Samurai Homeboys http://samuraihomeboys.com Soul music with a funkin' attitude. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:01:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Alan Hirano – Get It On Video http://samuraihomeboys.com/2010/01/12/alan-hirano-ge-it-on-video/ http://samuraihomeboys.com/2010/01/12/alan-hirano-ge-it-on-video/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:42:33 +0000 nelsdrums http://samuraihomeboys.com/?p=273 _dsc9458

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.

If you have problems with the video, try right-clicking this link and save to disc.

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]]> http://samuraihomeboys.com/2009/04/06/new-wake-photos/feed/ 0 Alan Hirano Wake http://samuraihomeboys.com/2009/01/21/alan-hirano-wake/ http://samuraihomeboys.com/2009/01/21/alan-hirano-wake/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:26:47 +0000 nelsdrums http://samuraihomeboys.com/?p=149 Below are some photos I took at Alan’s wake. Reverand Carl started the last homeboys show. There were lots of great stories shared about the warm-hearted Alan. A good, but sad time for all who came to celebrate.

I am not sure when this website expires, as it was one of Alan’s accounts. If you want any individual photos on this site, try right-clicking and open into a new window. Or download the entire set: Alan-Hirano-Wake.zip

Alan Hirano 10/28/56 – 01/14/09.

A wake to celebrate the life of Alan Hirano is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, February 8th, at an undisclosed location. Please contact any of the Samurai Homeboys or Alan’s close friends for details.

Bassist, producer Alan Hirano was bandleader of the Samurai Homeboys. The photo above, one of Alan’s favorites, was taken while on tour with Vanessa Williams at the Greek Theater in Hollywood. Alan passed away unexpectedly in his home last Wendesday, Jan. 14.

If you have any sentiments or stories you would like to share, please leave a comment on this post.

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]]> http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/08/07/cozys-friday-august-15th/feed/ 1 Nice shots from Cozy’s http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/07/28/nice-shots-from-cozys/ http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/07/28/nice-shots-from-cozys/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:47:50 +0000 nelsdrums http://samuraihomeboys.com/?p=62 Some really nice photos from the last show at Cozy’s, thanks to Matt’s friend Scott Mitchell.

]]> http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/07/28/nice-shots-from-cozys/feed/ 1 Cozy’s Saturday July 5th http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/07/04/the-samurai-homeboys-party-saturday-july-5th/ http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/07/04/the-samurai-homeboys-party-saturday-july-5th/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:49:43 +0000 hearandnow http://samuraivillage.com/wordpress/?p=4 “Happy 4th of July” from the Samurai Homeboys. Come on down to COZY’S Bar and Grill – 14058 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, 91423. Saturday July 5th the Samurai Homeboys All Star Soul Music Express is pullin’ in at 9:30 p.m. Great food, drinks and classic R & B music. It’s a one stop party! We’ll see ya there . . .

]]> http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/07/04/the-samurai-homeboys-party-saturday-july-5th/feed/ 4 Norm Cowan, Trumpet http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/07/01/test-posting/ http://samuraihomeboys.com/2008/07/01/test-posting/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:24:04 +0000 nelsdrums http://samuraivillage.com/?p=8

The inimitable Norm Cowan on lead trumpet sounds killer on the Homeboys arrangement of “Get It On” by Chase.

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