UKULELE AFFECTIONS AND HAWAIIAN FAMILY CONNECTIONS The Music and Memories of Musician/Producer Rick Cunha. (3rd October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: NEUENFELDT, KARL
• Is Part Of: Perfect beat. Volume 9:Number 1(2008)
• Page Start: 78
• Page End: 87
• Publication Date: 2015-10-03
• Subjects: rick cuhuna -- 'hawaiian' music -- ukuleles; Popular music -- Periodicals; Popular culture -- Periodicals; Popular music -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Popular culture -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; 781.63
• DOI: 10.1558/prbt.v9i1.28681
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1038-2909

Abstract

Abstract : Extended interview with Rick Cuhuna. Rick Cunha is a multi-instrumentalist musician, producer and songwriter with a long connection to ukulele both personally and professionally. His paternal grandfather was Sonny Cunha, a multi-talented Portuguese- Hawaiian bandleader, politician and entrepreneur as well as composer of classic Hawaiian hapa haole songs such as Hula Blues, Hapa Haole Hula Girl, Honolulu Tomboy and even the Yale University fight song Bula Bula. Sonny also sold ukuleles in Honolulu in the early 1900s, some of which Cunha still uses for recording projects at his Rainbow Garage recording studio in Van Nuys, California.