Just letting you guys know that Jake is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel tonight as his musical guest. Hopefully a vid pops up somewhere tomorrow.
I agree he should have been given a bit more time. That "reality show couple" was boring, and Howie Mandel isn't one of my favorites.Also,... Jimmy might have given him a little more time in his slot, so as to get time for 2 pieces and maybe
a short interview. Almost seems Jake got the "bum's rush", came on late in the show, played, and right off.
Thanks for the link! Absolutely brilliant!
Jake is and always will be the man. Jake is to the ukulele what Tiger Woods is to golf. Tiger brought in a whole new generation of golfers and made golf seem cool. Jake has done the same thing with the ukulele. If Jake didn't come around, maybe UU wouldn't even exist!!
Jimmy might have given him a little more time in his slot, so as to get time for 2 pieces and maybe a short interview. Almost seems Jake got the "bum's rush", came on late in the show, played, and right off. Do you think maybe Jimmy thought (before the performance), that the ukulele was a "toy" or prop, as maybe Tiny Tim used it? (not known to be a serious "musician")
Jake has definitely been an invigorator and an innovator. But I hope he veers off the Tiger Woods career path before crashing his SUV into a mailbox.
Awesome performance on Kimmel. Unfortunately, the late night shows almost always give the musical acts short shrift. In fact, Leno always has the musical guest introduced as ".... and the music of Jake Shimabukuro," as if the guest is the music, not the musician.
by any chance, did you see what kind of uke leash he was using? i couldn't figure it out. it wasn't connected to the neck, sound hole or end pin. Kinda looked like it was attached to the back of the uke.
It's Velcro. The fuzzy side is stuck on his uke and the hook-part is on a right angle bracket that is attached to the strap.