Ukulele Virtuoso...Peter Moon

Till today, one of the most prolific ukulele performers to ever come on to the ukulele music scene, is Peter Moon. Peter, whose ancestral background consists of Korean and Chinese descent...was born in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Playing with the legendary Gabby Pahinui(slack key guitarist numero uno) in the 1960’s, to becoming the founding member of the group called The Sunday Manoa with members Robert and Roland Cazimero, released their first album called Guava Jam, which featured one of their most iconic songs called “Kawika”. Of the stringed instruments that Peter has mastered are the ukulele, tiple and slack-key guitar. His lighting fast fingers becomes an ever lasting trademark for him. In 1979, the ukulele sensation formed his newest band called The Peter Moon Band, releasing the album Tropical Storm which produced 4 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards(award which is considered to be Hawaii’s equivalent to the Grammy Awards) In 1983, the band released their second album Cane Fire which garnered them 6 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. In the 1980’s, Moon released a third album called Black Orchid, which won a Na Hoku Hanohano award for album of the year...In the 1990’s, Moon made his first ukulele instructional video called “The Magic of the Ukulele”. A video of the song...Kawika below...