TOKYO (AP) -- Jake Shimabukuro is perched on the verge of stardom. He still does the little clubs, but he can also fill arenas, pulling in thousands of raptured admirers. And he's a darling of the critics, who have compared him to such guitar greats as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. Not bad, considering Shimabukuro plays the ukulele...
Interestingly, a 1962 Eddie Kamae solo album was re-released on CD last week -- a chance for fans to hear two completely _different_ approaches to the `ukulele: http://www.mele.com/v3/info/2942.htm
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