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George Harrison was also fond of the Kamaka ukulele; he played the concert, the tenor 6-string and tenor 8-string. According to one music store on Maui, Hawaii, Harrison would purchase all the Kamaka ukuleles in stock to give to his friends as gifts. Adam Sandler played a Kamaka ukulele in the movie 50 First Dates. The ukulele was a custom 6 ...
Ho'okena is a Hawaiian music trio which consist of the members Horace K. Dudoit, Chris Kamaka and Glen Smith. The group was created in 1986 [1] and remains one of the longest lasting Hawaiian music groups. [2]
Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is a ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii [a] known for his fast and complex finger work. [2] His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. [3]
Dec. 28—Kamaka was less than two months short of what would have been his 99th birthday when he died July 23. The life and legacy of Frederick Ku Kamaka Sr., late president of Kamaka Ukulele Inc ...
Eddie Leilani Kamae was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised both there and in Lahaina, Maui.His grandmother was a dancer for King David Kalākaua's court. [2]He learned to play the 'ukulele [3] with an instrument his bus driver brother found on the public transport.
Kamaka may refer to: Kamaka (island), a small island in French Polynesia; Kamaka Ukulele; Kamakã languages, a small family of extinct Macro-Jê languages of Bahía near Brazil's Atlantic coast; Kamaka, a former gold town and railway station in New Zealand
Roy Sakuma (born Jan 22, 1947) is a ukulele teacher, credited for sparking new generations of ukulele players and virtuosos like Jake Shimabukuro who got his start as a young student at Roy Sakuma Studios.
The band c. 1889 Bandmaster Clarke Bright (center) with Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (right). The Royal Hawaiian Band is the oldest and only full-time municipal band in the United States.