Ray Kane
Hawaiian, Guitarist
1925 – 2008
Who was Ray Kane?
Raymond Kaleoalohapoinaʻoleohelemanu Kāne, was one of Hawaii's acknowledged masters of the slack-key guitar. Born in Koloa, Kauaʻi, he grew up in Nanakuli on Oʻahu's Waiʻanae Coast where his stepfather worked as a fisherman.
Kāne's style was distinctive and deceptively simple. He played in a number of ki ho'alu tunings always plucking or brushing the strings with only the thumb and index finger of his right hand. He also played hammer-ons and pull-offs in a unique way; his finger moving up and out, instead of down and in, after striking a string. He emphasized that one must play and sing "from the heart." He was never flashy or fast. In Hawaiian, his sound is described as nahenahe.
In 1987, Kāne was honored as a "National Living Treasure" by the National Endowment for the Arts with an NEA National Heritage Fellowship.
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- Born
- 1925
Koloa - Also known as
- Raymond Kane
- Raymond Kâne
- Ray Kâne
- Kâne, Raymond
- Ethnicity
- Native Hawaiians
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Nanakuli
- Died
- Feb 27, 2008
Nanakuli
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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