[78-L] Researching Charles Kama

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

Poor guy didn't exactly get the royal treatment, did he? 
There just does not seem to be a lot of contemporary info about the hotel or the field trips there. It must have been difficult to find a place willing to put up with all that racket for 12 hours a day, to say nothing of all the disreputable characters coming and going. Nothing on Fowler, either.
 DJD
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hank Harrison [mailto:hankharrison at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 07:40 PM
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David,Kama's records were released through 1946,but his last recording session was February 14, 1940.The war stretched out the last releases.Have you been able to document the Texas Hotel'sbankruptcy? I haven't run across that yet.The Texas Hotel was torn down in February, 1940.Thanks for your help,HankOn Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:25 PM,  wrote:> Kama continued to record for Victor through at least 1946 with later> releases in the 25-series. I don't have any paperwork for his Bluebird> sessions but the Texas Hotel went bankrupt in 1937 and was eventually> demolished.> DJD> Visit the Blue Pages: the Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM Party Records> http://www.hensteeth.com> -----Original Message-----> From: Hank Harrison [mailto:hankharrison at gmail.com]> Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 12:17 PM> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com> Subject: [78-L] Researching Charles Kama>> I am researching the career of Charles Kama (Valera), a Hawaiian> musicianwho recorded for RCA Victor from 1929 to 1940.Does anyone have a> photo of Charles Kama and his Moana Hawaiians?Does anybody know why Victor's> Field Recordings were done at the Texas Hotelin San Antonio? Why there? And> why did they move to the Bluebonnet Hotel in1937?There is some question> about where Charles Kama's first 1929 recording wasmade.A cryptic mention of> *“several recordings with John D. Fowler, singer, of **SanAngelo**.”* was> published in a San Antonio newspaper 18 days after theVictor recording. Who> was Fowler? A talent scout? A Victor employee? Notrelated at all? And where> were the recordings made? San Antonio? San Angelo?Inquiring minds want to> know.The same August, 1929, newspaper article reported that *“**Kama**> recentlysigned a two-year contract with the Victor company and planned to> leave for**New York** to make the first of a series of records in> September.” *I canfind no listing of a Kama recording session in New York,> let alone inSeptember 1929. Does this sound familiar to anyone?*Any help> would be fantastic!Thanks for your time,Hank> Harrisonhankharrison at gmail.com*_______________________________________________78-L> mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://> klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l> _______________________________________________> 78-L mailing list> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l>_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l