Take a time-out and listen to this guy jam on the ukulele 'while my guitar gently weeps"

[NotGivingUp]

this guy is amazing. i just had to share.

there's 2 videos...the other one is led zeppelin's 'going to california'

http://chickennoodlemusic.com/

[NotGivingUp]

1. his name is jake shimabukuru...i never knew a uke could sound like this!

[Occam Bandage]

2. Utterly gorgeous. Thanks.

[NotGivingUp]

4. i think george harrison would've loved to hear this. he was a big fan of the ukulele.

i read somewhere that he would always travel with at least a couple of ukuleles...one for him and one to pass out to friends.

[NotGivingUp]

16. you're very welcome...i like spreading the word about wonderful artists like jake

[Gabi Hayes]

3. Eric Clapton, listen to this and

weep

wonder if he's heard it

angelic

Lily Laskine, have you heard this up there?

[hlthe2b]

5. Now, now, don't be sacreligious...

Remember, Clapton is God

[colorado thinker]

8. Clapton and Knopfler are God

[Gabi Hayes]

9. WADR

please listen to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0U6v1_G0eQ


solo acoustic album

[NotGivingUp]

18. wow...that is nice!

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. Since we're being all multitheistic, I'd add Gilmour and Santana to the pantheon. n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

14. gilmour do this? he's good, not god

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXZHhjhTTi0&feature=related

or this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBxz3o9e0yw&NR=1

this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4yqQqV5lM&feature=related

[colorado thinker]

20. Holy cow!

How did I get this far through life and not have heard of McLaughlin? You are correct, also God.

[Gabi Hayes]

21. see if you can get My Goal's Beyond

one side is just soloes, including a version of Goodbye Porkpie Hat, which I saw him do live in a Buddhist monastery. pretty indescribable

other side is one song, w/mostly Indian instrumentation. I have it on vinyl, but haven't been able to play it for probably 25 years.

he played on several of Miles Davis' early electric albums, including Bitches Brew, as well as with Tony Williams.

there's also a youtube with him playing with Johnny Carson's band, and that's pretty unusual, too.

then there's Mahavishnu......

Shakti, and innumerable other combinations, including some sessions (one?) with Jimi Hendrix, which I think have never been released.

[colorado thinker]

22. Thanks so much

I'll definitely look for them.

[LWolf]

6. Beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing this. n/t

[blonndee]

7. Very nice!

That was just the right note (so to speak) for a beautiful, cool, cloudy Sunday here in the desert.

[Posteritatis]

10. The Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele (nt)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. There was a Hawaiian buy in my outfit in the marines.

Who played the uke in the most amazing way. Like this guy, rock, country, classical, flamenco, really amazing.

[NotGivingUp]

19. it's taken me years to look around and realize the beautiful differences in music

that i've either ignored or hadn't been exposed to. love discovering something so beautiful.

[lame54]

13. That was soooooooo cool - thank you

[frebrd]

15. I heard him a couple of months ago...

on Conan O'Brien's show. The guy's incredible!

[elehhhhna]

17. bookmarked for later