BigDaddyUker
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This is basically exactly what the intro vid says...I am horrible at intro vids...totally boring...plus I said 221, its really 220.
I find that hosting the Seasons is kind of like Open Mic night. Some acts are easier to follow than others and we have had a string of tremendous seasons.
Personally, there have been a lot of seasons that i didn’t step up to the challenge for whatever reason but the one thing that I find with the seasons is that I always learn something. So although not a free for all, I hope that this weeks theme leads to learn something about this artist and his life as he has had a tremendous career but his share of struggles.
So I have been wanting to do this for awhile and even though it feels like Prince would be the obvious choice, Seasons of the Ukulele 220 is all about Glen Campbell.
Glen’s recording career stretches from his first album in 1962 through his last in 2011 and even completed his good bye tour in 2012 where he performed around 108 shows with the documentary about his career, life and current struggle with Alzheimers.
If you are not a Glen fan, he was a session guitarist for for Phil Spector, the Beach Boys, replaced Brian Wilson for a stretch, Frank Sinatra, Righteous Brothers, the Monkees, Elvis, Bobby Darin, Lou Rawls, Ricky Nelson, Merle Haggard and Bobby Vee to name a few. He also covered a ton of songs from his favorite artists as tributes to them (including U2 Wim…lol).
The rules are simple:
- Don’t post until you should.
- Ukulele must be present.
- Do it as simple or fancy as you want.
- Mention the current season somehow.
- Unlimited songs.
- Any song that Glenn wrote, sang or was involved in somehow.
- When you post the song, please post a little factoid or something about Glen as it relates to the song…was it an original…a cover…from his tv or acting career etc.
Prizes…
I will pick 3 songs and award you with a $15 Amazon Gift Card. These will be 3 songs that for whatever reason hit me one way or the other…Sometimes I know why, sometimes I don’t.
For this season you should not have a problem finding however many songs that you want to post. However, my hopes are that if you are not a fan of Glen or really don’t know anything about him, that this is yet another seasonal opportunity to learn something.
I would also encourage you to watch the documentary. It really is an incredible story. I don’t know if it was in there, but I seen a clip from a an interview or the documentary where Glen basically didn’t know his name, suddenly asked for his guitar and started ripping out songs like there was nothing wrong. The amazing power of music.
Have fun with the season…I won’t get tired of hearing the classics. Rhinestone Cowboy. Southern Nights. Wichita Lineman. By the Time I Get to Phoenix. Galveston. Bring it on!!!!
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