Monterey Ukulele Club Announcement

Here is the info, from Andy Andrews, on a new Ukulele Club in Monterey CA
Meeting Sunday July 26th at 5PM
For more info and to sign up for their mailing list
contact Steve Brooks at (831) 624-7022
or email to steve27@pacbell.net

A Uke Player's Tropical Paradise: Jenna's Garden

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My travels to Santa Cruz have been great opportunities to meet to wonderful people that enjoy hanging out with friends and playing music. Ordinary people music, not perfectly phrased or necessary sung sweetly. But sung for shear pleasure and to the best of our abilities. Over the last few weeks I met a young lady, named Jenna. She was the keeper of the ukulele player's tropical paradise, a wonderful place to play.

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PLAYING FOR CHANGE: O-N-E L-O-V-E

These video compilations from Playing for Change are extroardinarily moving. Chuck from the Uklectics Tuesday Night Band led me in this direction again. This link has an intro that you don't get on the You Tube version... If you're feeling a bit of melancholly, here's a a song to lift your spirits. Players from around the world... a little raggae in the spirit of Bob Marley.

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http://www.playingforchange.com/episodes/3/One_Love

MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT

Good ol' blues...

L Strachey: I wish I had a book of his tabs!

Lots & lots of old timey, great tunes, played sweetly, on the world's humblest instrument. Would love to have the tabs to If I Had You. Take a look and enjoy...
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http://www.youtube.com/user/LStrachey

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Reader suggested Dr. Uke's link... http://www.doctoruke.com/ifihadyou.pdf It is beyond beginner level and will take some finger yoga to accomplish.

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There's also a post on Botorff's Banjo site... http://www.jbott.com/ifhadu1.html

There's a very creative blog called "UKULELIA"

Here's a link. Take a listen to the song, "There was a Moon", that goes with the artwork.

http://ukulelia.com/2009/07/jacob-borshard.html

I think ukulelia is done by some Bay Area ukers, Gary & Craig, but I don't know who they are, yet.

Wheres UKE-O?

I was looking for Amanda on YT (previous post) to ask what she's done to her uke and came across a Disney movie trailer. Disney, has a strong-hold in Americana, and my heart, I guess. Took a peek at this movie that I'd never seen and voila! Even animation is getting in on the uke band.

On the same movie topic and way back in 1951, the glorious story of Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas)and his wife Grace LeBoy Kahn (Doris Day) came into theaters and now it's in DVD. Got it as a part of a Doris Day movie collection! Gus Kahn was a very popular music writer. The name of the movie is "I'll see you in my dreams". It has many old-time uke-popular and just plain old popular songs of that time that are now timeless: It had to be You, Yes Sir That's my Baby, Carolina in the Morning, Love me or leave me, Makin' Whoopee; No, no Nora; I'll see you in my dreams... There's also a ukulele scene in the movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Kahn