Alan Hirano – Get It On Video
This photo above was taken of Alan in September 2008 at the Lemon Festival in Oxnard. We got the gig, even though Alan called me frantically to tell me that we lost the booking due to the viewing of this video of our debut performance of the Chase song “Get It On” by the clients.
Oddly, the video was only up on this site for about 12 hours on a Sunday afternoon, with no particular announcement. Alan left me a message, “Take it down right away, we are losing bookings because of it!”. Well, sorry Alan, but now it doesn’t matter, and I think that everyone would get a kick out of seeing you perform. 
January 14, 2010, is the one year anniversary of Alan’s passing. I invite those of you that knew Alan to share stories using the comments for this post. R.I.P Alan.
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Hahaha. I love the way Ric drops the mic on the rhythmic vocal part that Walt was supposed to cover because Ric couldn’t wrap his brain around it. Very natural, Ric.
I have a good story that Alan told me regarding the Samurai bass player illustration on this site. Can anyone fill in the blanks?
Back in the nineteen-seventies, Alan was performing on Saturday Night Live with _______________, and while they were doing the rehearsal, _______________ was in the audience, doing a doodle sketch of Alan with his hair up on a napkin. This later became the inspiration for John Belushi’s Samurai Delicatessen character.
I believe the image on the website is many copy generations away from the original illustration – which Alan had tucked away in a book somewhere unknown.
Wow, I miss that guy! Hard to believe he’s been gone for a whole year.Thanks for posting that. I don’t see why that video would’ve been a problem. I think it’s a raw yet rockin’ performance! I’ll be thinking of Alan a lot this week; I’m sure I’m not alone.
Good heavens!the vocal is awful!i must’ve left my voice in my other suit.i seem to remember doing better than that on other occasions.
I have a hard time believing it’s already been a year since alan passed.miss him.miss all you guys.
Homeboys!.. I miss you all. Especially the Homiest of them all.. the one and only Samurai himself. Thanks, Nels for posting this. I think it sounds pretty good. Ric you’re too hard on yourself. Everyone sounds great.. of course that tune got better after a few gigs but.. what the hell. wow .. a year passes. who blinked.
I miss you Alan! A year ago today, we were gonna go see “Grand Torino”, but our plans took an unexpected turn. Wish we could hang and have a nice Japanese curry together. You’re on my mind and in my heart, big guy.