Sonny Lim
Elmer "Sonny" Lim, born in Waimea (Kamuela) on the Big Island of Hawaii, is a
Hawaiian musician and slack key guitarist. He comes from the musical Lim Family
of North Kohala. Sonny's father, Elmer Lim Sr., was a paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy)
on the Parker Ranch, and Sonny carries on the slack key tradition of Waimea
cowboys. He learned primarily from Fred Punahoa, a Kalapana slack key master,
who stayed with Sonny's family for several weeks to teach him. In addition to
performing with the Lim Family, Sonny played with the Makaha Sons of Ni’ihau in
the late 1970s under the stage name ...
