ♪ But, now we're back ♪ ♪ Coming home to no one ♪ ♪ ♪ Our bags are packed ♪ ♪ But, we don't have ♪ ♪ ♪ A destination ♪ ♪ (softer music) ♪ Coming home ♪ ♪ ♪ Coming home to no one ♪ ♪ ♪ You can't see me ♪ ♪ You can't touch me ♪ ♪ See right through me ♪ ♪ ♪ Coming home ♪ ♪ ♪ Coming home...!
♪ (breezy guitar music) ♪ ♪ But, now we're back ♪ ♪ Coming home to no one ♪ ♪ ♪ Our bags are packed ♪ ♪ But, we don't have ♪ ♪ ♪ A destination ♪ ♪ ♪ But, now we're back ♪ ♪ Coming home to no one ♪ ♪ ♪ Our bags are packed ♪ ♪ But, we don't have ♪ ♪ ♪ A destination ♪ (music stops) (audience applauds/cheers) - [Ryan] I heard somebody ask for the ukulele.
We gotta play it!
It's just hangin' there!
- We brought it.
- Brought it, man!
- "What's he gonna do?
"Are they gonna play it or is it just a prop?"
No, I'm gonna play it!
I'm gonna play it.
(Kai laughing) - [Kai] Alright.
So-?
Time for the most Hawaiian song of the night.
- This is a song that gets requested most at a Hawaiian gig.
If you, if people see an ukulele, this is a song they want to hear.
- [Kai] Very true, very true.
So, this next song is a classic and was redone by a beautiful, beautiful Hawaiian singer named Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.
(audience whoops/applauds) Alright, now you say it!
No, that's alright!
That's alright.
Braddah IZ!
- Braddah IZ - Braddah IZ.
That's what most people say, IZ.
- Yeah, there we go.
(bright ukulele music) ♪ ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪ ♪ Somewhere over the rainbow ♪ ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ ♪ And, the dreams that you dream of ♪ ♪ Once in a lullaby ♪ ♪ (vocalizes) ♪ Somewhere over the rainbow ♪ ♪ ♪ Bluebirds fly ♪ (Kai whistling) ♪ Birds fly over the rainbow ♪ ♪ Oh, why ♪ ♪ Oh, why ♪ ♪ Can't I, I, I?
♪ ♪ I, I, I ♪ ♪ Someday I'll wish upon a star ♪ ♪ Wake up where the clouds are far behind ♪ ♪ ♪ Me ♪ ♪ Where troubles melt like lemon drops ♪ ♪ High above the chimney tops ♪ ♪ That's where ♪ ♪ You'll find me ♪ ♪ Oh, somewhere over the rainbow ♪ ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ And, the dreams that you dream of ♪ ♪ Oh, why ♪ ♪ Oh, why ♪ ♪ Can't I, I, I?
♪ ♪ ♪ I, I, I ♪ ♪ Well, I see trees of green ♪ ♪ And, I see red roses too ♪ ♪ I'll watch them bloom for ♪ ♪ Me and you ♪ ♪ And, I think to myself ♪ ♪ ♪ What a wonderful world ♪ ♪ ♪ World ♪ ♪ Well, I see skies of blue and I see ♪ ♪ Clouds of white ♪ ♪ And, the brightness of day ♪ ♪ Highlight the dark ♪ ♪ And, I think to myself ♪ ♪ ♪ What a wonderful world ♪ - [Ryan] Ladies and gentlemen, Louis Armstrong.
(Kai imitates Louis Armstrong) ♪ Like colors of the rainbow ♪ ♪ So pretty in the sky (crowd laughs) ♪ Are also on the faces ♪ Of people passing by (crowd cheers) ♪ See friends shakin' hands ♪ ♪ Singin' how do you do ♪ ♪ They're really sayin' ♪ ♪ I ♪ ♪ I love you!
♪ - Yeah, my brother Kai!
(normal voice) ♪ And, I hear babies cry ♪ ♪ And I watch them grow ♪ ♪ ♪ They'll learn much more ♪ ♪ We'll ever know ♪ ♪ And, I think to myself ♪ ♪ What a wonderful world ♪ ♪ ♪ World ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪ (music fades) (audience cheering/applauding) - [Ryan] We just wanna say so many thank yous.
First of all, thank you to the Redlands Bowl for having us back for the third time!
(audience applauding) - [Kai] Huge shout-out to both of our fourth grade teachers, Mrs. Waldron, for connecting us to the Bowl.
And so, I mean, if it weren't for her, we wouldn't be here tonight.
- We love you, Trudy.
We love you.
- Thank you, Trudy.
(audience applauds) - [Ryan] And, big thanks to all of our family and friends from Redlands for comin' out to support us.
We love you guys so much.
(audience cheers/applauds) We can't name everybody.
It would be like an Oscar acceptance speech!
(Kai laughs) So, just know that we love you.
- [Kai] Speakin' of family, this is the song we always ended with whenever we got together with family.
If it was just havin' dinner, if it was gettin' together to sing.
This was always the song we sang together.
So, we consider you guys family and we're gonna sing this last one for you.
This one's called "Waika."
(light guitar) ♪ Ku aku la 'oe i ka malanai ♪ ♪ A ke ki pu'upu'u ♪ ♪ ♪ Nolu ka maka ♪ ♪ O ka 'ohawai ♪ ♪ A uli ♪ ♪ ♪ Niniau 'eha ♪ ♪ Ka pua o ♪ ♪ Koai'e ♪ ♪ 'Eha i ke anu ♪ ♪ Ka nahele ♪ ♪ 'O Waika ♪ (gentle acoustic guitar) ♪ ♪ Ku aku la 'oe i ka malanai ♪ ♪ A ke ki pu'upu'u ♪ ♪ ♪ Nolu ka maka ♪ ♪ O ka 'ohawai ♪ ♪ A uli ♪ ♪ ♪ Niniau 'eha ♪ ♪ Ka pua o ♪ ♪ Koai'e ♪ ♪ 'Eha i ke anu ♪ ♪ Ka nahele ♪ ♪ 'O Waika ♪ ♪ ♪ Aloha Waika ia'u ♪ ♪ Me he ipo la ♪ ♪ ♪ Me he ipo la ka makalena ♪ ♪ 'O ke Ko'olau ♪ ♪ ♪ Pua i ka nahele ♪ ♪ 'O Mahuleia ♪ ♪ ♪ E lei hele i ke ♪ ♪ Alo 'o mo'olau ♪ ♪ He lau ka huaka'i hele ♪ ♪ I ka pali loa ♪ ♪ ♪ He lau ka huaka'i hele ♪ ♪ I ka pali loa ♪ ♪ ♪ A he aloha e ♪ ♪ ♪ A he aloha e ♪ ♪ ♪ A he aloha e ♪ (guitar strings trilling) ♪ A he aloha ♪ ♪ E...!
♪ (music fades) (audience cheering) - [Ryan] Thank you!
Thank you so much.
We love you!
We are the Kalama Brothers.
My name is Ryan!
- [Kai] My name is Kai!
- We'll see you next time.
- [Both] Aloha!!
(audience cheering/applauding) (audience cheers louder) (audience applauding/cheering) (audience cheering/applauding) (whooping/cheering) (audience cheering/applauding) (audience applauding/cheering) - [Announcer 2] This program is made possible by support from these Inland Empire civic-minded organizations concerned with the cultural life of our communities, the citizens that patronize the Bowl, and viewers like you supporting local public television in the Inland Empire.
Thank you.
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