Rare 1943 Sol Hoopii Video - Part 1 video free download


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Uploaded: 2009/03/28

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

Comments

9 years ago

MrJesse3620

thanks Norman Williams for making it possible to see my uncle

9 years ago

MrJesse3620

he was my uncle by marriage to my mothers sister georgia

10 years ago

Norman Williams

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

10 years ago

Russell Davison

*Gospel Songs Medley, Sol Hoopii 1943* #music

10 years ago

phillip trenthem

man, that is just it

11 years ago

TheMoonDuster

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"

11 years ago

flhaz

Fantastic thank you the root

11 years ago

sisteralexa

Quite nice.

11 years ago

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.

11 years ago

Denmalition

hey moonboy7 can you recommend some of his previous recordings with some more vibrant "vibe"

11 years ago

Bob Junt

Amazing.

11 years ago

TheMoonDuster

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.

12 years ago

feelingproject

...Very rare, exactly!!! Sol Hoopii: Un des parains du Lap'Steel.. Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo gtut98 ♪♫

12 years ago

Ramses Stafford

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.

12 years ago

loudandfastisbest

Finally the reason for the internet to exist

13 years ago

Andrew Shields

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!

13 years ago

Jim Campbell

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...

13 years ago

buybeach

Superb find! Thanks for sharing it.

13 years ago

Stephen Lee

@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.

13 years ago

John MacDonald

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!

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