Tau Moe

Guitarist

Birthday August 13, 1908

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Samoa

DEATH DATE Jun 24, 2004 (95)

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About

Hawaiian steel guitarist who founded The Tau Moe Family traveling musical group.

Before Fame

He and Rose Moe left Hawaii in their teens to work in the French colony of Tahiti and, after a series of World War II-induced moves, he ended up in Bombay playing in a jazz band.

Trivia

His musical troupe toured for decades and were brought out of the retirement in 1980 to record two albums with the musicologist Bob Brozeman.

Family Life

He was born to Mormon missionaries in American Samoa and grew up in Hawaii.

Associated With

Kul Lee was another popular Hawaiian musician, whose music also became popular from coast to coast on the mainland.