Beatles Tribute Band - With Ukes!
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peanuts56
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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.
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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!
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!
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Yeah! And they are all nailing those harmonies. I think the vocals are the most impressive part.
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Ohh, combining some of my favorites - ukuleles and The Beatles. 
Thanks for posting that.
Thanks for posting that.
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Our group plays quite a bit of Beetles music, and I've found it to be different form other songs. I can't describe it in musical terms, but the progression of notes is different, and I almost know what note is coming next. It's not the simplest music to play on a uke, but practice makes almost perfect. One thing I've found, it's very easy to pick out the single notes of a beetles song, whatever that means.
They are pretty terrific. My group does a number of Beatles songs, and in a rare moment, I just sent the link to our leader, who I know will very much appreciate Beat-Lele.
This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly Grove near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 4 acoustic bass ukes, 12 solid body bass ukes, 14 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 39)
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This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly Grove near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 4 acoustic bass ukes, 12 solid body bass ukes, 14 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 39)
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children in hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video, Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheCCStrummers
CPG
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I knew George loved them. I figured the others noodled with them some but I wasn't sure to what extent. That's cool.
Beat-Lele has been playing in the Waikiki hotels for a few years. Their 2018 studio album was nominated for a Nā Hōkū Hanohano award (from the Hawaiian Academy or Recording Arts). The HI Sessions YouTube channel has a good set of live videos of them playing.
Nickie
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Here's a shot of George.
ScooterD35
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They certainly did know their way around the Uke, no matter what the song or the situation!
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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.
Nickie
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I don't know what make they played, but the real George was playing a Kamaka in the video above, he was very partial to Kamaka. I have no idea what Paul's resonator was.
The bass is a Kala U-Bass, looks like koa.
8-string is a custom Kanile'a: https://www.kanileaukulele.com/featured_item/alastar-mcneil-of-beat-lele/
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Forgot to ask, do we know which ukulele brands they had. The Baritone played by
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