Songs Of Love & War

By: Larry J. Dunlap

When the band arrives in early 1968 to play at the Lemon Tree, a local beach nightclub on the far edge of Waikiki, the mood in Honolulu is in flux. The easy island ambiance contrasts with the intensity of a military town at the height of the Vietnam War...

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It follows NIGHT PEOPLE as the band arrives in Honolulu to play at the Lemon Tree, an atmospheric nightclub on the far edge of Waikiki. Their new record, "LOOK BACK IN LOVE" is released and rockets to the top of Hawaii's radio charts. The buzz from the East Coast is huge—their song is headed for Billboard Magazine's Top Ten!

Honolulu in the spring of 1968 is a military town, packed with soldiers on temporary R&R or arriving to fight as the Vietnam War heats up in response to North Vietnam's Tet Offensive.

In this intense atmosphere, Stark Naked and the Car Thieves' songs wake dramatic emotions in many of the warriors, some fresh from jungle firefights the previous day.

Larry, feeling the loss of breaking up with Marie, his on and off girlfriend from NIGHT PEOPLE, encounters a breathtakingly beautiful Hawaiian girl, and though the island is the most beautiful place he's ever seen, finds many deadly dangers hidden beneath its lush beauty.

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