The Misfits – Halloween (Chords) It’s not quite Halloween season yet, but I’m kicking off my Halloween series of posts to give you plenty of time to practice ready for the big night. Although you probably won’t need three weeks’ practice to get this tune up and running. There’s only one band that could kick […]

Big things are happening in the world of Uke Hunt. In the near(ish) future Uke Hunt will have a baby-sister website. This website will be home to a range of new ukulele ebooks I’m working on – the first two of which are nearing completion – and am hoping to sell. It’s an exciting time […]

Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele – Meet Me In The Garden (mp3) Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele – When You Were Mine (Prince Cover)(mp3) Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele – Howard (mp3) via MySpace ‘Magnificent Ukulele’ is no idle boast; Dent May is my new favourite ukulele songwriter. Irresistible 60’s melodies and […]

Oingo Boingo – Mary (Chords) Probably the strangest chord progression I’ve put up so far. There’s a chord at every fret between B and D. It’s so strange I kept going back to check I hadn’t got the chords completely wrong (and I’m still not sure I haven’t). I’ve written out the chords for a […]

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Recently, the Berkeley Ukulele Club message board disappeared and took along with it the excellent list of the best ukulele videos in various categories. The list was compiled by Jeff West of the Berkeley Ukulele Club, the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz and the Deutscher Ukulelenclub. He’s very kindly supplied me with the lists and […]

Revolution is in the air again in Boston. Not content with the seditious act of adding tea to water, Viva La Revo-UKE-tion will be kicking off on Monday with the fantastically named The East Boston Make-Out Club Band, the equally fantastic but more boringly named Michael Wagner, Ed White and Ian Schwartz. All you non-Massachusettsians […]

Musicguymic boasts that the Kiwaya KTS-7 Mahogany Soprano Ukulele, “has the tone and sound rivaling any Martin ukulele. In fact I think its sounds more like a Martin should than many vintage Martins do.” There’s no doubt it’s as good looking as the Martin Style 3. Custom uke with a soundhole on the side. I […]

Here’s the complete lineup of the top 10 (or 11 if you’re going to be pedantic about it): 1. Sweet Child O’ Mine. 1.5 Back In Black. 2. Whole Lotta Love. 3. Paranoid. 4. Seven Nation Army. 5. Smoke On The Water. 6. Sunshine of Your Love. 7. Le Freak. 8. Satisfaction. 9. Gay Bar. […]

Sweet Child of Mine midi Even on guitar, this riff is a real finger-twister. Even Slash himself had trouble with this one. It took him a number of retakes in the studio before he could get it right. Transferring it to the uke certainly doesn’t make it any easier. Gio Gaynor struggles with it in […]