Jim "Kimo" West

Jim "Kimo" West is a Grammy-winning guitarist best known for his long-standing work with "Weird Al" Yankovic and his mastery of Hawaiian slack-key guitar (ki ho'alu). Born in Toronto in 1953, he discovered slack-key guitar in 1985 during a visit to Hana, Maui, and has since released over a dozen acclaimed solo albums while maintaining his role as Yankovic's guitarist since 1983.