The guy that plays the uke and tommy E

Mark Davis · December 19th, 2006, 06:22 PM

Cyrithicus · December 19th, 2006, 07:49 PM

Same guy .... talented uke-wanker!!

wilkat1 · December 19th, 2006, 07:54 PM

Jake Shimabukuro's arrangement of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" has quickly become the "Stairway to Heaven" of the ukulele. Uke players cringe when you hit those opening notes!

And yet I love it, and his newest CD, "Gently Weeps" which is mostly solo uke, is tremendous. The guy is a major talent and by all accounts a heck of a nice person too.

Cassady · December 19th, 2006, 08:47 PM

He played in town a while back and I posted about it.

What I didn't post was that he had technical problems with the pickup in his uke and took it to our local repair shop. After he picked it up, and was happy with the repair, he brought the guys in the shop cookies. I thought that was a pretty cool story.

He seems like a really nice, really genuine guy with an almost unbelievable amount of talent.

I hadn't seen that first clip, thanks a lot for posting it.

Cassady

December 19th, 2006, 06:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,865	The guy that plays the uke and tommy E __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

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Cyrithicus Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Age: 31 Posts: 1,020 4 Photos	Same guy .... talented uke-wanker!! __________________ "When I was young, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not." --Mark Twain

December 19th, 2006, 07:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
wilkat1 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: So. Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 1,554 20 Photos	Jake Shimabukuro's arrangement of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" has quickly become the "Stairway to Heaven" of the ukulele. Uke players cringe when you hit those opening notes! And yet I love it, and his newest CD, "Gently Weeps" which is mostly solo uke, is tremendous. The guy is a major talent and by all accounts a heck of a nice person too. __________________ MySpace "That number don't mean nothing to me if the guitar don't sound right." - Buddy Guy on the year a guitar was manufactured.

December 19th, 2006, 08:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cassady Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 550	Jake is Great! He played in town a while back and I posted about it. What I didn't post was that he had technical problems with the pickup in his uke and took it to our local repair shop. After he picked it up, and was happy with the repair, he brought the guys in the shop cookies. I thought that was a pretty cool story. He seems like a really nice, really genuine guy with an almost unbelievable amount of talent. I hadn't seen that first clip, thanks a lot for posting it. Cassady