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The band was formed in 1973 by Harry Wayne Casey (KC) and Richard Finch. Casey was a record store employee and part-timer at TK Records in Hialeah, Florida [4] The band was originally called KC & The Sunshine Junkanoo Band because KC used studio musicians from TK and a local Junkanoo band called the Miami Junkanoo Band.
The members of Begin – Eishō Higa (比嘉栄昇) (sanshin, vocals), Masaru Shimabukuro (島袋優) (guitar), and Hitoshi Uechi (上地等) (piano) – are all from Ishigaki Island. They have been friends since elementary school.
Saosin's musical style is often associated with emo and post-hardcore music, and the band is known for their vocal harmonies and distinctive lead guitar techniques, such as delays and natural harmonics. The band has undergone several lineup changes, leaving Burchell as the only consistent member of the band since its inception. [2]
The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band: Special Edition — — — — — Rhino 1997 I'm Your Boogie Man and Other Hits — — — — — Shake, Shake, Shake and Other Hits — — — — — 1998 The Very Best Of — — — — 82 BPI: Silver [12] EMI: 1999 25th Anniversary Collection — — — — — Rhino 2001 VH1 Behind the Music ...
Sanshin exported to cold and/or dry countries have an increased vulnerability to skin cracks, tears and breaks, leading to the development of artificial sanshin skins made from a variety of materials, such as nylon and polyester. The quality, appearance, and price of these skins varies greatly, ranging from hard, thin-skinned, high-pitched and ...
"That's the Way (I Like It)" is a song by American disco and funk band KC and the Sunshine Band from their self-titled second studio album (1975). The single became the band's second No. 1 hit in the Billboard Hot 100, and it is one of the few chart-toppers in history to hit No. 1 on more than one occasion during a one-month period, as it did between November and December 1975.
Nēnēs (ネーネーズ) is an Okinawan folk music group formed in 1990 by China Sadao (知名定男). [1] The group name means "sisters" in Okinawan.Nēnēs is composed of four female singers who perform traditional Okinawan folk songs in traditional costume with sanshin accompaniment; they have also performed with a backing band, Sadao China Gakudan.
Born on Ishigaki Island in 1967, Yukito learned folk songs and how to play sanshin from his father, a singer of Yaeyama min'yō. [1] He moved to Naha, the capital of Okinawa prefecture, at the age of 18, and began performing live with a band under the name "Yukito Ara with Sandii" (新良幸人withサンデー, Ara Yukito with Sandii).