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Peter Moon (August 25, 1944 – February 17, 2018) was an American
ukulele The ukulele ( ; ); also called a uke (informally), is a member of the lute (ancient guitar) family of instruments. The ukulele is of Portuguese origin and was popularized in Hawaii. The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and con ...
and
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player.


Career

Peter Moon was born in Honolulu on the island of
Oʻahu Oahu (, , sometimes written Oahu) is the third-largest and most populated island of the Hawaiian Islands and of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oahu's southeast coast. The island of Oahu and the uninhabited Northwe ...
to parents of Korean and Chinese descent, Wook Moon and Shay-Yung Moon (née Zen). He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1962 and from the
University of Hawaii at Manoa A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...
in 1968. From the late 1950s through the 1960s, he gained musical inspiration, insight, and knowledge; playing as a Maile Serenader with Gabby "Pops" Pahinui in the 1960s. Later, in the 1970s, he also served as Gabby's manager. Soon after, Moon became a founding member of
The Sunday Manoa Peter Moon (August 25, 1944 – February 17, 2018) was an American ukulele and slack-key guitar player. Career Peter Moon was born in Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Oʻahu to parents of Korean and Chinese descent, Wook Moon and Shay-Yung Moon ( ...
, along with Palani Vaughn, Albert "Baby" Kalima Jr., and
Cyril Pahinui Cyril Pahinui (April 21, 1950 – November 17, 2018) was an American slack-key guitarist and singer of Music of Hawaii, Hawaiian music. Biography He was born in Waimānalo, Hawaii, Waimānalo at the foot of the Ko'olau mountains on the Hawai' ...
(one of Gabby's sons). After Vaughan and Cyril left the group, Moon released another album (Hawaiian Time) with Kalima and Cyril's older brother, "Bla" Pahinui. Kalima and Pahinui moved on and Moon remained the only member and recruited
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and Roland Cazimero who were a few years younger. In 1971, their first album, ''
Guava Jam ''Guava Jam: Contemporary Hawaiian Folk Music'' is a record by The Sunday Manoa, of Hawaiian folk music, released in 1969, advancing the Second Hawaiian Renaissance in the 1970s. The Sunday Manoa consisted of Peter Moon and the brothers Rob ...
'' was released and became seen as the spark of the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance. Two more albums were released, but personal conflicts within the group led to their eventual breakup. After the breakup of The Sunday Manoa, the Cazimeros continued on as the
Brothers Cazimero The Brothers Cazimero were a Hawaiian musical duo made up of Robert Cazimero on bass and Roland Cazimero on twelve string guitar. Robert also played piano as a solo musician. The Cazimeros got their start during the Hawaiian Renaissance with uk ...
. Moon continued to be a force on the music scene co-founding Kanikapila, a two-day music festival at the University of Hawaii that ran for 25 years. Moon, however, did not return to regular performing until 1979, when his new group, The Peter Moon Band, released ''Tropical Storm'', which garnered four
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. In 1983, Moon released ''Cane Fire'', which earned six Na Hoku Hanohano awards; Moon earning an unprecedented seventh with a Sunday Manoa anthology album. The band was extremely popular, with an unmatched stylistic range that ran from Hawaiian to reggae to samba, jazz, and swing. Throughout the 1980s, The Peter Moon Band remained a staple of the Hawaiian music scene winning a third Na Hoku Hanohano award for album of the year with Black Orchid in 1988. The "PMB" also met great success from tours in Japan. During those years there were many changes in the band's membership. Listed in no particular order the complete of the musicians who worked with Moon as members of the group are Bobby Hall, Steven Hall, Martin Pahinui, Cyril Pahinui, Randy Lorenzo, Merv Ching, Milt Holland, Mark Yim, Dwight Kanae, Ocean Kaowili, David Choy, and Steve Wofford. In the mid 1990s, Moon started producing instrumental albums which led to his first ʻukulele instructional video, ''The Magic of the Ukulele''. Moon was active in other facets of the music business in Hawaiʻi, including the new version of ''
Hawaii Calls ''Hawaii Calls'' was a radio program broadcast live from Waikiki Beach from 1935 through 1975 that reached 750 stations world-wide at the height of its popularity. It featured live Hawaiian music by an 11-piece dance orchestra conducted by Ha ...
'' where the Peter Moon Band was one of the first guests. He started his own record label and distributing company, and he produced and promoted two annual festivals. In 1970 he and Ron Rosha co-founded of the Kanikapila (Hawaiian for "let's play music") festival, a celebration of Hawaiian music and dance, at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...
. They started the festival because many college-aged young people did not know many of the greats in Hawaiian music such as Gabby Pahinui. Kanikapila remained an annual event for 25 years, then was revived briefly in 2002 as Kalakoa Jam. Later, he produced the ''Blue Hawaiian Moonlight'' concerts at the Waikiki Shell, featuring prominent names in Hawaiian music. Peter Moon was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2007.Kanahele, p. 280. Peter Moon is survived by his son, Peter Wook Moon.


Discography


with Sunday Manoa


Studio

*''Meet Palani Vaughan and the Sunday Manoa'' (1967) *''Hawaiian Time'' (1968) *''
Guava Jam ''Guava Jam: Contemporary Hawaiian Folk Music'' is a record by The Sunday Manoa, of Hawaiian folk music, released in 1969, advancing the Second Hawaiian Renaissance in the 1970s. The Sunday Manoa consisted of Peter Moon and the brothers Rob ...
'' (1969) *''Crack Seed'' (1972) *''Sunday Manoa 3'' (1973)


Compilation

*''Best of Sunday Manoa Vol I'' (1982) *''Best of Sunday Manoa Vol II'' (1982)


with Peter Moon Band


Studio

*''Tropical Storm'' (1979) *''Malie'' (1980) *''Best of the Peter Moon Band'' (1981) *''Cane Fire'' (1982) *''Harbor Lights'' (1983) *''The Guitar Man'' (1988) *''Black Orchid'' (1988) *''Full Moon'' (1989) *''The Music Makers'' (1990) *''Heat Wave'' (1991) *''Midnight Sun'' (1992) *''Oasis'' (1993) *''Iron Mango'' (1994) *''Hoi Hou'' (1995) *''The Path'' (1996) *''Kanikapila'' (1997) *''Juicy Fruits'' (1998) *''Island Afternoon w/Dwight Kanae'' (1999) *''Island Afternoon 2 w/Dwight Kanae'' (2000)


Compilation

*''Greatest Hits Collection I'' (1986) *''Greatest Hits Collection II (1988–1998)'' (1999)


Other albums

*''Dance with Me'' (1989) *''Ho'i Hou'' (1995) *''Kanikapila'' (1998)


References


Sources

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External links


Peter Moon Profile
at
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''New Moon Phase''
in the
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'Ukulele tab for Peter Moon's "Pandanus"
on Live 'Ukulele.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Moon, Peter 1944 births 2018 deaths 20th-century American guitarists Guitarists from Hawaii Na Hoku Hanohano Award winners Slack-key guitarists American male guitarists American musicians of Chinese descent American musicians of Korean descent Musicians from Honolulu Ukulele players from Hawaii President Theodore Roosevelt High School alumni University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni 20th-century American male musicians