UU Live Jams UU Aloha Friday Live Jams, Friday 1pm HST + Replays!

Every level of player can take part, thanks to onscreen chords, with Ukulele Underground founder Aldrine Guerrero offering strumming, playing, and soloing tips for everyone from the newest beginner to the most advanced ukulele masters! With the help of Aaron "The Voice" Nakamura (aka @anaka), Kahai "The Legend" Furugen, and special guests including Funkmaster Mike Odo, @Brittni Paiva, and many more, you'll level up while laughing, playing, and singing along!

The songs come from the Ukulele Song Library, which you can find in the "Learn" menu at the top of this page, or via this direct link.

Tune in live every other Friday at 1 PM HST, or go here for the complete list of nearly 300 weekly live jams!

 

[TimWilson]

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January 20, 2023 Jam Replay​

Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:28 Jam Intro
2:10 Tropical Hawaiian Day (Ka`au Crater Boys)
8:05 Shout-Out Song
13:55 How Can I Get Over (The Chantells/Pure Heart)
21:05 Bring Me Your Cup (UB40/Pure Heart)
29:05 Crazy Without You (Lawai`a/Pure Heart)
41:40 Kokeʻe (Dennis Kamakahi/
47:40 Come On, Let's Go/Hey Baby (Ritchie Valens/Bruce Channel/Pure Heart)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
How Can I Get Over
Bring Me Your Cup
Crazy Without You
Kokeʻe

 

[TimWilson]

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February 10, 2023 Jam Replay​

Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:00 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
7:10 Shout-Out Song
17:20 Honey Baby (Three plus)
25:30 Buttercup (Aldrine)
37:50 Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet)
46:50 Close to You / Wonderful Tonight (Burt Bacharach / Carpenters / Eric Clappton)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
Honey Baby
Margaritaville
Wonderful Tonight

 

[TimWilson]

February 24, 2023 Jam Replay

Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:12 Jam Intro
2:50 Tropical Hawaiian Day (Ka`au Crater Boys)
12:35 Shout-Out Song
20:45 Good Riddance (Green Day)
28:55 Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet)
41:25 Still the One (Orleans/Ka`au Crater Boys)
45:50 Brittni Joins the Stream
52:19 Trying the Spam
1:03:40 Senor Viktor (Aldrine Guerrero)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
Good Riddance
Margaritaville

 

[TimWilson]

March 10, 2023 Jam Replay​

Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:12 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
15:35 Shout-Out Song
22:45 Arthur (Ziggy Marley / Christopher Cross?)
31:20 Everything (Michael Buble)
38:00 Easy (The Commodores)
44:20 Guava Jelly (Bob Marley)
51:00 Europa (Santana)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
Arthur
Everything
Guava Jelly

 

[TimWilson]

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March 24, 2023 Jam Replay​

Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:52 Jam Intro
2:30 Tropical Hawaiian Day (Ka`au Crater Boys)
15:15 Shout-Out Song
25:05 Waimanalo Blues (Country Comfort)
31:10 Valerie (Amy Winehouse/The Zutons)
43:40 Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce)
56:35 Jammin' (Bob Marley)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
Waimanalo Blues
Valerie
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Jammin'

 

[TimWilson]

April 14, 2023 Live Ukulele Jam

( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:04 Jam Intro
3:50 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
15:00 Shout-Out Song
26:40 I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley)
40:50 Up on the Roof (The Drifters)
51:45 Let it be (The Beatles)
57:35 Carly Rose (Ka`au Crater Boys)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
I Shot the Sheriff
Up on the Roof
Let it be

 

[TimWilson]

April 28, 2023 Ukulele Jam

Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:10 Jam Intro
4:10 Tropical Hawaiian Day (Ka`au Crater Boys)
13:20 Shout-Out Song
22:50 Redemption Song (Robert Nesta Marley)
34:35 Arthur (Ziggy Marley)
42:25 Opihi Man (Ka`au Crater Boys)
51:05 Rainbow Connection (Kermit)
1:01:25 One Day Soon (Ernie Cruz Jr.)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
Redemption Song
Arthur
Opihi Man
Rainbow Connection
One Day Soon

 

[TimWilson]

Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:10 Jam Intro
4:10 Tropical Hawaiian Day (Ka`au Crater Boys)
13:20 Shout-Out Song
22:50 Redemption Song (Robert Nesta Marley)
34:35 Arthur (Ziggy Marley)
42:25 Opihi Man (Ka`au Crater Boys)
51:05 Rainbow Connection (Kermit)
1:01:25 One Day Soon (Ernie Cruz Jr.)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
Redemption Song
Arthur
Opihi Man
Rainbow Connection
One Day Soon

Okay, can I say that I LOVE getting shouted out for complimenting Aldrine's shiny new UU shirt? One of the coolest things to ever happen to me!

Also, I really dug Rainbow Connection in particular! Wasn't expecting it, always love hearing it, and a nice, accessible arrangement! Thanks, fellas!

