OUR GOOD FRIEND JOHN CRUZ
CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS WEEKEND.
NEITHER CAN WE.
HE HAS A COUPLE VIRTUAL CONCERTS
AND SOME NEW STUFF IN THE WORKS.
CHECK IT OUT.
IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE NOW
TO BRING ON THE SHOW, A FRIEND
OF T f SHOW JOHN CRUZ.
MR. CRUZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HEY, WHAT'S UP?
OF COURSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE GRAMMY AND THE THAT HOKE --
NA HOKU HANOHANO AWARD.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW HAVE YOU
BEEN, MY FRIEND?
OH, MAN, IT'S BEEN TOTALLY
EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW.
OF COURSE ISOLATING ISN'T FUN
BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO IT, KEEP
EVERYBODY SAFE AND GROWING
VEGETABLES NOW, HANGING OUT WITH
MY SON WHICH IS GREAT AND
WRITING SONGS.
ACTUALLY I'VE BEEN REHEARSING A
BRAND NEW BAND WHICH I'M GOING
TO BE PLAYING WITH THIS WEEKEND
AT THESE CONCERTS.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT IT
UP.
I WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THESE CONCERTS BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TWO BIG LIVE STREAMS COMING
UP.
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT?
THIS SATURDAY, JULY 11TH.
WE'RE DOING ONE AT 3:00 P.M. AND
ONE AT 6:30 P.M.
IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A SIX
CAMERA SHOOT, PROFESSIONAL
VIDEO, PROFESSIONAL AUDIO, THIS
BEAUTIFUL RANCH HOUSE IN HAIKU,
MAUI, GOT THE NEW VAN, WE'VE
BEEN REHEARSING, EVERYTHING'S
FEELING GOOD.
I'VE BEEN DOING A BUNCH OF LIVE
STREAM STUFF, JUST FACEBOOK LIVE
AND YOUTUBE LIVE.
WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THIS TIME.
WE'RE TRYING A PAY PER VIEW TYPE
FORMAT.
WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IT WILL BE
BEFORE ACTUAL LIVE MUSIC EVENTS
ARE BACK.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT
THE NEW NORMAL IS GOING TO BE AS
FAR AS LIVE PERFORMANCES GO.
SO, YEAH, WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT
A PUNCH OF PEOPLE CAN JOIN US
THIS WEEKEND AND DOING SOME OLD
STANDARDS, SOME FUNNY STUFF,
SOME SERIOUS STUFF AND SOME NEW
STUFF.
YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THIS HAS BEEN REALLY HARD NOT
JUST ON YOU BUT ALL
ENTERTAINERS.
YES, FOR SURE.
AT FIRST I DIDN'T JUMP ON THE
LIVE STREAM THING, FACEBOOK LIVE
BECAUSE I WAS JUST TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT OH, WHAT'S HAPPENING
AND REALLY THAT'S ONE OF OUR
ONLY AVENUES FOR TRYING TO MAKE
MONEY, YOU KNOW.
THAT AND MILKING THE GOVERNMENT,
OF COURSE.
THOSE ARE TWO OPTIONS.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WHAT ARE
YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT FOR
SATURDAY'S CONCERT?
I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT JUST
CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE AGAIN,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S STRANGE
HOW AT FIRST WHEN I DID THE LIVE
STREAMS, I THOUGHT, IT'S GOING
TO BE WEIRD TRYING TO CONNECT
WITH PEOPLE.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE LIVE, BEING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND YOU
GET THE FEELING, YOU CAN TALK TO
THEM BUT WHAT I KIND -- THE LAST
ONE THAT I DID, I KIND OF HAD
THIS LIKE -- I'M PLAYING AND I'M
SEEING THESE COMMENTS COME UP,
PEOPLE FROM LIKE MACEDONIA AND
SWITZERLAND AND BRAZIL AND
COLOMBIA AND JUST ALL OVER THE
WORLD AND THEY ARE RIGHT THERE,
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE WATCHING YOU
LIVE, SO IT'S -- IT BROUGHT ME
ON KIND OF A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS WHOLE LIVE
STREAMING THING.
WHAT ABOUT AFTER THESE SHOWS
THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON?
WHAT'S ON THE RADAR FOR YOU
MOVING FORWARD?
PROBABLY STRAIGHT TO THE
BEACH, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE
SHOWS.
NIGHT FISHING, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN.
WE'LL GET SOME LIVE BAIT.
I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU WITH
THE WHOLE FISHING THING.
I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF STUFF
THAT'S IN THE CAN ALREADY
RECORDED THAT I RECORDED OVER
THE HANDFUL OF YEARS.
I HAD SOME LEGAL ISSUES WITH MY
LAST MANAGER BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN
CLEARED UP NOW SO ALL THAT
MATERIAL THAT I RECORDED, I CAN
DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
BEEN RECORDING SOME NEW STUFF
HERE ON MAUI ALSO IN THE STUDIOS
UP HERE.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, HERE'S
JOHN CRUZ.
ALL RIGHT, THE SONG I'M GOING
SON'S GRANDFATHER.
♪
♪ IN THE BLUES STYLE LIKE IT WAS
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN ♪
♪ WIND'S GOING TO BLOW AND I'M
GOING TO GO DOWN ON THE ROAD
AGAIN, STARTING WHERE THE
MOUNTAINS LEFT, WHERE I WILL GO
THE WIND ONLY KNOWS H GOOD TIMES
AROUND THE BEND, I GET IN MY
CAR, GOING TOO FAR, NEVER COME
BACK AGAIN ♪
♪
♪ WOKE UP THIS MORNING, I FOUND
THAT I WAS CONFUSED, SINGS THAT
I COULDN'T LOSE, AND THE BEACHES
THEY SAID TO BUILD THE HOTELS ♪
THE BLUES ♪
♪