NORTHWEST MUSIC ARCHIVES

—EXPLORING LOST HISTORIES OF THE NORTHWEST MUSIC BIZ SINCE 1982—

HAWAIIAN MUSIC HISTORY FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

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]




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