Bobby McGee’s – When Father Died Ferrets Licked Away the Tears (Tab) Another Bobby McGee’s song with two titles. The longer, less obvious one comes from a headline in The Brighton Argus. What the story was about, I have no idea. Jimmy’s take on the more obvious title and the song itself: “FOREVER & A […]

Bobby McGee’s – Goodbye Blue Monday Probably my favourite bit of uke playing on the album. You can see most of what’s going on in the video with Eleanor’s fingerpicking and Jimmy’s much loved triplet strums. I tabbed up the bit Eleanor plays in the video as it’s a bit fancier than the part on […]

Jimmy has upload a bunch of ukulele advice videos teaching you how to be a Bobby McGee’s style ukulele hero in the way that only he can. Here’s a selection and you can watch them all on his YouTube Channel.

A quick tab of the intro riff to this one: The chords are B – A – C – B in the verse. And you have G, D and C in the chorus in typical lightning fast Bobby McGee’s style. You can get the full explanation in this video. Buy it on Cherryade Records.

The best ukulele bit of this song is impossible to hear on the album version, but Jimmy fills us on it in this video. So here’s the tab: If you can’t handle the fancy stuff, you can play C and G in the chorus. You can find this one on L’Appropriation Bourgoisie de la Bobby […]

The Bobby McGee’s – Billy & Tracey (Tab and Chords) A fairly good representation of The Bobby McGee’s ukulele style with Jimmy dishing out some rapid strumming and Eleanor with the single note runs. One interesting thing is that the two parts seem to be in conflict with each other. In the A chord Jimmy’s […]

This week sees the long await release of The Bobby McGee’s debut album L’Appropriation Bourgoisie de la Bobby McGee’s. And what better way to celebrate than with a week packed with McGee-goodness. Starting with a interview with Jimmy. The Bobby McGee’s have been together for about 7 years. How come you’ve only just got round […]

John King – Larry O’Gaff (Tab) I’ve spent hours and hours examining John King’s arrangements (particularly his Classical Ukulele book) and working out he decided to play things a certain way. I’ll always regret not emailing him and asking him a for an interview (although I’ve recently discovered that emailing your heroes can be a […]

Every week as I’m putting this post together I’m amazed how much talent there is around. And it’s almost always better than the dreck that ends up on the TV and radio. Certainly they are more individual and heartfelt. This week includes another song from Clare Costa. Last week she was singing in French, this […]

Nice bit of floral soundhole work on this Divine ukulele. And the listing refers to both Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam playing Divine ukuleles. I wasn’t aware that McCready was a uker. If anyone knows of any video or photo of him ukeing – I’d love to know. Spalted mango seems to […]