ROCK AND ROLL (Thee Velvet Underground) Solo Ukulele
Turn on and get loaded to this Velvet Underground song written by Lou Reed! Dedicated to my friend Betsy who grew up in NYC before moving out west to a farm on the Oregon coast. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7kJ1BGUtmg
A quick one-take of this Gram Parsons tune in honor of his birthday on the 5th of November. He was born in 1946.
Recorded for Season 612 of the Ukulele: Sing Me Back Home/ Gram Parsons.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re4t46fURfQ
The record player clicks and drops a new record from the stack of 45s down onto the turntable. The tonearm swings into place and drops the needle gently onto this Solomon Burke record. Baby rises from her chair and asks Johnny to dance with her....
Three chords in the key of E for Season 576 of the Ukulele: Dirty Dancing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj2DKcNviuo
This song comes from the Schwarzenburg region of Canton Bern in Switzerland. The song is at least 500 years old. An extremely sad song of separation and longing for an unrequited love. It is so sad, it had the ability to incapacitate Swiss mercenary soldiers who left their native lands to earn money fighting in foreign wars. Swiss soldiers could become so stricken with homesickness and grief if someone started singing this song, there was a time when singing it was a crime punishable by death.
Recorded for Season 434 of the Ukulele: Groundhog Year, 1536.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_GmXsVkleY
A round fired from a .30-06 Springfield rifle can travel 4.75 miles downrange. This is clearly NOT what one should try to use to shoot a bird-on-the-wing, especially by cracking off 16 potshots at a crow. We shouldn't be shooting at crows anyway; they are spirit animals. But we are hunting only metaphors here. A metaphysical field-holler by the great Tom Waits.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5L7vy6MgdU
Happy Birthday to BECK! The prolific singer, songwriter, and producer Beck Hansen celebrated his 50th birthday yesterday. This is a song off of his groundbreaking album, "Sea Change" (2002.)
Recorded this afternoon for the 438th Season Of The Ukulele: Birthdays.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQvZ3djUXE
Most of this song slid past my consciousness back in the day, but you can't miss that great chorus. Steve Winwood is a great singer and overall musical genius.
Recorded for Season 624 of the Ukulele: Heroes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4qUalYDpIc
Happy Kinky Christmas to all!
Recorded this afternoon for Season 566 of the Ukulele: Seasonal Songs.
Shout-Out to Dave D. who turned me on to this song!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzyMgfCxhD0
Classic AC/DC banger off their first LP.
Recorded this afternoon for Season 569 of the Ukulele: DCDC (duets and collabs.) Mr. Metronome agreed to play this with me and keep me straight on those backbeats. Oi !!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgFPOTq9CI
Today we celebrate UKULELE UNDERGROUND, a groundbreaking site dedicated to all things ukulele and helping people from all over the world enjoy this marvellous instrument through tips, tutorials, forums, and my favourite feature, The Seasons of the Ukulele. SOTU is 500 Seasons old this week! Join us, won't you? https://ukuleleunderground.com
Plastic ukulele and a plastic metronome for this soft rock classic from 1972.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ZU8ddwzSU