My Influences:
Ukulele
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Who doesn't like ukuleles? I do!
As we should probably all know, ukuleles came to us via Hawaii. Around the early 1880s, Portuguese immigrants developed and introduced the instrument to Hawaii.
As the Jazz Age took off in the mid-teens and through the 1920s, the ukulele held as a staple of many vaudvillian acts as well as a popular and very portable entertainment for the average American citizen.
I don't recall exactly how the ukulele came into my life. I know that my step-Grandfather loaned me his right around the same time I purchased my very own ($25 cheap, Sam Ash special). I do recall my cousin turning me on to the Asylum Street Spankers, a band that featured Pops Bayless on the ukulele. http://ryan-gould.blogspot.com/2008/06/oct-15-2007-pops-bayless.html Eventually, I met Pops and he turned me on to Cliff Edwards. If I wasn't already completely enamored with the uke, my first Cliff Edwards album certainly pushed me beyond anything less.
http://ryan-gould.blogspot.com/2008/06/march-30-2008-cliff-edwards.html
The ukulele is just too fun! If it's played right, it's a beautiful instrument offering the disciplined student so much with so little. It's great accompaniment to any instrument or voice. It's also a wonderful way to learn to play music and to learn about music theory!
I can't get enough ukulele! In fact, I'm done writing and I'm going to pull a ukulele off my wall and pick through a few tunes right now.
Thank you ukulele! Where would I be without you?
Some Links:
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulele
Ukulele Hall Of Fame - http://www.ukulele.org/
Jim Beloff's Great Site - http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/
Roy Smeck:
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8fQePz4FcE
Cliff Edwards:
Red Hot Jazz - http://www.redhotjazz.com/cliffedwards.html
Garrick's Page - http://www.jazzage1920s.com/cliffedwards/cliff.php
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6omeanjaweA (check out the related videos!)
Pops Bayless:
MySpace - www.myspace.com/tinpanalley
Shorty Long - www.shortylong.com
Combo Mahalo:
www.combomahalo.com
Willy Costello (a.k.a. Red Pepper Sam):
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Billy%22_Costello
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye#Fleischer_Studios
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"Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have."
instrument
Who doesn't like ukuleles? I do!
As we should probably all know, ukuleles came to us via Hawaii. Around the early 1880s, Portuguese immigrants developed and introduced the instrument to Hawaii.
As the Jazz Age took off in the mid-teens and through the 1920s, the ukulele held as a staple of many vaudvillian acts as well as a popular and very portable entertainment for the average American citizen.
I don't recall exactly how the ukulele came into my life. I know that my step-Grandfather loaned me his right around the same time I purchased my very own ($25 cheap, Sam Ash special). I do recall my cousin turning me on to the Asylum Street Spankers, a band that featured Pops Bayless on the ukulele. http://ryan-gould.blogspot.com/2008/06/oct-15-2007-pops-bayless.html Eventually, I met Pops and he turned me on to Cliff Edwards. If I wasn't already completely enamored with the uke, my first Cliff Edwards album certainly pushed me beyond anything less.
http://ryan-gould.blogspot.com/2008/06/march-30-2008-cliff-edwards.html
The ukulele is just too fun! If it's played right, it's a beautiful instrument offering the disciplined student so much with so little. It's great accompaniment to any instrument or voice. It's also a wonderful way to learn to play music and to learn about music theory!
I can't get enough ukulele! In fact, I'm done writing and I'm going to pull a ukulele off my wall and pick through a few tunes right now.
Thank you ukulele! Where would I be without you?
Some Links:
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulele
Ukulele Hall Of Fame - http://www.ukulele.org/
Jim Beloff's Great Site - http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/
Roy Smeck:
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Smeck
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8fQePz4FcE
Cliff Edwards:
Red Hot Jazz - http://www.redhotjazz.com/cliffedwards.html
Garrick's Page - http://www.jazzage1920s.com/cliffedwards/cliff.php
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6omeanjaweA (check out the related videos!)
Pops Bayless:
MySpace - www.myspace.com/tinpanalley
Shorty Long - www.shortylong.com
Combo Mahalo:
www.combomahalo.com
Willy Costello (a.k.a. Red Pepper Sam):
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Billy%22_Costello
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye#Fleischer_Studios
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"Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have."
~Davy Crockett
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