THE HURT - The Mackey Feary Story - By Dancetta Feary Kamai 

I just sat here and cried for 30 minutes. I knew Mackey in the late 70's and early 80's. He was so kind and nice to everyone. This is a sad way for him to be treated by the Courts. His body may be gone, but his spirit and love remain. I see his smile every time I listen to his music. And a huge thumbs up to Dancetta for all she has done to educate the rest of us to the real problems. Love ya!

Mahalo Dancetta for this open honest and beautiful insight into Mackey's humble heart and struggles so that all of us can learn share and benefit from! All these years, we didn't know Mackey's laid to rest right here in beautiful Kaneohe!

Aloha, and Thank you for sharing your brother Mackey Feary story. To Dancetta, I'm the guy who just met you in front of Kin Wa Kaneohe yesterday. I met Mackey in 1980 at the Hawaiian Monarch Hotel Piko Lounge. I didn't know who he was, as I was introduced by a friend named Tim Makuaole, as I had just moved to the islands from California. little did I know almost 19 years later I would be working in a facility where Mackey was housed. My sincere condolences in the loss of your brother. I'm glad to have met your brother, and you Dancetta, and should we meet again, I could share with you conversation. Mackey is in the Bossom of our Lord. Aloha.

Dancetta, Thank you for having the courage to share this story. Mackey made thousands of people happy with his music. If only he could make himself happy he would still be here.....

There should have been many Kalapana albums with Mackey that never materialized because of his untimely death. Really a sad day in music.

Mahalo for sharing this video about Mackey. He truly is one of Hawaii's legends. He shared with us so much of himself and his musical talent, and I am truly grateful to him. He inspired me in the 70's to try and play the guitar and sing, which I still do to this day. I miss him. I will always be a lifelong fan. May he rest in peace and love. Mahalo and Aloha Mackey.

Dancetta speaks from the heart and I learned a lot that I didn't know about Mackey and I appreciate him even more, which is pretty hard to do because I hold him in such high regard already. He had a lot of struggles but he dealt with them as best he could.

Aloha & Mahalo Dancetta for sharing the True background of your brother's spiritual and physical abuse challenges. Perhaps from a distance I recall the early days when he played Pop Warner football, sang & played his guitar at Kaimuki Intermediate and Live Concerts at the Waikiki Shell. BradHa Mackey wiil Always be Remembered Positively In Our Hearts... ❣❤❤❣

Today 2/20/15 makes 16 years since dear Mackey has passed... thinking of Mackey and his dear ohana today (yesterday) and always... after finding this beautiful video we also learned Mackey is laid to rest right here in beautiful Kaneohe, so we paid respect & love, gave him some flowers recently... looking forward to hearing him sing again John 5:28, 29 in the real paradise earth.

I don’t know why I love his songs, there something special about all his songs. until I find out that he is a believer in Christ (Wow) Mackey has a precious heart and God found him in the middle of his circumstances. One thing I learned about Mackey life is that there is Always HOPE waiting for us, hope for Christ, coz he is the only one who can understand us, and Love us unconditionally. - Thank you Mackey for sharing your life in music. 2021 im still playing your music

Mahalos to this one of a kind voice and his bands music. Really sets the scene for the music of this era in local Hawaiian music. Sad to hear what some souls go through. Life is not ways easy. 🙏🏽 Much love and Aloha to everyone!! ❤️

Dancetta - Totally beautiful. Big tears.I love you :-)

Thank you for sharing this. I really miss this brother. I can Honestly say, I only knew him as a good man, and an extremely talented individual. Love You Mac!

A not so long time ago, I can still remember, How his music used to make us smile. Mackie snatched up the chance, To make Hawaii sing and dance. He had the most contagious kind of Smile! But things beyond his control, Was tugging at his fragile soul, Until we heard the word They took our Loved song bird. It just can't be, as I cried and cried, As they laid him beneath Hawaiian skies. My teenage memories of him still thrive. But that day, A MUSIC LEGEND died. Mahalo Uncle Mackie, Me ke Aloha you handsome bugga you.

Was next to him in halava when we all went to lunch that day. He never went to lunch so no body made any never mind. It still wrenches my heart to remeber that day and the screams of pain and heartsbreaking. Was my first time hearing that and unfortunately breaks me everytime I hear him now. Sorry my brother. I wish they (kashbox) would have easier quicker to peoplemthat ned treatment not cages.

I had no idea what Macky was going through. He is in a better place now!! God Bless him!!

Love you Mackey, Aloha Ke Akua

This man just wanted love. Whoever had the chance to love him, they failed. So sad. Mackey was a good heart, I hope he was spared the consequences of suicide :( I pray he is in Heaven, he would finally be loved by God. God is love

Thank you for sharing this. God bless you and family. Much Love from San Diego, California 😁

Good story, well told…I still feel the pain and sorry when he left us. I saw Mackey perform numerous times, appreciated his talent and share in the sorry of humanity’s loss

This is so unfortunate. He could have been saved in a state hospital for patients who has issues/mental illness that happens to have charges. I work at a state hospital here in California. I will be forever missing him and his music.

So sad. Still remember Kalapana concert at the Shell, I think it was in '79. First time I put my arm around a girl, my neighbor. Fireworks!!!!!

Aloha friend you showed me how not to be afraid to love , thank you....

Amen 🙏🏼 Praise God for you

We lost a great man when we lost Mackey.

I believe I real problem is as he said proper. Treatment is what people need I believe that when it come to mental health/ addiction that the medical field has failed the people and the law also because only a PhD is qualified to treat these kind of conditions anything less to me is malpractice. Two addicts sitting under a tree is not the right to treat any kind of illness nor is any treatment program with people having just a certification, people can not heal anyone if they are not qualified . I believe these programs should be sued for malpractice. Don't play mind games if your not qualified with a PhD which is a doctor .not addiction is a complicated disease and be left up to people who spent thier lives learning on how to cure this kind of problem.....I know.

what year was this interview???

