Ryan and Candace Hui on tour: LA, SD, LV

Hong Kong singer and guitar player Ryan Hui is playing a Chinese New Year gig with his dad at the MGM Grand in Vegas for Chinese New Year, and he and his wife Candace landed at LAX yesterday. Before driving to San Diego (where they went to college, have a ton of family and friends, and will spend the week), they made their usual stops at the GR shops, Guitar Center, and Amoeba. My type of people.


Despite having mutual friends, this was the first time I was able meet them on Sawtelle and then Wendy and I had them over for dinner. I think it's interesting that as his dad Sam Hui brought Cantonese lyrics to the music scene in Hong Kong in the late '60s, Ryan is pushing punk and indie rock styles. Cool, right? He could easily take the easy route by playing mega-popular karaoke music, but chooses to play what he likes. His wife has a really interesting story, as well, and we're hoping she'll give Eloise ballet lessons one day, but that's another story.



Too bad we're booked and can't make a road trip to see Ryan on the big stage, but here's a video (with annotations)...