Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang

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Haisai Ojisan 00:00 Tools
Hasai Ojisan 00:00 Tools
Steel Guitar Rag 00:00 Tools
Haisai Oisan 00:00 Tools
Walk Right In 00:00 Tools
San Francisco Bay Blues 00:00 Tools
ハイサイおじさん 00:00 Tools
初夏の香り 00:00 Tools
ムーン・ライト・フラ 00:00 Tools
South Of The Border 00:00 Tools
I Love You So 00:00 Tools
オー・セニョリータ 00:00 Tools
バイ・バイ・ベイビー 00:00 Tools
上海帰り 00:00 Tools
Haisai Ojisan Haisai Ojisan 00:00 Tools
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Two seminal figures for bringing Okinawan, Asian and other 'world' musics to a Japanese audience are Makoto Kubota and Haruomi Hosono. Kubota and his band (久保田麻琴と夕焼け楽団), featuring Hosono on drums and as co-producer recorded Shokichi Kina's classic 'Haisai Ojisan' in 1975. Arguably they created the first wave of interest in Okinawan music in Japan, Kina having a hit with his song two years later. Due to a now slightly dodgy original master tape, this version was remixed by Kubota in 1989, and features Sandii on backing vocals. Kubota and Hosono have never swayed from their pioneering spirit. Kubota producing several Indonesian artists including Detty Kurnia and an eclectic assortment of music with Sandii. Hosono, a musical genius, seems to be the spark that ignites everything, from folk and 'group sounds', to technopop and ambient. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.