Nowadays the OPIODE use has skyrocketed and it's 2018

Aloha Boda where you steh , wot happened to you?

The Story We Here In The Streets Is That The Prison Guard That His Sister Said Had A Special Relationship With Mackey’s Wife Was Having A Affair With His Wife And Would Torment Mackey By Telling Him How He Was Sleeping With His Wife ! And That Was Too Much For Mackey To Take Considering His Situation He Was Going Through! Guys Like That Prison Guard Should Be Hanged ! Let God Be His Judge !

So help me out here. He accepted Jesus, but then he killed himself. I don't get it.

Really sad shit. That dude was one of the music greats of all time.

This video needs to be aired on public television NOW!! It would hammer home the consequences of drug use/abuse and how depression deeply affects people. It is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Somehow, LOVE - having it and wanting it - is a common thread in everyone's lives. Musicians have such courage to write songs and to share it with the world! Mahalo, Dancetta for sharing this no-holds barred video recapping Mackey's life. He's singing with the angels now, in Rock and Roll Heaven!!!🤩

Thanx for helping to bring awareness about the struggles of addiction. As the mother of a former addict, I was in denial about my sons depression as a teenager. This denial helped enable him into a full blown addict. By the grace of God my son is now a 32 year old man, clean and sober for almost 4 years. Depression and addiction go hand in hand. That shouldn't be too hard to grasp. Mackey should have had a better chance. He was truly a GIFT TO THE WORLD. You are a wonderful sister, Dancetta. A champion for Mackey and for people suffering the way he did. God Bless you in every way...

Very touching video ♥ May Mackey rest with the angels ♥

he is cute and very manly especially when he sings The Hurt and Nightbird!!!!! i really love his voice!!!!

Thank you for sharing such a personal story of one of the greatest musicians of my time. I heard Kalapana for the first time when they played in Waikiki when C & K went to California in 1973. Macky and the boys in the band were quite young, but so talented. I hope everyone can take the time to listen to this video.

We love you, GOD bless you , you will never be forgotten.

It makes me very angry when I think about how judges and the laws they manipulate to send non violent criminals to jail. I am very familiar with dual diagnosis. Hats off to Mack's Sister who nailed the reasons for Mackey's behavior. Mack is in heaven and is happy now. God Bless the families that struggle with familiar situations and reveal the truth about were the problems lye and or lay, to the people of Hawaii in Christ Jesus name amen.

May Mackey Feary rest in peace and be in the light of Jesus Christ

I really believe that treatment for depression and drug abuse works. I struggled with depression-deep depressions for nearly 50 years. Finally kicked it in 2007, thanks to pastors and Christian psychiatrists, and my dear mother. I was a musician too, and was fortunate to have some of my songs recorded. Thank God, that I never died and now live to tell how I overcame it with God's help and the ones he brought into my life to help me! God bless the late Mackey.

Absolute tear jerker. This man touches my life on a weekly basis, some of my favorite songs to sing loud on the drive. He lives on through his music, thanks for this video, provided a lot of perspective I’d only heard about but to see him explain it… mahalo

What is totally wrong is they has no authority legally to discontinue CPR!!!

Mahalo for sharing this, Boda! I understand the problems he had better now.

A fan and lover of Macks mus and Kalapana por/vida

Thank You Dancetta for sharing a part of your brothers life story. You are a very strong and brave woman. Your brother Mackey is very proud of you, I know this is something you had to do. Yes prison is not the answer for everyone that gets into problems. I wish your brother had another chance at life where things could have been differant. I pray for you and your family that god will fill with Peace and Understanding.

What makes me most depressed is that Mackey was such a beautiful person and got so screwed over so badly by someone who he loved and could not bear to hang on. Also that he never received the writing praises nor commercial success that Kalapana were due. as I can't blame him though this world has some dark forces lurking behind pretty faces, law makers and law enforcement sometimes. He really got a bad deal and his punishment truly did not fit the crime. Shameful of both his wife and the system. My only hope is that he is at peace and forgiveness was granted for his own suicide.

Awesome video,now we know the life he live. Back in the 70's the first time Kalapana came to Kona we seen greatness !!!

love your music Mackey ,unforgetable ,,,a legacy you leave to music industry,its only this moment i found out that your gone one of my favorite singer in the world ...nothing compare i will always remember you till the day i stop listening music...adios amigo!

Dancetta: Mahalo for this. God Bless you and your Ohana. I met Mackey. It was in happier times. He was humble, gracious, generous and kind. I can see that in all of your family. Mackey's music got me through some heartbreak and rough times when I was young, and I suspect many of our generation were soothed and comforted by his songs. I am so sad to hear how much pain he suffered. I'll remember the Good Times. Aloha.

Thanks you for sharing your story and bringing to light a serious issue that effects so many people and families not only on the Hawaiian islands but nation wide Macky is surely missed but his message of love goes on.

am sure you could have someone fix this poor audio - Mackey deserves it - Mahalo

Mackey the pride of Hawaii, much love amd prayers to you dear brother in heaven 🙏🏾❤️

will always remember mackey. ron

hi cetta............long time no see

You are in Heaven.

who sexually abused him and was the perpetrator ever charged? RIP

if he'd only had met the real preacher of God, he could have survived from being addicted to drugs

Drug Court Works..For Real!

Great video! I always wished a video like this existed. I think Mackey Feary's music will still be enjoyed by the people of Hawaii even in the year 2700 A.D.