I've seen these guys live. They performed at Roy Sakuma's Ukulele Festival one of the years I participated. Roy also produces a summer concert series at the Honolulu Zoo and they played one of the shows. A very good group. One of the guys also tours with Rain, a very good Beatles tribute band.
Wow. They sound great!
For whatever reason (probably the interesting harmonic structures they use) I find that Beatles music suits the uke's voice better than a lot of other pop music (I use the term "pop music" broadly to mean any main stream commercial music). I was in the car this morning and "When I'm 64" came on the radio. I immeadiatly thought to myself, "this song sounds like it could have been written for the uke". I guess for that song inparticular the rhythmic structure would really suit a uke well.
Anyway. These guys seem great!
Wow! The lead singer has a great voice.
Wow. They sound great!
For whatever reason (probably the interesting harmonic structures they use) I find that Beatles music suits the uke's voice better than a lot of other pop music.
For whatever reason (probably the interesting harmonic structures they use) I find that Beatles music suits the uke's voice better than a lot of other pop music
I believe that all of the Beatles (perhaps not Ringo) played ukuleles before they learned guitar. Postwar economics in Britain made guitars quite a luxury purchase by comparison, so ukes were a common "starter" instrument. George, of course, never lost his enthusiasm for them.
Forgot to ask, do we know which ukulele brands they had. The Baritone played by “John” looked like an Islander by the the head stock. I couldn’t make out the 8 string but was thinking Kanile’a. Any idea what the bass ukulele was. Also, I’m always pleasantly surprised how cool and how much the “box” does for percussion. Cajon I think they are called. Reminds me of the skiffle days.
Forgot to ask, do we know which ukulele brands they had. The Baritone played by
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