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Jim "Kimo" West Offers Up More Guitar Stories

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Dave Lawrence

Published September 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM HST

Jim “Kimo” West is a Canadian guitarist known for his work playing guitar for “Weird Al” Yankovic and for his slack-key guitar albums. “More Guitar Stories” is his latest, and he’s also involved in the “Aloha Radio Project”, a tribute to the Golden Age of Hawaiian music. He took time to speak with HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence. This interview aired as part of The Conversation.

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Dave Lawrence is the local host of All Things Considered, Road Stories (formerly Off the Road) and Stargazer.

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