Jimi Hendrix and the ukulele

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Was just reading the Wikipedia entry about Jimi Hendrix and came accross this statement regarding his first guitar:

"This guitar replaced both the broomstick he had been strumming in imitation, and a ukulele which his father had found while cleaning a garage."

Awesome!!
Even Jimi Hendrix was a Uker!!
 
Yeah, I've heard it was an old Martin with one string.

Brian May from Queen plays (or did play) the ukulele. So did Johnny Winter. I think there was a thread about famous people who play 'ukulele if you do a search.
 
Thanks Brad, I'll search the forum for that thread.
 
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere Neil Young started on a baritone uke. And we all know George Harrison was as crazy, maybe more, than us.
 
Was just reading the Wikipedia entry about Jimi Hendrix and came accross this statement regarding his first guitar:

"This guitar replaced both the broomstick he had been strumming in imitation, and a ukulele which his father had found while cleaning a garage."

Awesome!!
Even Jimi Hendrix was a Uker!!

In Leon Hendrix's new book on his brother Jimi, he provides a detailed account of where the ukulele came from and what Jimi did with it -- even though it only had one string.
 
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