Keola Beamer

Keola Beamer

male
Hawaiiana, Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar in the Real Old Style, Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer, Honolulu City Lights, Helen Desha Beamer, Honolulu Magazine…slack-key guitar
Keola Beamer (born Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer) is a Hawaiian slack-key guitar player, best known as the composer of "Honolulu City Lights"...
Gabby Pahinui

Gabby Pahinui

male, deceased (1980)
Honolulu, guitarist, Hawaii musician, steel guitar, American, shanty town…slack-key guitar
Charles Philip "Gabby" or "Pops" Pahinui (April 22, 1921 - October 13, 1980) was a slack-key guitarist. Gabby was raised in the Kaka'ako area of...
Sonny Chillingworth

Sonny Chillingworth

male, deceased (1994)
guitarist, American, cancer, slack-key guitar, Moloka'i, Edwin Bradfield Liloa "Sonny" Chillingworth
Edwin Bradfield Liloa "Sonny" Chillingworth was a slack-key guitar player from Hawaii and is widely regarded as one of the most influential slack...

Ray Kane

male, 84 years old
Wai'anae, Hawai'i, slack-key guitar, Koloa, Kaua'i, Nanakuli, Slack Key…guitar
Ray Kāne, is one of Hawaii's acknowledged Masters of the slack-key guitar. Born Raymond Kaleoalohapoinaoleohelemanu Kāne (his middle name is pr...
Leonard Kwan

Leonard Kwan

male, deceased (2000)
Hawaii musician, Hawaiian Renaissance, slack-key guitar, Slack Key, Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance, Party Songs Hawaiian Style
Leonard Kwan (1931-2000) was one of the most influential Hawaiian slack-key guitarists to emerge in the period immediately preceding the Hawaiian...
Eddie Kamae

Eddie Kamae

male
Honolulu, Bishop Museum, Sons of Hawaii, slack-key guitar, slack-key guitarist, Ukulele Hall of Fame
Eddie Kamae was born in Honolulu in 1927. He is an ukulele virtuoso, singer and composer. He is also known as a primary proponent of the "Hawaiian...
Jim West

Jim West

male
guitarist, Canadian, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, slack-key guitar, James "Jim" "Kimo" West
James "Jim" "Kimo" West (born December 18, (year unknown) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a guitarist best known for working with the...
Geoffrey Keezer

Geoffrey Keezer

male, 39 years old
From Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Berklee College of Music alumni, slack-key guitar, university of wisconsin-eau claire, ray brown, American
Geoffrey Graham Keezer (born November 20, 1970 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin) is a jazz pianist and composer. He came from a musical background, his...
King Ben Nawahi

King Ben Nawahi

male, deceased (1985)
American, King Nawahi & the International Cowboys, san pedro, Honolulu, catalina island, Red Devils…slack-key guitar
King Bennie Nawahi (Benjamin Keakahiawa Nawahi) was an American slack-key guitar master from Hawaii, well-known throughout the country in the 1920s...
John Keawe

John Keawe

male
guitarist, Hawaii musician, American, hawi, slack key guitar, Palm Records
John Keawe is a Hawaiian musician and slack key guitar player from Hawi in the North Kohala district of the Big Island of Hawaii. He has toured...