Poncie Ponce passes, had steel on his LP

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 30 Jul 2013 2:40 pm

My thread with a dl link to Poncie's LP is somehow lost in the SGF ether but he was a supporter of our instrument and he's now gone, he embodied the Hawaiian spirit with Aloha in ways that are rarely found now and was a fun guy.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/h ... ies-594111

Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 30 Jul 2013 3:06 pm

A legendary entertainer!

I remember when we did a Hawaii Calls tribute show five years ago at the Hawaii Theater, they showed some of the old "travelogue" films on the big screen. On one of them, a singing Poncie Ponce comes strolling down the beach in Daisy Dukes, unbuttoned shirt tied in a knot at his torso

. Lots of reaction from the crowd on that one. A different era for sure.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 31 Jul 2013 6:24 am

Moved to Gone Home from Steel Without Pedals.

Bill Wynne · Post by **Bill Wynne** » 4 Sep 2013 9:38 am

I was a huge fan of Poncie Ponce. I am not sure I would have called him a supporter of the steel guitar. He was not a bandleader; he played with the bands hired to back him. The arranger of his Warner Brothers LP - "Poncie Ponce Sings" - hired California-based Vince Akina (of The Polynesians) for that album (playing pedal steel). And on the Hawaii Calls radio and TV programs (from which that video clip comes that Jeff mentions), the steel player was Barney Isaacs.

~ Bill