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"Amy & Willie Live" documents a buoyant time in Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom's and Willie K's long musical relationship. But the Grammy-nominated record was born of a more emotional one.

By late 2002 three years had passed since Gilliom and Willie ended their musical and personal partnership.

And Gilliom's grandmother and musical mentor, Jennie Napua Hanaiali'i Woodd, was gravely ill.

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"It was a very hard time in my life because it was my grandmother and we were very close," said Gilliom. "She had Alzheimer's (disease) and would regress back to childhood.

"All she would do is speak fluent Hawaiian.

And all she wanted was to hear my Hawaiian music."

Though in great pain in her final days, Woodd found peace in her granddaughter's music.

When Woodd passed away in January 2003, Gilliom reflected on that peace and memories of an old friend.

"It brought up all of these old feelings, even though Willie and I had both gone off on our own