Hope Bosko, Honey, & contest winner don’t get caught in the sort of massive sand storm that hit down under just a short while ago.

Well, Roger, there are two schools of thought on that. I belong to the (evidently going out of style) school that says a decent tuner is important, probably because I came out of the guitar world of the 1960s when there were no such things as electronic tuners (pitch pipes, no thank you), & finally, now, I can keep an instrument in tune. I vaguely remember once back in the ’60s when the Byrds played the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. After being introduced, they spent (seemingly) forever tuning-up. After noticeable (& justifiable) audience unease (I wanted to smash my screen), David Crosby pipes ups & says something along the lines of, “We tune because we care,” & some audience idiots actually applauded him. Why they didn’t care to tune before they were announced, of course, no one thought to ask. I can’t remember, but it was probably a lame performance anyway, after all that.

Steven, it’s not Little Grass Shack, it’s Little Brown Gal. And (just a couple corrections): not “Island’s fare,” but “Islands fair;” & “balmy” not “bomy.” Granted, listening to your singing & then transcribing is a Herculean task.

Hmmm, I got my first uke not too long after the hapless, would-be player in the cartoon…..