Gay Bar midi Are Electric Six still going? Apparently, they released an album last year. I had no idea. Back in 2003 they were the hottest band in the UK. The singles Danger! High Voltage and Gay Bar shot to the top of the UK chart. Danger! boasted backing vocals from Jack White but Gay […]
Archive for September, 2007
One of the easiest ways to make an audience sit up and take notice is to play a snippet of something they recognise and weren’t expecting to hear on the uke. It’s a trick that Taimane Gardner uses regularly and to great effect. With that in mind, I’ve decided to tab out the top ten […]
The Strokes – Someday (Chords) In between hanging out with rockstars and boinking models, at least one member of The Stokes got acquainted with God’s instrument. You can see a clip of Albert Hammond Jr with a uke right here. They also wrote one song with a few chords that stretched beyond the usual rock […]
eMusic is my favourite place to get music (and the only place I download music online). You might have noticed from the blog that my taste in music is for modern indie and classic old-school songs – which is pretty much the eMusic catalogue. For those who don’t know, it’s a subscription service – you […]
According to Google Trends, a higher proportion of searches in Sweden are for ukulele than any other country in the world (strange, since the climate of Sweden couldn’t be much more different from that of Hawaii). So when Jeff told me he was searching for a Swedish tune to play I went on the hunt […]
It seems like every week there are more and more great ukulele videos being uploaded. Check out this week’s after the fold.
A new site full of classic songs tabbed for the uke. Ukulele Hot has uke feeds galore include the blog aggregator I set up, videos and photos. Uke player comes third in the beard and moustache championships (there’s not one word in that sentence that doesn’t please me immensely). The giant uke of Liverpool made […]
Ain’t That Too Bad (Chords) And so we reach the end of the Jack Pepper trilogy with part 1. The song is written out in C tuning but the Jack Pepper version is two frets higher – in D tuning. Thanks to Arch for working out the chords to this and I’ve Got A Mama…
Cansei De Ser Sexy – Off The Hook (Chords) Well done to The Klaxons and their Mercury Prize. I was cheering for Bat For Lashes but they were so happy/high when they win. Bless ’em. I’m apparently trying to start a Uke Rave movement, so here’s a song by Brazilian New Ravers CSS for you. […]
Girl of My Dreams (Chords) No uke on this song – other than it being wafted around in the air. But it does work very well on the uke. The chords are in D-tuning to match the uke in the other songs in this set. The chord progression at the start of the tune reminds […]
