After endlessly playing the Hawaiian turnaround this week, it was inevitable I’d end up playing Ukulele Lady at some point and drag out Petty Booka’s version. I went over to Alligator Boogaloo to check their tab for the intro and found I was playing it differently to the way they have it tabbed. I reckon […]

The Elected – At Home (Time Unknown) (Chords) It’s getting difficult to work out exactly what independent bands are independent of. Anyhoo. This is a short little ukulele ditty that cropped up at the end of The Elected’s Sun, Sun, Sun album. The song is only 40 seconds long but it packs plenty of chords […]

You’ve only got a couple of days left to polish up these tunes before the big night: Addams Family Theme Tune Chopin – Funeral March Dance Macabre Ghostbusters (Duet) The Gothic Archies – Freakshow London Bridge Is Falling Down The Misfits – Dig Up Her Bones The Misfits – Halloween Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells […]

Funeral March (midi) This tune has to be one of the most downbeat ever written. It’s so deep and gloomy it makes Leonard Cohen sound like Samanda. That means it’s not entirely convincing on the usually light and sprightly uke. The Funeral March is probably best played as a little throwaway joke than a serious […]

London Bridge Is Falling Down (midi) There’s something very sinister about most nursery rhymes. Most real nursery rhymes. The ones that have been passed down through the generations, not the ones that have been passed down from purple dinosaurs. They’re quite often used in horror films (such as The Haunting) and this particular tune was […]

You can download an mp3 of this song and many more here. New York Ukulele Ensemble – Vampire Luck You can download an mp3 and get the chords for this song and a couple of others here. Waitswatcher – Scary Uke Michael Wagner – Spooky Uke Petty Booka – Sophisticated Hula on Ghoul-A-Go-Go

Mark Occhionero (Played at Mike DaSilva’s Studio in Berkeley and made a special broadcast from Boston to Berkeley, Ca for our second club meeting!) Pork Pie Hat Body & Soul Goodbye Pork Pie Hat When You’re Smiling BUC Lesson (When U Smilin’) Sleepy Eyes (At Mike DaSilva’s Studio) See YouTube for about 40 more Melvern […]

A series of video tutorials on strumming in French – but you’ll get the idea (thanks to Jeff for the heads up). Midnight Ukulele Disco has come up with another winner this week with a session from Hailey Wojcik. John Harris continues The Guardian’s championing of the ukulele. Apparently, Morrissey was a big fan of […]

Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London (Chords) Dead simple this one. There are only three chords (D, C and G) repeated over and over again. If you want something a bit more challenging, the piano riff fits quite nicely on the uke too. Buy Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon

I was watching another enlightening and inspiring tutorial by Mark Occhionero today, this time on Little Grass Shack (you can get the tab on the YouTube page). It set me off vamping around in a Hawaiian style (despite the freezing cold weather) and playing the most Hawaiian lick I know:the Hawaiian turnaround. In its simplest […]