Moluccan artist, born in Ternate on December 25, 1929. He started at a young age as a Hawaiian guitar player. In 1951 he moved to Holland on a scholarship and started his own band Mena Moeria Minstrels. Because of disagreements he leaves this band and forms a new band using the names Rudi Wairata & The Hawaiian Minstrels and Rudi Wairata & The Serenaders. In 1959 and 1960 he was part of the band De Kilima Hawaiians as a steel guitar player. In the 1960s and 1970s he continued his musical career, but mostly in Germany.
The artist has passed away in Rotterdam on July 15, 1981.