 

[Kahai]

May 19, 2023 Jam Replay​

Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:08 Jam Intro
3:25 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
16:25 Shout-out Song
25:15 Amber (311)
33:00 Henhene Kou `Aka (IZ)
51:05 Waiting in Vain (Bob Marley)
1:02:35 Europa (Carlos Santana)

Tabs:
Drop Baby Drop
Amber
Henhene Kou `Aka
Waiting in Vain

 

[Kahai]

June 2, 2023 Jam Replay
Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:10 Jam Intro
4:10 Tropical Hawaiian Day (Ka`au Crater Boys)
15:50 Shout-out Song
22:30 Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis)
29:10 CMJ (Aldrine Guerrero)
45:25 Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond/UB40)
53:00 Jammin' (Bob Marley)
1:04:30 Danny's Song (Kenny Loggins)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
CMJ
Red Red Wine
Jammin'
Danny's Song

 

[Kahai]

July 7, 2023 Jam Replay
Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:05 Jam Intro
2:10 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
12:50 Shout-Out Song
23:25 Imagine (John Lennon)
33:50 Happy Together (The Turtles)
42:05 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (Paul Simon)
50:15 How Can I Get Over (The Chantells/Pure Heart)
58:00 Champagne (311)

Tabs:
Drop Baby Drop
Imagine
Happy Together
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
How Can I Get Over

 

[TimWilson]

I really enjoyed this one! This was the first time in a couple of years of watching to make a request -- Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard -- and he slayed in ways I can hardly describe.

For one, he dropped a life-changing tip: there's a fast change between D and E that was tripping me up, and he noted that you can just move the D shape two frets down, leaving the A string open. (An Eadd11, I think?) He's right, it sounds great!

Two, talking about sounding great, you're never going to be the same after you hear Aldrine's towering whistling solo. Seriously. Never. Gonna. Be. The. Same.

I also especially dug Happy Together. This is another one I was kinda overthinking. There's a lot to be said for dropping the hammer and just going for it, which I typically have huge issues with. An autism thing, I think? Spontaneity is Unpleasant If Not Painful. I like watching it though, kinda like science fiction -- nothing that could possibly happen to me, but an entertaining fantasy. But I've tried this song often enough that this helped me at least bump it up a notch.

And as always, beyond the specific songs, it's such a pleasure watching and hearing Aldrine, @anaka and @Kahai work their hilarity and musical magic. I know that live jams seem intentionally ephemeral, but I love these so much.

 

[hands_on_lanzon]

Two, talking about sounding great, you're never going to be the same after you hear Aldrine's towering whistling solo. Seriously. Never. Gonna. Be. The. Same.

I think he broke my internet!

 

[Kahai]

July 21, 2023 Jam Replay
Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:19 Kyle is here
2:55 Tropical Hawaiian Day (Ka`au Crater Boys)
12:10 Shout-Out Song
19:20 Rude (Magic)
27:40 Big Boy in Love (Baba B)
34:10 Lovesong (The Cure)
38:50 I Melt with You (Modern English)
45:25 Bodysurfing (Ohta-San)
50:35 Waiting in Vain (Bob Marley)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
RudeBig Boy in Love
Lovesong
I Melt With You
Waiting in Vain (Transpose to F to Play Along)

 

[Kahai]

July 28, 2023 Jam Replay
Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:14 Jam Intro
3:15 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
15:25 Shout-out Song
23:10 Breezin (George Benson)
33:00 Wonderful Tonight/You Don't Write (Eric Clapton/Ka`au Crater Boys)
53:10 Badfish/Who the Cap Fit (Sublime/Bob Marley)
1:05:52 Additional AGXAQ String Question

Tabs:
Drop Baby Drop
Wonderful Tonight
You Don't Write
Badfish
Who the Fit (Transpose -1 to A)

 

[Kahai]

August 4, 2023 Jam Replay
Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:08 Jam Intro
1:15 Tropical Hawaiian Day (Ka`au Crater Boys)
11:15 Shout-Out Song
20:50 Wahine Ilikea (Dennis Kamakaji)
30:30 She (Green Day)
38:10 Come and Get Your Love (Redbone)
45:30 How Can I Get Over (The Chantells/Pure Heart)
56:05 Roller Skates (Steel Pulse)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
Wahine Ilikea
She
Come and Get Your Love
How Can I Get Over
Roller Skates (Transpose -2 to Gm)

 

[Kahai]

August 11, 2023 Jam Replay
Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:35 Jam Intro
3:20 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
21:15 Shout-Out Song
32:30 Take on Me (A-Ha)
40:25 Aloha `Oe (Queen Lili'uokalani)
47:05 All I Have to Offer You is Me (Charley Pride/Ka`au Crater Boys)
52:45 Put a Little Love (Natural Vibration)
1:01:55 Harana (Parokya ni Edgar)
1:07:15 Hollywood (Los Lonely Boys)

Tabs:
Drop Baby Drop
Take on Me
Aloha `Oe
All I Have to Offer You is Me

 

[hands_on_lanzon]

August 11, 2023 Jam Replay
Songs Played in the Jam:
( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:35 Jam Intro
3:20 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
21:15 Shout-Out Song
32:30 Take on Me (A-Ha)
40:25 Aloha `Oe (Queen Lili'uokalani)
47:05 All I Have to Offer You is Me (Charley Pride/Ka`au Crater Boys)
52:45 Put a Little Love (Natural Vibration)
1:01:55 Harana (Parokya ni Edgar)
1:07:15 Hollywood (Los Lonely Boys)

Tabs:
Drop Baby Drop
Take on Me
Aloha `Oe
All I Have to Offer You is Me

Thanks for busting out Harana! It's an old favorite and it's been so long since I've heard it. Your translated version is dope! So cool that you got to cruise with Parokya, play 'em your version, and they approved!

 

[nicolas78]

April 14, 2023 Live Ukulele Jam

( Click on the Links to go to the Lesson )
0:04 Jam Intro
3:50 Drop Baby Drop (Mana'o Company)
15:00 Shout-Out Song
26:40 I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley)
40:50 Up on the Roof (The Drifters)
51:45 Let it be (The Beatles)
57:35 Carly Rose (Ka`au Crater Boys)

Tabs:
Tropical Hawaiian Day
I Shot the Sheriff
Up on the Roof
Let it be

I so miss Hawaii! Thanks for sharing your skill and music!