Don't miss the Echoes Podcast interview with Jake Shimabukuro. He's got a different approach to the ukulele that includes covering songs by Pink Floyd.. Hear it right here or in your Echoes App. https://wp.me/p4ZE0X-hHK
Don't miss the Echoes Podcast interview with Jake Shimabukuro. He's got a different approach to the ukulele that includes covering songs by Pink Floyd.. Hear it right here or in your Echoes App. https://wp.me/p4ZE0X-hHK
He has done a lot for the ukulele as a 'serious' instrument.
I first saw him opening for "Rites of String" (Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty ) and he was easily the high point, solo.
We have seen him a number of times and really enjoyed the experience. Not with the expanded band, not sure if he toured with that.
He seems like a genuinely nice person, and it radiates from the stage.
His version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a classic.
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I saw him open for Jimmy Buffett once, he then came out and played with Jimmy's Coral Reefer band through much of the show, and they featured him quite a bit. The guys is very talented.
Yes he did, just under the Covid19 wire. They played live on Echoes. Hear it here: https://echoes.org/2020/03/04/in-con...mabukuro-trio/Originally Posted by markwoll
To all the ukulele players at work over the years, I suggested they listen to Jake. They of course were blown away. Up until that point, they thought of the ukulele as little more than a fun accompaniment instrument...as most people do.
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