NativeVoiceTV John Cruz Hawaiian/Cree "Island Style""Hi'ilawe", "Prayer for a Friend"

John Cruz visits Cihuapilli Rose Amador on this weeks Native Voice TV.
The Hawaiian, Grammy Award Winner took time from his busy tour to tell us a bit about himself and his "Slack String Guitar" style of music.

On this show John plays his signature song, "Hawaiian Style" and tells us about the inspiration behind the song.
We also get to hear Hi'ilawe and "Prayer for a Friend".

The thing I most enjoy about this show is that there are no effects used on Johns voice and you hear his guitar just like he is sitting in our living room, singing and playing.
Listen to Johns soulful, undistorted voice and you understand why this man is a Grammy Award Winner, popular in Hawaii and around the world.

We are now able to show you entire shows on YouTube, as they were televised.
THANK YOU YouTube!

Some things I can edit down to shorter versions, but with some, the entire show is worth watching.
I hope this isn't to much.
Thanks!
Steve Macias
Native Voice TV

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Steve Macias is one of the original founding members of the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, a bass player, former jet dragster driver turned associate producer, director and editor for Native Voice TV in San Jose, California.
We're trying to meet and help promote Indigenous people from the music, movie and entertainment industries as well as artists and craftsmen of Native art.
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• Cree
• HawaiianStyle
• PrayerForAFriend
• SlackKeyGuitar
• NativeVoiceTV
• Hi'Ilawe
• Acoustic
• Guitar

[apachebutterfly]

Great video Steve, John has such a beautiful voice. 

[MsWeedLady]

Nice tune,thanks for sharing. Be sure to check your web site too.  Was lucky enough to visit Hawaii once, "Love the Island way".

[tuberpie68]

It was the ENGLISH Capt. Vancouver, who, on behave of his king, bought the cattle in California, & gave them, as an official royal gift, to the king of Hawaii, in the 1790s. Then, in the 1850s, someone, I don't remember who, observed the cattle & land, & realized that a cattle industry would be viable in Hawaii, but no one there knew anything about cattle raising. He knew that there were plenty of CHICANO---not Spanish---vaqueros in California, & sent for some to teach their craft to Hawaiians

[iamearthbornami]

fabulous~~thankyou with love

[nuvolabianca49]

It's a long time ago since I heard a voice like this so clear and suave ,thanks for introducing me to this artist

[LeoBertolino]

Wonderful...thank you!