Harry Kalapana

Harry Kalapana was created in the first 1930s within the Balkans — an improbable spot to learn Hawaiian electric guitar. non-etheless, after hearing a documenting from the recently popular style whilst in boarding college, he found a Yugoslavian electric guitar and started exercising. After seeing a Tau Moe perform in Belgium, his speed quickened considerably to check the inspiration. Shifting to Paris allowed him additional development, which ultimately led to a continuing gig in Madagascar in 1952, probably among the just places less inclined to accept Hawaiian acoustic guitar compared to the Balkans. He spent some four years carrying out in Madagascar and around the Indian Sea rim (in addition to making several recordings privately) before time for Paris following a divorce in 1956. Between 1956 and 1967 Kalapana produced some 200 information under a number of titles and styles, spending the bills like a sideman and/or a novelty take action, in large component. He spent another a decade like a bartender, carrying out intermittently until a vehicle accident in 1976 and an eventual musical pension in 1980. Recordings are abundant throughout European countries and the united states, with recent becoming 2003’s Hawaiian Acoustic guitar on ARC information.