Waikiki's lazy laid-back lounge singer Johnny Aloha performs tiki-style Hawaiian music versions of popular rock and
Waikiki's lazy laid-back lounge singer Johnny Aloha performs tiki-style Hawaiian music versions of popular rock and rap songs. Imagine Don Ho singing Weezer and you've got the picture.
His debut CD, "LAVAPALOOZA," which was produced by Richard Cheese, was released independently by Coverage Records in October 2010, and is now on sale exclusively here at johnnyaloha.com.
"I discovered Johnny Aloha in Honolulu, he was performing in a resort cocktail bar," says producer Richard Cheese. "He's a great singer. In fact, he is so good, he sounds a lot like me."
The "Lavapalooza" album includes tiki/exotica/Hawaiian music arrangements of hits including "Paradise City," "Cruel Summer," "Gangsta's Paradise," "Island In The Sun," "Thong Song," "Pocketful Of Sunshine," and "Last Resort." Plus, listen for a special celebrity duet with slipknot singer Corey Taylor and Richard Cheese on the song "Almost Paradise," and guest cameos from famous Hawaiian entertainers, like ukulele prodigy Taimane Gardner, lapsteel master Greg Sardinha, and local vocalists Shawn Pimental, Cory Oliveros, and Olena Heu.