Sam Ku West

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Drowsy Waters (Wailana) 00:00 Tools
Happy Heinie March 00:00 Tools
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Wang Wang Blues 00:00 Tools
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Sweet Georgia Brown 00:00 Tools
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Sweet Hawaiian Dreams 00:00 Tools
The Rosary 00:00 Tools
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Sunkist Hawai'i 00:00 Tools
Sunkist Hawaii 00:00 Tools
Hue Hue, Hue Hue 00:00 Tools
Hawai'ian Hula Blues 00:00 Tools
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Sweet Hawai'ian Dreams 00:00 Tools
Stack O'Lee Blues 00:00 Tools
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Farewell Blues (Gennett) 00:00 Tools
Huehue 00:00 Tools
Strange Ilses Medley 00:00 Tools
Farewell Blues (Banner) 00:00 Tools
Old Black Joe (Gennett) 00:00 Tools
Memphis Blues 00:00 Tools
Old Black Joe (Victor) 00:00 Tools
Moani Ke 'ala 00:00 Tools
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Sam Ku West (1907-1930) was an American steel guitar player from Honolulu, Hawaii he died in Neuilly sur Seine near Paris, France. West first performed professionally as a member of Irene West's touring band, adding the "West" surname to his birth name, Sam Ku, Jr.. After playing in Singapore in 1926, Prince George of England gave him the name "the Kreisler of the steel guitar". He also played concert harp live, though he never recorded with it. West toured America on the vaudeville circuit and also performed abroad throughout East Asia and Europe. He recorded in 1927 and 1928 for several labels; 27 recordings are still extant. He died in Paris at the age of 23 in 1930. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.