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 DANNY COUCH I'LL REMEMBER YOU REVIEWS
"I'LL REMEMBER YOU" REVIEWS
FROM THE STAR BULLETIN NEWSPAPER
Island Mele
For Friday, March 13, 2009 By John Berger
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 13, 2009
"I'll Remember You"
Danny Couch
(Danny Couch Records)
Danny Couch first worked with Don Ho in 1981 when Ho and the Aliis reunited for an engagement at the International Market Place. Aliis founding member Al Akana retired on opening night, and introduced Couch as his replacement as the group's drummer.
Ho shared his knowledge with Couch in the years that followed, and Couch pays homage to his longtime mentor and friend with this album. With one exception, every song was popularized by Ho and the original Aliis at Duke Kahanamoku's in the mid-60s. "Suck 'em Up," "Lover's Prayer" and the title track are several.
Couch shares credit with co-producer/keyboardist Pierre Grill for the instrumental arrangements and most of the instrumentation; Anela Kahiamoe (guitar) and Bryan Tolentino (ukulele) are the other members of the studio band.
Couch has always been a powerful pop balladeer at heart, and it is the ballads that stand out most vividly; in particular, "Days of My Life," "She's Gone Again" and "I'll Remember You." Some of the others are relics of a bygone era, fine as material for inebriated late-night sing-alongs at Duke's in the mid-60s, but a bit antiquated taken out of that context in 2009.
On the other hand, no one nailed "Nightlife" like Ho and the Aliis in 1965, but Couch succeeds in making it his as well.
Purchase Danny's CD at DANNY'S WEBSITE
I'LL REMEMBER YOU DEBUT
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