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- Sol Hoopii was an Hawaiian guitarist, claimed by many as the all-time best lap-steel guitar virtuoso, and he is without any doubt one the most famous original hawaiian steel guitarists, along with Joe Kekuku, Frank Ferera, Sam Ku West and Ben "King" Nawahi. Born Solomon Ho'opi'i Ka'ai'ai, year 1902 in Honolulu, Hawaii, he soon began playing ukulele, guitar and Hawaiian steel guitar, and made his debut with the Johnny Noble's Orchestra. Together with some of his brothers he often performed on a Matsonia Line ocean liner since 1919 (a more romantic tale tells about a embarcation as a stowaway) and eventually settled in San Francisco, ca. 1922. Moved later to Los Angeles, where he formed the Sol Hoopii Trio, with Glenwood Leslie and Lani McIntyre, including sometimes additional musicians, and he successfully performed in the local and then very popular polynesian-themed night venues. His first recordings in 1925-28 featured often jazzy improvisation. He recorded his best known material 1933 to 1938, as Sol Hoopii's "Novelty Trio","Novelty Quartette" and "Novelty Five" on Decca and Brunswick labels, like the famous "Hula Girl", "Ten Tiny Toes", and many more brilliant hawaiian hula and hapa-haole songs penned by the best hawaiian composers like Johnny Noble and Sol Bright, and meanwhile he likely joined Andy Iona's Islanders as guest star. Preferring the acoustic lap-steel guitar,he switched to electric lap steel only around 1935 and developed an original tuning, in addition to the open A or open G tunings commonly in use at the time. He very often apply bluesy and jazzy treatments to the "tin pan alley" standards, as well as to Hawaiian classics. His peculiar rhythmic, harmonic and melodic techniques influenced not only hawaiian-styled musicians but also famed country and western swing steel guitarists, like Joaquin Murphy and Jerry Byrd. He performed since 1924-25 in hollywooden "jazz" movies like "His Jazz Bride",and later he was involved into the "exotic" movies craze, appearing notably in "Bird of Paradise","Waikiki Wedding", and even some Charlie Chan mystery movies. He also performed in the soundtrack for the Betty Boop cartoon "Betty's Bamboo Isle". In 1938, Hoopii partially gave up his career to join the evangelist Aimée S. McPherson. So he had few recordings and public appearances until his untimely death in Seattle, November 16, 1953 at the age of 51 (diabetes). Sol Hoopii was inducted in the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame and in the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.
- Sol Hoopii war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Musiker, der als einer der erfolgreichsten Interpreten der Hawaii-Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts gilt. Er mischte traditionelle hawaiische Musik oft mit Blues und Jazz-Elementen. Wegen seiner virtuosen Art beeinflusste er viele weitere Musiker, nicht nur im Bereich der Hawaii-Musik. Seine Soli wurden von amerikanischen Country-Musikern noch bis in die 1950er-Jahre hinein kopiert.
- Sol Hoopii oli havaijilainen kitaristi, ukulelen soittaja ja näyttelijä. Hän muutti vuonna 1919 Kaliforniaan, jossa hän aloitti uransa muusikkona. Hoopii esiintyi muun muassa elokuvassa Waikiki Wedding.
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- Sol Hoopii was an Hawaiian guitarist, claimed by many as the all-time best lap-steel guitar virtuoso, and he is without any doubt one the most famous original hawaiian steel guitarists, along with Joe Kekuku, Frank Ferera, Sam Ku West and Ben "King" Nawahi. Born Solomon Ho'opi'i Ka'ai'ai, year 1902 in Honolulu, Hawaii, he soon began playing ukulele, guitar and Hawaiian steel guitar, and made his debut with the Johnny Noble's Orchestra.
- Sol Hoopii war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Musiker, der als einer der erfolgreichsten Interpreten der Hawaii-Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts gilt. Er mischte traditionelle hawaiische Musik oft mit Blues und Jazz-Elementen. Wegen seiner virtuosen Art beeinflusste er viele weitere Musiker, nicht nur im Bereich der Hawaii-Musik. Seine Soli wurden von amerikanischen Country-Musikern noch bis in die 1950er-Jahre hinein kopiert.
- Sol Hoopii oli havaijilainen kitaristi, ukulelen soittaja ja näyttelijä. Hän muutti vuonna 1919 Kaliforniaan, jossa hän aloitti uransa muusikkona. Hoopii esiintyi muun muassa elokuvassa Waikiki Wedding.
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