NATIVE HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITARIST CHARLES PHILIP KUNIA “GABBY” PAHINUI DIED
Born in Honolulu on April 22, 1921, Pahinui grew up shining shoes and selling newspapers before leaving school after 5th grade. Gabby got his start in music during the 1930’s as a back-up guitarist for Charley “Tiny” Brown and built a reputation as a solid musician. Though a master of the steel guitar, Gabby is most known for his mastery of the slack-key guitar. Pahinui played professionally with the great Hawaiian musicians of the time. His career took him throughout the islands and the U.S. mainland. During the 50’s and 60’s, Gabby played on the popular International radio show Hawai’i Calls and was an original member of Eddie Kamae’s Sons of Hawai’i which helped to jumpstart the Hawaiian Renaissance.
Source: “Gabby Pahinui,” Gabby Pahinui: waimānalo kanikapila. Retrieved 7/16/2019, http://www.gabbypahinui.com/home/
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