11 Facts About Cyril Pahinui

Cyril Pahinui was an American slack-key guitarist and singer of Hawaiian music.

Cyril Pahinui was born in Waimanalo at the foot of the Ko'olau mountains on the Hawai'ian island of Oahu.

Cyril Pahinui was the son of the Hawaiian guitarist Gabby Pahinui.

Cyril Pahinui has contributed to more than 35 Hawaiian musical releases and three Grammy Award-winning compilations of Hawaiian music.

Cyril Pahinui joined his father's band in the early 1970s, and performed on his father's early recordings for Warner Bros.

Cyril and his older brother Bla started a rock band, after which, Cyril Pahinui joined Sam and the Samlins, and continued to sit in with his father at shows.

In 1968, Cyril Pahinui made his first record with The Sunday Manoa, a loose association of like-minded young people intent on helping perpetuate the classic Hawaiian sound.

In 1975, Cyril Pahinui formed The Sandwich Isle Band, one of the first young bands to feature steel guitar and revive the jazz-inflected songs of the 1920s and 1930s.

Cyril Pahinui had been hospitalized since February 2016 for pneumonia and a collapsed lung.

Cyril Pahinui died on November 17,2018, at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu at the age of 68.

Cyril Pahinui was survived by his wife Chelle, two daughters, two brothers, two sisters, and 19 grandchildren.