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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
New Toy
So, the new uke got here. Sounds waaay better than the old one. Got a hardfoam case, tuner, extra strings. Spent too much of my work day playing with it, got sore fingers, but it's a fun toy. Once I get a handle on the barre chords, I'll tackle Jake Shimabukuro's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." I mean, how hard could it be?
I think there's a rule that if you get one of those, you're required to learn a tune called "Ukulele Lady". It's sort of like learning "Lady of Spain" if you play the accordion.
Some of my friends were with me playing uke in our local Tavern, just hacking away for fun. This lady finally came over and asked if we could play a Hawaiian song. We told her we didn't know any. We were playing stuff like Allman Bros and folk/blues. She laughed and asked if we had heard of Jake Shimabukuro and we said sure, he rocks! So she told us that she wanted to take a picture of our trashy little group so she could show Jake, ha, ha....
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I think there's a rule that if you get one of those, you're required to learn a tune called "Ukulele Lady". It's sort of like learning "Lady of Spain" if you play the accordion.
Another tune for the repertoire ...
Here's a picture, probably not safe for work ...
http://tinyurl.com/bjyzqvh
Here's a fun Jake Shimabukuro story:
Some of my friends were with me playing uke in our local Tavern, just hacking away for fun.
This lady finally came over and asked if we could play a Hawaiian song. We told her we didn't know any. We were playing stuff like Allman Bros and folk/blues.
She laughed and asked if we had heard of Jake Shimabukuro and we said sure, he rocks!
So she told us that she wanted to take a picture of our trashy little group so she could show Jake, ha, ha....
Oh crap;
I forgot to say that the Uke lady was Jake Shimabukuro's property manager.
Figured there was a connection.
I wouldn't want him to hear *me* play ....
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