barefootgypsy
Well-known member
With great humility, because there are loads of Formby players much better at this than I, here's a little tutorial on the syncopated Formby style - I did a couple of Formby songs on Season 216 of the Ukulele earlier this week, and my fingers were not properly visible - a few of the folks wanted to see what I was doing! So here it is.
Peter Pollard is the Vice President of the George Formby Society here in England and he does videos of the players at the conventions in Blackpool and meetings at other places - if you subscribe to him you can't go wrong for good performances.
If you want to see the song Riding In The TT Races done properly, here's a fabulous rendition by the master player Dickie Speake and young (fabulous) Lewis Clifton. There are 2 solos in this and they do a solo each!
http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/news/uke_circle/lewis2.html
Peter Pollard is the Vice President of the George Formby Society here in England and he does videos of the players at the conventions in Blackpool and meetings at other places - if you subscribe to him you can't go wrong for good performances.
If you want to see the song Riding In The TT Races done properly, here's a fabulous rendition by the master player Dickie Speake and young (fabulous) Lewis Clifton. There are 2 solos in this and they do a solo each!
http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/news/uke_circle/lewis2.html