[78-L] Hawaiian Trio on Canadian radio

[Donna Halper]

At 11:17 PM 8/28/2009, Stephen wrote:
>--
>Interesting! As Malcolm notes, Ben Hokea and Al Nani (I assume that
>were their real names) recorded extensively in Montreal for the HMV-
>Victor 216xxx series...probably 1918-1922. To what extent they
>performed "live," or broadcasted (as Gennett said?!) is AFAIK
>unknown?!

Well, it certainly seems Al Nani performed live-- I see his name on 
the program listings for several New York stations (not just New York 
City-- various places in the state of New York like Troy, 
Schenectady, etc) during February and March 1923, so perhaps he was on tour?