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Hawaiian Steel Guitar Player
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Poster: Kemoeatu Oneatu Subject: Hawaiian Steel Guitar player |
Posted on 2/13/03 at 7:35pm |
| I am wondering what happen to David Keli'i or Ka'ili (maybe mispelled his last name). He was playing for the Hawaii Calls broadcast longtime ago at the old Moana Hotel. I think he was playing before Ah Shee. I know for sure he recorded two instrumental album with his hawaiian steel quitar. He is the BEST. I like him better than Ben Kalama or Solohopi or any other hawaiian steel quitar artist. He is the Best. Please let me know. I heard him play Tiger Rag, Tiger Shark, Twelth Street Rag, Steel Quitar Rag and many others at the Molokai County Fair back in 1960. Please let me know where I can find his two albums. |
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Poster: Sue K. Kelii'heleua Email: RATS2GO Subject: David Kelii |
Posted on 5/11/03 at 9:16pm |
| My husband the steel player David Kelii passed away in 1983. His last albums were with Kealoha Kalama and Sonny Chillingsworth. He also had an album produced by Jerry Byrd. In all the years he was with Hawaii Calls he never was paid for his recordings. He vowed he would never record again because of this experience. When he returned to Hawaii in 1972 he made these few recordings. From 1952 to 1972 he lived in California but mostly in Las Vegas. |
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@nidlink.com Subject: David Keli'i |
Posted on 5/23/03 at 8:44pm |
| Thank you for letting us know what happened to Mr. Keli'i. He played on the solo album of Joe Keawe (late 1970s?), a calabash uncle of my mother's. Uncle Joe also didn't make much money off the radio business, and I have found a number of recordings with Joe's voice on them, but no credit given. Such was the business for so many Hawaiian entertainers. Mr. Keli'i's distinctive style became the archtype Hawaiian sound, and I'm glad to know a little more about him. Jesse Tinsley |
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