Dave La Rocca....aka Hakaman In 1987, after spending a week with Bob Marley's percussionist Devon Evans and being truly inspired to start playing drums, Hakaman(Dave LaRocca), in a short time, had performed on stage with many well known Big Island talents and musicians. He played while traveling Europe, arriving in Milan Italy in '92, and for about a year recorded many sessions with "La Bawana", one of Italy's hottest reggae bands. After moving to San Fransisco California in early '94 to join "The Blue Reptiles" for 11 months, including multiple onstage appearances with "The Greg Allmand Band", Hakaman toured with "The Sam Andrew Band" of "Big Brother and the Holding Company" fame, and then closed that year's performances with "The Chambers Brothers" of Santa Rosa, California. In '95, he was the Stage Manager for the 3 day long "Health and Harmony Fair" in Santa Rosa, which had 18,000-20,000 in attendance each day. During the fair, Hakaman performed on stage with the likes of "Sister Monika", "Chester Thomas", "Raul Riko", and "The Tower of Power" horn section. In the winter of '96, Hakaman drummed all over Maui with a hot local rock-reggae band called "The Sun Club", which included opening for "Jimmy Cliff" and "Third World". Meanwhile, "Kamau", a Master Djembe player, invited Dave to tour with his dance troup in '97 because of his "rock solid rythm" talent and production experience. After a powerful tour of spectacular shows and memorable events, Hakaman returned to Maui to prepare and perform for the island's Y2K "Millennium Show". Hakaman pushed on his life's driving force and opened for "Chris Duarte Group" and "Eric Johnson" at the "Kona Brewery" on the Big Island of Hawaii on May 19th 2001. The place was smokin' and the whole event was a smashing success! Hakaman recently produced a very special concert...... "A Tribute to Jerry Garcia" on August 4, 2001 in Kona Hawaii. This memorable event brought in some great performances from Bill Kreutzmann, the orig. drummer with the Grateful Dead, and his band the "House of Spirit" coming in from Kauai,......"The Photons", a home grown band from Anchorage Alaska that play Bluegrass and Folk and Cosmic funk jams, and to close out the all star Dead performance......"The Rowan Bros." of San Francisco, Grammy award winning singer/song writers who recorded with Jerry Garcia since the 70's, and were involved in much GD song writing. The tribute to Jerry was a memory for a lifetime, and many were quite proud to have taken part. Hakaman, a.k.a. Dave LaRocca, is a full "trap" drummer and percussionist and a rock solid Djembe musician that loves to collaborate on and create healing music. His "actual" working experiences range from Studio Sessions to Stage, Event Promotions and Music Composition, and of course, to Spiritually Driven Live-N-Onstage Drumming Performances. The first Hakaman CD titled "Hakaman" was created for meditation, aerobic workouts, and Rave-Trance-Dance, with his second lead album being released soon. "O-Land Studios" are located on the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii, which means unparalleled relaxation can be mixed with creativity. Situated in the U.S.'s only tropical rainforest jungle, and within a few miles of awe inspiring active lava flows, Hakaman has pulled together an incredible winter gig location and production unit for future events, sessions and artists that want or need some "fresh inspiration". Hakaman Productions' vast knowledge and experience in the music/entertainment industry is a valuable asset and resource to any endeavor. When you need assistance with your productions, are looking for talented musicians, or just want to hang loose in the kick back Hawaiian music scene, then check us out. Dave has been living on Oahu for the past 8 months and has been playing in different bands including “Shaka Jambe”, a percussive world beat band. They recently won “Best World Beat CD of The Year Award at the 2003 Hawaii Music Awards held at Kapono’s at the Aloha Tower, on Oahu. Dave aka “Hakaman” LaRocco accepting his award at the Hawaii Music Awards with his friend, who is priceless… That's a done deal" Don't forget to sample the Trance-Dance-Vibes of Hakaman's latest CD!!