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Pua Almeida
Pua Almeida is credited on 56 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2005 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
56
Pressings credited
19
Albums
6
Decades active
4
In collections
Biography
Pua Almeida (1922–1974) was a Hawaiian steel guitarist, considered a leading performer on that instrument. Almeida (sometimes given as "Alameida") was born in 1922 in Honolulu. His musical start began in the band of his father, John Kameaaloha Almeida. He formed his own big band, "The Sunset Serenaders" and performed at several top venues around Hawaii. He relocated to Southern California in 1947, performing in clubs. As the Hawaiian steel guitar achieved international status in the 1940s, Almeida was recognized as a master of the instrument. In 1958 he began a 16-year association with the Surfrider Hotel. He recorded for American Decca Records in 1966 and for MGM Records. For seventeen years he was commonly featured on the Hawaii Calls radio program. Pua suffered from poor heart health, and died in 1974.
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Credited work
56 releases · 19 albums · active 1954–2005
- Performance · 60
- Other credits · 11
Studios: Sounds Of Hawaii · Studio Andre van de Water · Chandos Pattison Auditorium, Surrey, BC Canada · Blue Wave Studio, Vancouver
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The New Hawaiian Band
- Pua Almeida & His Polynesians
- Jerry Byrd
- The Kilima Hawaiians
- Webley Edwards
- Prince Kawohi
- The Waikiki Hula Boys
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