I wanted to create this blog as a place where I can store and retrieve information for future reference. I chose the name Humble Uker Ramblings because I have started out strumming my father's 1950's painted Harmony ukulele. I think that the greatest appeal of the ukulele as "the people's instrument" is it's humble simplicity. My contact email is HumbleUker@gmail.com. I have also been working on a blog for the Baritone Ukulele called Humble Baritonics.
Like pretty much everything else, today's A Cappella (Ac) is not (as they say) your father's Ac. Into my teen years, Ac always seemed too thin for me (where were the instruments, for crying out loud?),& of course, it couldn't compete with The Beatles, etal, throughout the '60s. If I'd been a bit older, I suppose the big-city street-corner doo-wop Ac groups might have meant something to me.
It might have been the Manhattan Transfer with Boy From New York City that opened eyes to the genre & shook-up preconceptions that really needed a good shaking-up. Ac has really taken off since then.
African Rain Storm is a wonder. Cream post Disraeli Gears is a huge letdown for me, but The Bobs show that no-hand can be every bit as effective as slow-hand (Clapton is god! Not since the '60s).
Like pretty much everything else, today's A Cappella (Ac) is not (as they say) your father's Ac. Into my teen years, Ac always seemed too thin for me (where were the instruments, for crying out loud?),& of course, it couldn't compete with The Beatles, etal, throughout the '60s. If I'd been a bit older, I suppose the big-city street-corner doo-wop Ac groups might have meant something to me.
ReplyDeleteIt might have been the Manhattan Transfer with Boy From New York City that opened eyes to the genre & shook-up preconceptions that really needed a good shaking-up. Ac has really taken off since then.
African Rain Storm is a wonder. Cream post Disraeli Gears is a huge letdown for me, but The Bobs show that no-hand can be every bit as effective as slow-hand (Clapton is god! Not since the '60s).