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| cmdrpiffle |
Posted - 10/19/2022 : 10:03:47 AM
All, I've been away from Hawaii since 2013, major changes in life/jobs etc....
I recently came across an article from Honolulu last year that states to the effect- Barry has been living in his vehicle, is destitute, mainly due to covid. He's not able to gig.
I understand the severe impact it's had on local musicians here in 'New Hawaii/Santa Cruz'
Just curious, is the man really destitute and unemployable?
I ask carefully as being his biggest fan-boy, I'm aware of some other local Hawaiian news stories where he was or may have been crying wolf.
Many had comments around 'he was making 100K a year, why didn't he save' and the like.
I'll explain that one. Me too, and here in the Bay Area of California and Hawaii, it's a moderate middle class salary.
What's up with him if anyone has the wiki on it?
With Aloha, Mike |
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| chunky monkey |
Posted - 10/19/2022 : 1:23:36 PM
Don't know about Barry, but I have recently spent time with John Keawe on Hawaii Island. He told me he didn't work for a year during Covid. But, he's 73 and still plugging doing at least 4 gigs a week now that the tourists have returned. Maybe surviving COVID was a generational thing. Maybe a family thing; I know Johns's wife has a job and his granddaughters may still be living with him and working. He didn't seem to be indignant about any of the effects. |
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