Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang's lyrics & chords

Two seminal figures for bringing Okinawan, Asian and other 'world' musics to a Japanese audience are Makoto Kubota and Haruomi Hosono. Kubota and his band (久保田麻琴と夕焼け楽団), featuring Hosono on drums and as co-producer recorded Shokichi Kina's classic 'Haisai Ojisan' in 1975. Arguably they created the first wave of interest in Okinawan music in Japan, Kina having a hit with his song two years later. Due to a now slightly dodgy original master tape, this version was remixed by Kubota in 1989, and features Sandii on backing voca...read more