Alan Akaka was born on 1956 and is a Hawaiian steel guitarist and educator.
12 Facts About Alan Akaka
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Alan Akaka was born in 1956 to Daniel Akaka, who was to become representative of Hawaii to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.
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Alan Akaka played clarinet in the high school band at Kamehameha Schools.
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Alan Akaka was inspired to play steel guitar when he was exposed to the instrument during the Hawaiian renaissance of the early 1970s.
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Alan Akaka's father, explaining that Akaka was playing steel guitar, continued to encourage his musical endeavors.
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Alan Akaka graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Music Education.
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Alan Akaka performed at the Helekulani Hotel with Sonny Kamahele.
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Alan Akaka has taught at the Kamehameha Schools, Saint Louis School, Kahuku High School, and at the University of Hawaii.
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Alan Akaka began performing with Genoa Keawe on a stand-in basis, and eventually became her primary steel guitarist.
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When Jerry Byrd retired in 1991, Alan Akaka assumed leadership of the Steel Guitar Ho'olaule'a.
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In 2014, Alan Akaka led a successful petition to deny the naming of the ukulele as the official State musical instrument, as he felt the steel guitar was the true native born instrument of Hawaii.
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Alan Akaka is in charge of a Hawaiian music school, Ke Kula Mele.