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Christo Ruppenthal

  • Home
  • Artist and Project Bios
    • Christo's Bio
    • Christo's Novelty Combo
    • Caravan
    • The Driftless Plowboys
    • Antique Aloha Live!
    • Hot Club of Madison
    • Djangophonique ft. Christo Ruppenthal and Grant Flick
  • Gigs and Events
  • Music
    • Get Under The Moon (Pre-Sale)
    • Video
  • Christo's Gear
  • Bookings
  • Contact Me

Join The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association (HSGA)

Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association

The primary mission of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association (a worldwide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization) is the promotion and perpetuation of traditional Hawaiian music including the unique signature sound of Hawaiian steel guitar. Our main goals is to develop a global network of players and lovers of traditional Hawaiian music. Through our scholarship program we also aide and promote the next generation of young steel guitar players!

Our Membership is open to all steel guitar players (both amateur and professional) and non-players who support the performance, promotion, and perpetuation of Hawaiian steel guitar music. We have hundreds of members worldwide, including active members in Hawai`i, Canada, mainland USA, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Holland, Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, and all the way across oceans to South Africa and the Pacific Rim countries of New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan.

So if you enjoy Hawaiian music and spending time with others who do too, `E KOMO MAI! Come, join HSGA!

Join The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association (HSGA)

"Hot Hawaiian lap steel guitar and Jazz à la Django!" - Christo Ruppenthal is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist and music entrepreneur whose professional music career started in 2003. He presents a unique mixture of Jazz/Vaudeville era novelty infused hot Hawaiian steel guitar and ukulele playing from the 1910s-30s as well as the swinging sounds of Django Reinhardt’s 1930s and 40s guitar-driven Hot Club jazz. Christo is an avid recording artist and performer with thousands of gigs both across the U.S. and internationally to his credit

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