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April 5, 2011
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ALTHOUGH BORN ON THE BIG ISLAND, slack-key guitar legend George Kahumoku Jr.'s roots run deep on the island of Maui in a variety of ways.

Besides playing every Wednesday night with a panoply of local performers young and old at the Napili Kai Beach Resort, running the annual Maui Slack Key Guitar and Ukulele Workshop and lecturing at the University of Hawaii at Maui Institute of Hawaiian Music—where he keeps the traditional music and dance flame burning bright—the Grammy-winning artist also operates a working farm in Kahakuloa, about eight miles upcountry from Wailuku Town.

When Meetings Focus West caught up with Kahumoku he was just returning home from his farm after tending to a newborn filly, and was brimming with enthusiasm regarding a Maui music scene that he is a leader in.

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