This is a short entry, but is full of links that will keep you busy for a while!
One of my earliest influences in the world of the ukulele was the UkeCast, a podcast created by Chris in the US and soon joined by Nipper from the UK. The program included original ukulele music, interviews with musicians, hints and tips and ukulele related news. It only ran from 2006 to 2009 and had just gone ‘off the air’ when I first discovered the instrument. But it introduced me to a lot of musicians including The Fabulous Heftones, Lyle Ritz, Jonathan Coltrane and The Dominator. And an artist known as SweetAfton23, Molly Lewis.
Molly has a way of creating songs that goes a long way toward capturing the fun the instrument provides to all of us. Her cover of Poker Face introduced me to the Stylophone and she performed her Letter to Stephen Frye in person at the Hasting Pudding Club meeting honoring him.
Earlier this summer Molly asked for some help in creating a video for her latest song, Pantsuit Sasquatch. And The Ukulele Dude, along with dozens of others, submitted footage that was incorporated into the video! So when you watch the YouTube video of Pantsuit Sasquatch, see if you can figure out which feet are mine! And I hope you enjoy more of Molly’s fun video productions while you are at it!
Great fun 🎉!
Thanks!