Sonny Chillingworth was regarded as one of the most influential slack key guitarists in history. Sonny began playing at the young age of 12,while living on Molokai with his grandfather,Harry Purdy. One day his father brought him a Victrola and some records. One of them was Hi'ilawe by Gabby Pahinui. Chillingworth was inspired. When Chillingworth was fifteen, he visited Honolulu and his mother arranged a meeting with Pahinui. After high school, Chillingworth moved to Honolulu and joined Pahinui, Andy Cummings and others at clubs, lu'aus and all-night jam sessions. Chillingworth helped lead a revival of the slack key guitar style in the 1980s as one of slack key's elder statesman.
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