Tired of walking around without a dirty ukulele pun on your chest? The solution has finally arrived. It’s a little different to the normal way though. I’m using Teespring which is sort of a Kickstart for t-shirts. So you put in an order for your shirt, if there are enough orders by the end of […]
Archive for 2013
The Limeliters – Take My True Love by the Hand (Chords) Two songs from the closing stages of Breaking Bad this week. Starting off with The Limeliters’ Take My True Love by the Hand from the dung beetle scene in Ozymandias. It’s a simple song. Just four chords repeated. But you do need to capo […]
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New Releases – The tab book for Jake Shimabukuro’s Grand Ukulele is available in the US. – Kevin Hufnagel’s experimental uke album Ashland. Pictures – Rat and uke taxidermy – Correct playing stance – Painted ukulele – Gloria Swanson Musicwood – a documentary about the over-foresting of sitka spruce for guitars and ukes. Bret McKenzie […]
Mike Post and Pete Carpenter – A-Team Theme (Tab) Part of my sworn duties as a ukulele blogger is peruse the YouTube uploads and check out anything interesting. Recently that has involved clicking on everything titled “A Team Ukulele Cover” hoping it would be the theme tune to the superior 80s TV show. And every […]
If you’ve been following the blog for a while you’ll have noticed that I love theme tunes. Even more, I love working them up for ukulele. So here’s a selection of my favourite film, TV and game themes that I’ve done over the years. It’s split up into theme tunes (mostly tabs) and songs (mostly […]
Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra – Afternoon Delight (Chords) The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra’s recent visit to these shores for a run at the Edingburgh festival was a huge hit with them impressing audiences and fighting accusations of steroid abuse it would seem. To celebrate I’ve written up their take on the Starland Vocal Band’s sitcom […]
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It’s your last chance to use the half price code on the How to Play Ukulele ebooks. You can claim 50% off any of the ebooks (except Ukuleles for Peace) until the end of September by using this code on the checkout page: cowhouse Pictures – Scotty Dog ukulele – House of David Ukulele Band […]
Ninebarrow – Birdsong (Tab) If you’re a fan of folk music you absolutely have to follow the Songs from the Shed YouTube channel. They have a huge range of sessions from acts on the UK folk scene. The latest session to make me prick up my ears was Ninebarrow’s performance of Birdsong. They’re a great […]
