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RyanMFT
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Umm....I found this photo of Nancy Sinatra and a Kook-A-lele. What the hell was going on in the 60's?
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Did you know that Joan Baez started on the ukulele before she learned guitar?Ah Nancy Sinatra. I had such a crush on her when I was a lad. If I had seen that photo when I was younger, I might have picked up a ukulele instead of a guitar. As it was, I was seduced by this lass:
and was soon strumming my six-string to her beat.
–LoriEarly years
A friend of her father gave her a ukulele. She learned four chords, which enabled her to play rhythm and blues songs, the music she was listening to at the time. Her parents, however, were fearful that the music would lead her into a life of drug addiction.[11] At her aunt's behest, Baez at age eight attended a concert by folk musician Pete Seeger, and found herself strongly attracted to his music.[11] She soon began practicing the songs of his repertoire and performing them publicly. One of her very earliest public performances was at a retreat in Saratoga, California, for a youth group from Temple Beth Jacob, a Redwood City, California, congregation. A short 8mm film of this has recently been found. In 1957, Baez bought her first Gibson guitar for US$50.
When I showed my wife the photo of Nancy she said we should dress me up like that and I should do the same pose on a stool with my Treholipee, then put the photos side by side. THAT would be a scary image!
I have had it for a couple of years......sounds like one went on eBay last night. I'm curious how much it went for? I paid $63.00 for mine at an antique collective. They had no idea what it was!
If anyone's interested, there's a Kook A La Lee on the Orlando Craigslist right now. It says the pins are missing, but I don't think they came with them from the pics I've seen. Other than a missing fret marker, it looks pretty good.
Kook A La Lee