JOHN-O's Las Vegas (& Honolulu pg 8) Thread - General Tiki

C congawa Member Long Beach, CA Joined: Aug 11, 2008 Posts: 358	C congawa Posted posted on Mon, Nov 29, 2010 11:21 AM On 2010-11-27 15:38, JOHN-O wrote: Here's a mind-boggling bit of Poly-Pop history related to this thread... 102-year old Bill Tapia, "The Duke of Uke", often sits in with the Smokin' Menehunes. (Maybe we'll see him at their upcoming Bahooka show on Dec 4th). Bill actually played at the opening of Waikiki's Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1927 !! The most mind-blowing of all of Bill Tapia's life stories and the people he worked with (from Louis Armstrong on down) is the fact that when he was 10 he played a World War I USO show with John Philip Souza himself! Caltiki Brent

On 2010-11-27 15:38, JOHN-O wrote:
Here's a mind-boggling bit of Poly-Pop history related to this thread...

102-year old Bill Tapia, "The Duke of Uke", often sits in with the Smokin' Menehunes. (Maybe we'll see him at their upcoming Bahooka show on Dec 4th).

Bill actually played at the opening of Waikiki's Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1927 !!

The most mind-blowing of all of Bill Tapia's life stories and the people he worked with (from Louis Armstrong on down) is the fact that when he was 10 he played a World War I USO show with John Philip Souza himself!

Caltiki Brent

Post #566929 by congawa on Mon, Nov 29, 2010 11:21 AM