"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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In article , Bob Crantz
wrote:
Sadly, Don Ho has passed away at age 76 due to heart condition.

Yeah, but did you actually ever see his show?


His musical style never held much interest for me, but I was 'forced' to see
his show with my in-laws in order to appease them for doing a bike run down
Haleakala with us.

That particular evening, Don Ho was bored, seemed a bit down, and gave a
terrible performance. He appeared to show little interest in what he was
doing, wanting only to get the show over with. Toward the end of the set he
had not performed "Tiny Bubbles" for the enthusiastic crowd, and when they
chanted the name of that tune, he said in a rather annoyed tone: "Okay,
okay, c'mon let's do it, hurry up." The crowd still seemed enthusiastic,
but Ho continued to be annoyed and rushed through the song in a pointedly
uninspired manner. He then left the stage and his band had to do the rest
of the set without him. The following day we heard that Don Ho had been ill
the previous night, but a local told me that he used that excuse about three
nights out of five, particularly when in a bad mood, which was most of the
time.

My memory of Don Ho was of a spoiled, offensive jerk ripping off an
excellent audience he didn't deserve.

Max