Showing posts with label Richard G. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard G. Show all posts

Friday, October 8, 2010

Adelaide's Hillbilly Hoot (Australian Live Radio)

In the first part of this Hillbilly Hoot we see Richard G. shreddin' the ukulele.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

FlawShow || Richard G. || Out on the Weekend (Neil Young Cover)

Richard G., my favorite source for expertly arranged sheet music, has just recently posted a band performance of a Neil Young song. I will repeat here that Richard has a really great ear for the spicier chords that I think make the arrangement feel true to the originals -- what better compliment could one give? His Richard G's Ukulele Songbook is hovering around 10 in the Top 50 ukulele sites (which currently has 129 sites on the list.) He has spent a great deal of time putting these songs together in a very readable and usable way.

There isn't video so I made the YT Video box a bit smaller.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Richard G. || Visits HU and Friends || Then off to the WCUF

Ryan G (100 y.o. Nunes) , Jeff HU W (DaSilva Concert),
Richard G (travelling Lehua),
Chris E (Pohaku Concert) & Uncle Larry Martin (Martin Tenor)
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About a year ago, I had the good fortune to be on Colin R. Tribes vacation route thru the U.S. The people that came to that meeting still enthusiastically recall Colin's amazing ukulele skills and his technique which he calls "Uniquelele." He sat in my living room and wowed us.

So I had been conversing with Richard G., from Australia, who has a fantastic ukulele song website which really moves the chordal arrangements to the next level. I have it in the Ukulele Songs with Chords links under Richard G. He really has these tunes dialed down with some of his arrangements being super-fantastic! All of his arrangements are quite tidy and some will have picking parts for extra fun.

So tonight Richard is sitting in my livingroom and leading us thru some of his songs with good friends: Ryan G., Chris E. and Larry M. I had prepared a song package earlier in the day of:
  • Land Down Under (RG)
  • Don't Worry Be Happy (Lorrie's Collection)
  • Tiptoe Thru the Tulips (RG)
  • My Wife Thinks You're Dead (Erich Sylvester)
  • Ain't No Sunshine (RG)
  • Here Comes the Rain Again (Chordie)
  • Somebody's Crying (RG)
  • Stray Cat Strut (HU Version)
  • Needles & Pins (RG)
  • Yeh Yeh (RG)
  • One (RG)
  • Man One the Moon (Chordie)
  • This Guy's in Love with You (RG) <== very nice chords
  • Handle with Care (RG)
  • The Long & Winding Road (Moogly Moo)
  • Moonglow (Steven Strauss Arrangement)
  • Little Queen of Spades (RG) <== nice blues licks
Something that is obvious about Richard is his intense attention to detail. He listens quite carefully and mimics the original rhytms. He has a strong singing voice and fit in so easily. Thanks Richard for the evening visit!

He's spending the next two days at the Wine Country Ukulele Festival in St. Helena, California before flying back home to Australia.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Chris Isaak on the Ukulele


Danny Hamilton (cover version on 'ukulele) w/ Christopher Lopez

I have been enjoying wailing out Chris Isaak tunes in the private confines of my music room. I like two versions that I found on Richard G's site (http://www.scorpex.net/Uke/) ...

http://www.scorpex.net/Uke/songs/Somebody

http://www.scorpex.net/Uke/songs/Wicked_Game.pdf

So I went on the net surfing for more C.I. tunes to wail and found that someone has written about him and how he likes to play the ukulele...

"...He was very romantic and played songs in bed. He had a ukulele on the wall, and he would pull it off and play it." "Naked?" "Oh, yeah. He was adorable. But I could never relax because I had loved his music for such a long time."


Source New York News & Features, "The story of Cho" (adult content, be warned!)
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/columns/citypolitic/6187/

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Richard G's Ukulele Songbook

I have a lot of links to sites with songs and I would like to spotlight one of them now. Yes that title above is a clue. I think this site has put together MANY really good song arrangements. I like that it has a broad range of songs, links to a YouTube video where you can hear it, and some chords that keep the intermediate player on their toes.
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Richard G's http://www.scorpex.net/Uke/
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I, as a nearly 50 old American man, must endorse this site by saying, that the song selection was so much fun that I nearly succumbed to elbow tendonitis rather than stop.
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Here's an example...
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http://www.scorpex.net/Uke/songs/Man_of_Constant_Sorrow.pdf
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White Rabbit, Hooked on a Feeling, When a Man Loves a Woman, Istanbul, In My Life, And She Was, Lola, Hey Soul Sister, Needles & Pins, Worried Man Blues, You're Beautiful... and a WHOLE LOT more!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Adelaid Ukulele Appreciation Society (Click Here)

ADELAID UKULELE APPRECIATION SOCIETY
EcoDougie has been uke surfing again.
Here's the AUAS blog for more fun and inquiries
from The Land Down Under
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-- Australia! --
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Richard G has some music to share, see the "Ukulinkies"
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See some great club photos here...
There's a plethura of ukulele hat fashion for the uke fashionista