In 1904, Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar, left Hawaii to perform on the American West Coast. Newspaper critics called him the “world’s greatest guitar soloist.” Redpath Chautauqua ...
“I just love what I can get out of the guitar, the lilting sound and full-body richness of the tone,” says acclaimed Hawaiian steel guitarist Alan Akaka. “It conjures up Hawaii.” This esteemed ...
Some of our best steel guitar players will assemble Friday for the opening of the seventh annual Maui Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at the Ka’anapali Beach Hotel. The musicians include Alan Akaka, ...
Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Quincy Cortez ...
The Hawaiian steel guitar became a cultural force in America at the turn of the century, popularized by troupes of traveling musicians from Hawaii. It evolved beyond its association with a tropical ...
Preface. B.B.'s dreams -- Introduction -- Guitar culture in the Hawaiian Kingdom -- Joseph Kekuku's steel guitar and the era of overthrow -- American debut : the making of the steel guitar craze -- ...
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The Hawaiian steel guitar changed American music. Can one man keep that tradition alive?
Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, ...
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