Don't you feel it growing, day by day
People getting ready for the news
Some are happy, some are sad
Oh, we got to let the music play
What the people need
Is a way to make 'em smile
It ain't so hard to do if you know how
Gotta get a message
Get it on through
Oh now mama, don't you ask me why
Whoa, listen to the music
Whoa, listen to the music
Whoa, listen to the music
All the time
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Song Review: The Doobie Brothers feat. Mick Fleetwood, Jake Shimabukuro and Henry Kapono
As a song, “Lahaina” is nothing to get excited about. But it’s also a must-listen.
And that’s because the new Doobie Brothers single - a joint with drummer Mick Fleetwood, ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro and singer Henry Kapono - benefits the People’s Fund of Maui as the Hawaiian island recovers from devastating wildfires.
Set to a balladic, tropical arrangement that epitomizes the downside of yacht rock, the track finds Pat Simmons, Michael McDonald and Kapono harmonizing:
Deep roots of the banyan tree growing in the sand/are strong like the people of the island/ … it’s calling me Lahaina/carry me home/where I belong
So, yeah, it’s overwrought. But the island is overwhelmed and the sentiment and fundraising motivation is unassailable.
“I hope this song brings some peace and healing to those who need it,” Fleetwood, whose restaurant was destroyed in this year’s blazes, said in a statement.
Grade card: The Doobie Brothers feat. Mick Fleetwood, Jake Shimabukuro and Henry Kapono - C-
i don’t remember where i snatched this from but the mangled up dates hurt my brain (top photo is from 1976, bottom photo is from 1978, everything is inexplicably dated like it’s happening in 1975???) also hello to the doobie brothers