Joseph Kekuku

Joseph Kekuku

Musician · US · 1874–1932

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Achievements

Award
Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame

Groups

  • Kekuku's Hawaiian Quintetcurrent

Archive

Passport
Country

US

Born

1874

Died

1932-01-16

Instruments

steel guitar

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: Joseph Kekukuʻupenakanaʻiapuniokamehameha Apuakehau, Jr.

Disambiguation

inventor of the steel guitar

Description

Player of the Hawaiian steel guitar

Extract from Wikipedia

Joseph Kekuku‘upenakana‘iapuniokamehameha Apuakehau Jr., better known as Joseph Kekuku, was a Hawaiian-American musician and the inventor of the steel guitar. Born in the Hawaiian Kingdom, Kekuku immigrated to the contiguous United States in 1904 to pursue a successful career in music. In 1993, he was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.

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