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Phil Doleman – Say a Little Prayer

One of my favorite Bacharach songs…. YouTube Channel: PhilDoleman His Notes: Say a Little Prayer, played chord/melody style on the uke, for the Ukulele Cosmos invitational, June 2011. Hurriedly put together (some bits are still partially improvised), and recorded in one take, in the dark, between my kids waking up and wanting a glass of [...]

Denton & Miranda – You and I

Ah, youth…. YouTube Channel: 3FACTR Their Notes: Denton Latham (13) and his friend Miranda do an impromptu rendition of You and I by Ingrid Michaelson. Denton’s playing a Mainland Mahogany Tenor ukulele and Miranda has an Washburn Mahogany Concert. A little fast, but pretty fun.

JuKeBox661 – Where the Good Ones Go

Lovely…. YouTube Channel: JuKeBox661 His Notes: Cover of a song originally done by Danielle Ate the Sandwich – a brilliant singer/songwriter and ukulele player. Please visit her webspace at www.danielleatethesandwich.net. I played this song on my new (used) Koaloha concert ukulele, accompanied with electric upright bass. Recorded with ZoomH2 and Kodak ZI-8 HD pocket cam, [...]

Sheepstar15 – Longing to Belong

Okay, I am really looking forward to the album now…. YouTube Channel: Sheepstar15 Her Notes: I haven’t posted for ages, so here’s a quick one-taker. I messed up the chords at one point, but am posting anyway This is a request from John Irving – see his fab cover here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09HGGvjAMw A beautiful song from [...]

SmartBabe91 – Lazy Song

Not so humble a YouTube handle, but great cover…. YouTube Channel:SmartBabe91 Her Notes: Not my best cover – my ukulele is being a butthole lately. Oh well. Love this song. Hope you like it, too! (Also, notice my purdy green nails.) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cortney-Reynolds-Music/178181005557200 Recommended By: UncleJeff64

Clara Belle – High and Dry

One of my favorite Radiohead songs…. YouTube Channel: ClaraBelleMusic

Smokey Stubbs et al – Teen Angst

Sweet…. YouTube Channel: SmokeyStubbs Their Notes:  Smokey Stubbs, Adzuki & The Bewilderbeast performing Cracker’s “Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)” for Ukeshale’s Go 90s contest on Ukulele Underground. http://ukuleleunderground.com/ YouTube http://www.youtube.com/SmokeyStubbs Twitter http://www.twitter.com/SmokeyStubbs MySpace http://www.myspace.com/smokeystubbs

MusikGeek93 – Us

Regina Spektor is a favorite…. YouTube Channel: MusikGeek93 Her Notes: Just wanted to show everybody my new “tiny guitar” Please excuse my many mistakes – I’m new to uke.

UkeTreeHugger – Stairwell

Charming Julia Nunes cover…. YouTube Channel: UkeTreeHugger Her Notes: I literally have been doing nothing but watching ‘Dexter’ for the past 24 hours. its quite sad, but then again, if you’ve seen the show, you dont blame me. This is one of my favorite Julia songs. I obvs dont own the rights to it, and [...]

JasonFolds5 – Accidentally in Love

My lovely wife sent me a link to this one…she has good taste…. YouTube Channel: JasonFolds5 His Notes: A cover of Julia Nunes’ cover of Counting Crows’ Accidentally in Love on the ukulele, melodica, glockenspiel, and tissue box.

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