BELOW ARE LINKS to essays by Pete Blecha that help document the remarkable history of vintage Hawaiian steel guitar music in the Northwest. They are listed in roughly chronological order:
"Hawaiian Music & its Historic Seattle Connection"
"Helen Louise Ferera (1887?-1919): Seattle's Famed Hawaiian Guitarist"
"Georgie MacKie's Columbian Trio (1920)"
"John Coppock (1899-1959) & his Deluxe Electric Guitars"
"John Coppock, Peshastin's Star Guitarist, Returns from Hollywood for Hometown Concert in 1927"
"Coppock Electric Guitars: Rarities from the Pacific Northwest"
"Paul Tutmarc (1896-1972) & his Audiovox Electric Guitars"
"Harvey Hansen (1898-1990) & his Hanburt Electric Guitars"
"National Institute of Music & Arts, Inc. (Seattle)"
"NIOMA Youth Orchestra Concert, Seattle (1933)"
"Sol Hooppii (1902-1953): The Seattle Years of the King of Hawaiian Guitar"
"Sol Hooppii performs Final Concert in Seattle (September 28, 1953)"
"Hawaii'n Steel: Sol Hoopii's 1938 Rickenbacher Model B-6" [Vintage Guitar magazine, August 2018]