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ukejackson
Akahai
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 Posted - 06/10/2002 : 09:49:29 AM
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so, i was at the windgap bluegrass festival this weekend. dr ralph stanley, who will be on jay leno tonight (mon. june 10), was brilliant, and i got to meet him backstage before he went on. but the highlight for me was rhonda vincent -- bluegrass female vocalist of the year, and one of the most beautiful women on the planet. i had a 1940 blueburst gretsch camp uke with me -- in near mint condition, btw, with the tailpiece for a strap intact.
anyway, when rhonda and her band Rage finished their set, they hung around for photos and autographs and such. i took my uke and got the whole band and the incredible miss vincent to sign it. she oohed over it a bit as she signed. and the rest of the band was very respectful of the instrument. the last to sign was her fiddler -- an 18 year old lad out of tennessee. he signed, and said "i love the ukulele!" and danged if that boy didn't break into a fast rendition of one verse and chorus of "ukulele lady".
i would say i got me a real bluegrass ukulele. yes indeedy!
Uke Jackson, from farmers markets to festival mainstages, from crossroads cafes to cosmopolitan cabarets
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marzullo
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 06/10/2002 : 7:37:48 PM
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hi uj, i've not visited jim' discussion board in awhile, so it's nice to hear from you again.
it's pretty obvious that the ukulele can stand in for a mando pretty well. but, flatpicking techniques for bluegrass guitar migrate over reasonably well to the ukulele. for example, bill monroe's "rosa lee mcfall" is beautiful on the uke in the key of F. his rippling hammer-ons and pull-offs sound perfect.
some hawaiian uke players use what to me sounds like a flatpicking technique to extract the melody from the chords. heeday kimura does this.., anyway, you can do a great version of "aloha oe" in the key of F by strumming the chords and picking out the melody at the same time with your thumb.
then again, whenever i throw in a G run all my friends at the kanakapila look alarmed. :0)
aloha,
keith
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ukejackson
Akahai
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Posted - 06/10/2002 : 9:55:03 PM
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then again, whenever i throw in a G run all my friends at the kanakapila look alarmed. "
LOL
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