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Bill Wolfgramm aka Bill Wolfgramme was a musician specialising in lap steel guitar and popular Hawaiian music. He was born in the island kingdom of Tonga and is also of German descent. He is the former leader of Bill Wolfgramm & His Islanders,〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=National Library of New Zealand )〕 a popular island band in New Zealand that played regularly at the Orange Ballroom, a historic dance venue in Auckland. ==Background== He was born in Vava'u, Tonga on 7 October 1925. As a teenager he was a member of a band whose lead guitarist was the nephew of Charlie Sanft a well known Tongan steel guitar player and teacher. at that time he was playing ukulele and rhythm guitar. He started playing the steel guitar at 19 years old. At age 23, Wolfgramm immigrated to New Zealand. His first recording was Fijian Holiday and released as Mavis Rivers with Bill Wolfgramm and His Rhythm on the Tanza label.〔Audio Culture (Bill Wolfgramm page on Audiocaulture NZ )〕 A big draw card on the live music scene, he was also a major recording star in New Zealand during the 1950s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa )〕 During the 1950s when the transition from 78 rpm records to 33 rpm records was taking place, Bill Wolfgramm & His Islanders recorded ''South Sea Rhythm'' at Auckland's Astor Recording Studios. This album took four months to record and it featured Daphne Walker. It has the distinction of being one of the first long playing 33rpm records to be pressed in New Zealand.〔The Hisstory of recording in New Zealand ( 3. The 1950s )〕 There is a belief by some that this album may have been the first. He carried on recording up to the 1970s,〔(Zodiac 45's )〕 and active up until the early 1990s. He died on 25 September 2003.〔 He was also the uncle of the Wolfgramm family in the USA who formed the band The Jets and steel guitarist and recording artist Nani Wolfgramm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Wolfgramm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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