PATRIOTIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
                                       in the Hawai`i Music Awards
 

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Here's what you’ll hear on the new CD:

1.    Lest We Forget (a poem) read by Don

2.    BB39 a Gordon Freitas song about a young sailor on the USS Arizona on
        Dec. 6, 1941, recorded here for the first time, sung by Gordon

3.   Peaceful Arizona, the award-winning Freitas song about that famous Hawai`i 
       landmark, sung by Gordon

4.    We Still Care, the Pearl Harbor Commemorative Song sung by Keith
       and the Sounds of Aloha Chorus. This was sung in the 50th anniversary events
       at Pearl and was the theme song for the 1991 Aloha Bowl half-time show.

5.    Yes, We Remember, narrated by US Senator Daniel K. Inouye, the only
       member of the US Senate to win a Congressional Medal of Honor, with original
       piano score by Bob Nelson.

6.    In Flanders Fields (a 1918 poem by Dr. John McCrae) read by Don

7.    Walking Through The Memories, a Requiem to the Fallen, also by
       Haugen, was premiered in the 2001 Armed Forces Day Combined Military Band
       Concert at the Hawai`i Theatre, and helped Keith win this year's Aloha Spirit
       Award from the Chamber of Commerce of Hawai`i. This is a tribute in song to
       all those buried in our National Memorial Cemeteries. Keith has the lead.

8.    Whisper 'Semper Fi,' (The Ballad of the Leatherneck) by Haugen and
      Freitas, is premiered on this recording. It is about an aging US Marine who
      appears to have been forgotten by his family and country, sung by Gordon

9.    Ballad of the Green Beret, the 60s hit by Sgt. Barry Sadler, sung here by
      Keith, Don, and Gordon, just as they performed it in the 2000 Veterans Day
      Concert in the Atherton Performing Arts Studio

10.  Danny Boy, one of the most famous songs ever about a son going off to war,
     sung by Don.

11.  Cease Fire, A Christmas Song is one of the most unusual Christmas songs
       ever written.Haugen wrote this during another Middle East war in the 1980s. It is
       sung by Keith.

12. Patriotic Medley includes This Land is Your Land,God Bless America, and
       The Stars and Stripes Forever, sung by Keith, Don & Gordon

       FYI, some are sung by Gordon, some by Keith, some by Don, and on some songs, they all three sing together. 

      Picture these three singer/songwriters – all old enough to remember several of our wars -- sitting around in Rendez-vous Studios in beautiful Manoa Valley on Veterans Day 2001 – just jammin' and singing a few patriotic songs. Three voices, three guitars, three songs. The “patriotic medley” that resulted is a fitting wrap for a CD of songs about soldiers,sailors, Marines, airmen, merchant marines – veterans all. That’s the closing cut on this keepsake recording.

And here's a little background about the artists:

      Gordon Manuel Freitas, Hawaiian local folk troubadour, is a performing songwriter whose "Peaceful Arizona" won a spot on the 1997 Homegrown album and was later recorded by the USAF Band of the Pacific. His first two albums won Hawai'i Music Awards and he extends his talents even further as a storyteller. He entertains regularly in Waikiki - at Cheeseburger in Paradise - and on the Star of Honolulu. He's here, he's there, he's everywhere. And you'll know why when you listen to him on this CD.  Gordo was the lead guitarist and played bass and harmonica  on "Cordell Country." He is a retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer.
For more information about Gordon's recordings check his web site at www.niu.com/gordon

       Don "Geezer" Humphrey, is the top country singer in Hawai`i. Although originally from Canada (he moved to the USA at a time when many young American men were moving to Canada to avoid a war), he first made his mark in country music in the highly competitive country music market in California, where his band opened for such noted artists as Merle Haggard.  He moved to Hawai`i in the 90s and is best known as the leader of the country band called  The Geezers. It was Don's country pickin' and rhythm guitar that made "CordellCountry" the most traditional country music CD ever recorded and released in Hawai`i.  He performs one night a week at Hank's Cafe Honolulu, one night at the Banana Patch Lounge in the Hotel Miramar in Waikiki, and one night a week at the Dixie Grille in`Aiea.
For more information about Don's recordings check his web site at www.sceneAmerica.com

      Cordell Keith Haugen is best known as one half of the Hawaiian music and hula duo, Keith & Carmen, regulars in Waikiki for 30 years and at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel since March 1986.  After many all-Hawaiian recordings, Keith realized a childhood dream in 2000, when Don & Gordon, vocalists Carmen Haugen and Nanilisa Pascua, fiddlers Lee Carney, Katie & Jay Linskey, and steel/dobro artist Greg Sardinha helped him put out "CordellCountry."  Haugen is a former US Army Staff Sergeant.

      The trio gets an assist on this recording from the well-known musician and recording engineer, Pierre Grill of Rendez-VousRecording Studios in Manoa. Pierre plays the keyboard on this recording, and he both recorded and mixed the finished product.

      Senator Daniel K. Inouye, who narrates “Yes, We Remember,” also reads the inscription on the USS Arizona Memorial in this recording of “We Still Care” is one of ranking Senators in the USA. He is a former US Army Captain, a much-decorated hero of World War II in Europe.

      Bob Nelson is the composer of such popular songs as“The Maui Waltz,” “Hanalei Moon” and many others.

      The Sounds of Aloha Chorus is one of the best choral groups in Hawai`i.

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