Bill Wolfgramm
Bill Wolfgramm aka Bill Wolfgramme was a musician specialising in lap steel guitar and popular Hawaiian music. He was born in the island kingdom of Tonga and is also of German descent. He is the former leader of Bill Wolfgramm amp His Islanders, a popular island band in New Zealand that played regularly at the Orange Ballroom, a historic dance venue in Auckland.
He was born in Vavau, Tonga onOctober 1925. As a teenager he was a member of a band whose lead guitarist was the nephew of Charlie Sanft a well known Tongan steel guitar player and teacher. at that time he was playing ukulele and rhythm guitar. He started playing the steel guitar atyears old. At age 23, Wolfgramm immigrated to New Zealand.
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