Rare 1943 Sol Hoopii Video - Part 1

[@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!

[@bobbybonds526]

Mr. Hoopii came to our church and gave a concert in 1950 in Tulare Calif. I fell in love with the steel then and have been playing once ever since.

[@tobyflenderson6972]

That is amazing.

[@MrJesse3620]

thanks Norman Williams for making it possible to see my uncle

[@loudandfastisbest]

Finally the reason for the internet to exist

[@jamesfrisco8394]

I REMEMBER PHIL KERR WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND ENJOYED HIS PIANO PLAYING AND VOCALS. !!!

[@MrNsw1971]

I made the original DVD of this film which I converted from the original 16mm film

[@INDYOSKARS]

*THANKS A MILLION and BE BLESSED !*

[@Alvar2001]

Thanks, I knew nothing about this music.

[@laserduchamp8071]

He was amazing, his life story would be good movie... plenty chance for good scenes, like when he and his pals sneaked onto a ship to USA and got caught but played for the passengers and they chipped in for their tickets...

[@greatorg9498]

thank you so much, what a magnificent music and musician!

[@bobhempker7564]

What a Master!!!

[@gordonames1892]

My teacher Richard Choy knew Sol. Real good friends. My teacher also repaired his steel guitar. My teachers genius was to take Sols music and put it on paper! He told me, he could teach me how to play likevSol.

[@kdegru]

Whtat joy to find this. I have loved Sol Hoopii's steel playing for most of my life and now today I have finally been able to see him in action clearly for a complete performance. My Great thanks goes out to Greg Tutmarc for providing this video. This film should receive a high quality transfer to digital for preservation. I personally would love to have a DVD of this.

[@buybeach]

Superb find! Thanks for sharing it.

[@LittleKim1001]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video!

[@easysharem632]

ronald coleman ronald coleman 1 second ago At about the time this recording was made, The Stamps Quartet School Of Music opened it's two week course at the Bethel Temple Church on Jefferson Ave. in Dallas Texas. The Steel Guitar teacher at the school was William Vickery. He had many students and formed a string band to play at the Wednesday evening services. Rev. Albert Ott was the head minister. My Aunt Julia Francis Hicks and her son Jimmy played in the band along with my sister, who played bass, and myself. I played steel along with several others. Jimmy played standard along with Mr. Vickery. One service we were amazed to be entertained by Mr. Sol Hoopii. He was such an inspiration to us all. I continued playing and teaching for many years and one of my students later was inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame.

[@TheMoonBoy7]

Glad for Sol if he was happy to have gone down this path, but can't help but notice the labotomised vibe compared to the vibrancy of his previous years.

[@MrJesse3620]

nice to see video.I never met sol. he was my uncle by marriage he had married my mom's sister...georgia stiffler but some great day I will meet him in heaven.playing steel guitar with bud tutmarc.

[@deltamoonvideo]

Thanks! This video made my day.

[@rosecreeper4353]

Nice thanks

[@Womble1252]

Great vid ! around 2:19 I can hear that that lick that joaquin murphey used & may have borrowed :-)

[@Pickinbuddy]

What a RARE treat!

[@panamintjoe]

Rare as heck. Thanks a bunch.

[@crackdan4life]

thanks, this made my year!!!!

[@pablolapsus]

thank you!!!!

[@mreazea]

Wow!

[@flhaz]

Fantastic thank you the root

[@makaha5750]

Amen, that 'Sol'/ Solomon Ho'opi'i accepted Jesus Christ as his saviour. He certainly was blessed with a remarkable talent for playing the steel guitar.

[@ishimats]

Great

[@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.

[@imperatorfuriosa7061]

Sol is buried in the beautiful Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

[@jimcampbell]

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...

[@berndf7437]

🏝🏝🏝mahalo

[@TheMoonBoy7]

There isn't all that much on youtube, you really want to look for some CD's like "Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 1 and Vol 2" - "Sol Hoopii - King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar" or "Sol Hoopii in Hollywood 1925"

[@factsoverfiction7826]

Thank you!

[@MrJesse3620]

he was my uncle by marriage to my mothers sister georgia

[@w.rustylane5650]

Wonder what his tuning is? Probably in open G or D like most Hawaiian music.

[@INDYOSKARS]

Looks like D when he plays those outer strings simultaneously and slides them upwards. Or but then again the old standard Hawaiian tuning G (low bass) also had the same strings meaning the same D sixth and D first.

[@zt4331]

They don't produce musicians like they use and what is it about real grainy black and white films that I find so relaxing hmmmmm. Thanks Norman for the upload....makes me want to pick up my 1929 Tricone style 2 and twang away ..even thou I sound shit ..who cares.

[@jeffkahaunaele3401]

Handsome Kanaka!!!

[@ukulelezaza]

Can someone tell me the title of the tune that starts at 2:02?

[@bobparks748]

Bringing in the Sheaves

[@soulmacao]

Do you know whats the tuning he's playing these songs??

[@ukulelezaza]

@@soulmacao C#m: EBEG#C#E (low to high)

[@soulmacao]

@@ukulelezaza Appreciate it a lot!!!!

[@pietersiahaija4698]

Yeah Hawaaiin music lovers, it's all about Sol Hoopii the very example for one of the best among other Hawaaiin guitar players George(Bung Tjoh) de Fretes/Freitas and his brother (bung) Arie de Fretes/Freitas.

[@derekmoore6265]

Rudi Wairata to the list.

[@stringthing593]

What lap steen?

[@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!

[@zen234]

Bob Brozman will have Kittens when he sees this!

[@philipinchina]

How is it rare if it is on KZbin?