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    Joseph Kekuku (1874–1932) was the inventor of the steel guitar. Kekuku, also known as Joseph Kekuku’upenakana’iaupuniokamehameha Apuakehau, was born in...
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    instead of flat against the body, using the bar instead of fingers. Joseph Kekuku developed this manner of playing a guitar, known as "Hawaiian style"...
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    the Hawaiian Islands about 1885, popularized by an Oahu youth named Joseph Kekuku, who became known for playing a traditional guitar by laying it across...
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  • Apaka Helen Desha Beamer Henri Berger Sol K. Bright Sr. Keaulumoku Joseph Kekuku Charles E. King Lena Machado Mary Kawena Pukui Victoria K. I`i Rodrigues...
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  • Apaka Helen Desha Beamer Henri Berger Sol K. Bright Sr. Keaulumoku Joseph Kekuku Charles E. King Lena Machado Mary Kawena Pukui Victoria K. I`i Rodrigues...
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    An early version was recorded by Hawaiian steel guitar originator Joseph Kekuku in 1925. A 1953/54 version by Eddie Cochran was released in 1997 on...
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  • Williamson Brothers, Dick Justice, Charley Patton, The Hopi Indian Chanters, Joseph Kekuku, Lydia Mendoza, the Breaux Family, Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Willie...
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  • one of the most famous original Hawaiian steel guitarists, along with Joseph Kekuku, Frank Ferera, Sam Ku West and "King" Bennie Nawahi. He was born Solomon...
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  • Hawaiian songs as well as popular marches and ragtimes. In about 1889, Joseph Kekuku began sliding a piece of steel across the strings of a guitar, thus...
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    former Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa Joseph Kekuku (1874–1931), inventor of steel guitar Neff Maiava (1924–2018), professional...
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