[78-L] Researching Charles Kama

[Hank Harrison]

David,

Yeah, old Charles Kama has been a mystery man
for sure, but that's fixin' to come to an end!

Thanks for all your help!

Hank


On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:46 PM, <david.diehl at hensteeth.com> wrote:

> 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
> 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 07:40 PM
> To: '78-L Mail List'
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Researching Charles Kama
>
> 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
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>