Rare 1943 Sol Hoopii Video - Part 1

Rare 1943 Video of Sol Hoopii playing Hawaiian Steel Guitar and singing well known gospel songs. Phil Kerr on the piano. On the liner notes of a Sol Hoopii CD, historian and author T. Malcolm Rockwell writes "In 1942, Sol made a 12-minute fill short called Musical Momemnts with Sol Hoopii, which was shown primarily at Christian Bible Schools. Produced by the C.O. Baptista Film Mission, it was billed as "testimonies and musical selection played by the Hawaiian guiatarist Sol Hoopii" and featured Sol and accompanist Phil Kerr on piano. Unfortunately, no copies of this film have surfaced to date." THIS IS THAT LONG THOUGHT TO BE LOST FILM! More Sol Hoopii music available at www.marcrecordsmusic.com

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• sol
• hoopii
• hawaiian
• steel
• guitar
• phil
• kerr

[loudandfastisbest]

Finally the reason for the internet to exist

[zen234]

Bob Brozman will have Kittens when he sees this!

[feelingproject]

...Very rare, exactly!!!

Sol Hoopii: Un des parains du Lap'Steel.. Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo gtut98 ♪♫

[KingRam33]

Sol Hoopii is the shit, this is comming from a big blues fan and yes I'm aware that Albert King was influenced by early Hawaiian music.

[TheMghtyDodo]

@loudandfastisbest nobody is forcing you to use internet :P

[fretboardyoda]

This is like finding the Holy Grail of Hawaiian steel guitar playing, played by the master of the instrument himself, Sol Hoopii. Incredible playing, the harmonics, the phrasing, the sheer talent, is awesome!

[jimmydonc]

Where'd you find this film!?!? Amazing! YEah I agree with the other commenter, this film deserves a better transfer. There's a place called PAC lab here in NYC that does a great job...

[buybeach]

Superb find! Thanks for sharing it.

[sneha1965]

@jmacbops I take it if he was playing an interpretation of Gospel music, that he was Christian. If he was Christian, I doubt he took offense but rather was happy to be praisng the Lord.

[jmacbops]

I wonder how Sol felt about the way the pianist pronounced his name. The piano dude calls him "HOPE-ee." Most haole (mainlanders) pronounce his name "HOO-pee." But I was told by a native speaker that in Hawaiian his name is pronounced "HOO-oo-PEE-ee." Regardless, Sol Hoopii was a great musician!

[crackdan4life]

thanks, this made my year!!!!