Ledward Kaapana, a renowned slack-key guitarist, was told by authorities to stop playing music at the Honolulu airport to the chagrin of many.
Kaapana, 67, has been playing guitar at airports for decades, but recently, a security guard told him to stop. Apparently, he was actually breaking the law, according to KHON-2 TV.
“You know, that’s my life. I love to play music and entertain people,” said Kaapana. He said he likes to play at the airport to calm travelers.
He said that others were enjoying his guitar playing when a security guard approached him on Wednesday.
“‘Excuse me, you cannot play guitar here.’ I said, ‘Excuse me?’ I said ‘you mean I cannot play music?’ He said, ‘No, you cannot do that here,’” Kaapana said.
“At the same time I was mad and I kinda felt, kinda shame, kinda embarrassed in front of all these people,” he said, adding that he’s been playing at airports for decades.
