Sonny Chillingworth

About the artist

"Sonny" Chillingworth aka "The Waimea Cowboy" was born Edwin Bradfield Liloa Chillingworth, Jr. on July 14, 1932 on Oahu, Hawaii and died from cancer, aged 62, on August 24, 1994 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Chillingworth was a slack-key guitar player and is widely regarded as one of the most influential slack key guitarists in history. He started playing the guitar at age twelve when he was living with his grandfather, Harry Purdy, on Moloka'i. He learned the Hawaiian style by listening, watching and imitating.

Top songs

  1. Hi'ilawe
  2. Moe 'Uhane (Dream Slack Key)
  3. Waimea Cowboy
  4. Moe 'Uhane - Dream Slack Key
  5. Key Kaholo
  6. Liloa's Mele (Grandson's Lullaby) - Instrumental
  7. Rainbow
  8. Moana Chimes
  9. Liloa's Mele
  10. Malasadas
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  1. Ho'omalu Slack Key
  2. Hula Blues
  3. Moe `Uhane (Dream Slack Key)
  4. Moe 'Uhane' (Dream Slack Key)
  5. Hula Medley
  6. Papakolea
  7. Slack Key #1 - Instrumental
  8. Liloa's Mele - Instrumental
  9. Green Rose Hula
  10. Pua Lililehua
  11. Maori Brown Eyes
  12. Slack Key # 1
  13. Hawaiian Lullabye
  14. Whee Ha!
  15. Slack Key #1
  16. Wai Ulu
  17. Maui Chimes
  18. Makee Ailana
  19. Mai Poina 'Oe La'u (Not To Be Forgotten) - Vocal
  20. Keiki Slack Key - Instrumental
  21. Mai Poina 'Oe Ia'u (Not to Be Forgotten)
  22. No Keaha
  23. Slack Key #2 (Mahina's Trot) - Instrumental
  24. Kaula 'ili
  25. Liloa's Mele - Grandson's Lullaby
  26. Aloha Ia O Wai 'Anae
  27. Hula Blues - Instrumental
  28. Kaula Ili
  29. Endlessly
  30. Kukuna O Ka La
  31. Liloa's Mele (Grandson's Lullaby)
  32. Hula Medley (Nani Wale Lihue, Wai'alae, Halona)
  33. Moana Chimes/Pa'ahana
  34. Let Me Hear You Whisper
  35. Nanea Kou Maka
  36. None Hula
  37. Moana Chimes (Pa`Ahana)
  38. Mai Poina Oe Ia'u (Not To Be Forgotten)
  39. Moana Chimes/Pa'ahane
  40. Kananaka
  41. Roughriders
  42. Ka Wai Lehua 'A'ala Ka Honua
  43. Liloa's Mele [Instrumental]
  44. Moana Chimes Pa'ahana
  45. Pua Tuberose
  46. Portuguese Washer Woman
  47. Aloha Hale O Ho'oponopono
  48. Liloa's Mele (instrumental)
  49. Moana Chimes / Pa'ahana - Instrumental
  50. Liloa's Mele (Grandson's Lullaby) (Instrumental)
  51. Keiki Slack Key
  52. Pilipili Poi
  53. Portuguese Folk Song
  54. Kikau
  55. Moana Chimes (Pa'ahana)
  56. Mai Poina 'Oe Ia'u (Not To Be Forgotten) [Vocal Version]
  57. Moana Chimes - Pa'ahana
  58. Ka Wai Lehau 'A'ala Ka Honua
  59. Charmarita/Malasadas (Portuguese Folk Song)
  60. Mai Poina `Oe Ia`u
  61. Hilo Hanakahi
  62. Pua Tubarose
  63. Kaleponi
  64. Aloha Hale O Ho'oponopono - vocal
  65. Liloa's Mele (Grandson's Lullaby (instrumental))
  66. Slack Key #1 (Instrumental)
  67. Planting Rice Song
  68. Kilauea
  69. Keiki Slack Key (Instrumental)
  70. Na Pua Ka 'Ilima
  71. Slack Key #2 (Mahina's Trot)
  72. Moana Chimes / Pa'ahana
  73. Portuguese Washerwoman
  74. Charmarita - Malasadas (Portuguese Folk Song)
  75. Papakōlea
  76. Nanakuli Blues
  77. Kahalu'u
  78. Ipo Lei Manu
  79. Meleana E/Tomo Pono
  80. Porque
  81. Pua Līlīlehua
  82. Charmarita (Portuguese Folk Song) / Malasadas
  83. Hula Blues (Instrumental)
  84. Moana Chimes/ Pa'ahana - Instrumental
  85. Cuando Calienta el Sol
  86. Malaguena Salerosa
  87. Slack Key #1 - (instrumental)
  88. Kaula `Ili
  89. 'Imi Au Ia 'Oe
  90. Hi`ilawe

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