Paul Tutmarc Musical artist

Paul Tutmarc (May 29, 1896 – September 25, 1972) was an American musician and musical instrument inventor. He was a tenor singer and a performer and teacher of the lap steel guitar and the ukulele. He developed a number of variant types of stringed musical instruments, such as electrically amplified double basses, electric basses, and lap steel guitars. His second marriage was to his former student Bonnie Buckingham, known as Bonnie Guitar.

Personal facts

Paul Tutmarc
Birth dateMay 29, 1896
Birth place
Minneapolis , United States
Date of deathSeptember 25, 1972
Place of death
Seattle , United States

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Musical artist

Career started1908
Career ended1972
associated musical artist
Sol Hoʻopiʻi
Bonnie Guitar
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Country music
Music of Hawaii
Popular music
instrument
Banjo
Bass guitar
Lap steel guitar
Spanish guitar
Ukulele
Organ (music)
Singing

Paul Tutmarc on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://tutmarc.tripod.com/paultutmarc.html
  2. http://www.bassic.ch/i_his_av.asp