WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?

[lbpesq]

Rachel & Vilray: 

Peter

Great swing band, but have you listened to the lyrics?  The singer is mad at her boyfriend and should leave him, but instead she visits his mother and shows her adult nude pics of her son!

Bill, tgo

[pauldo]

I like Rachel and her work with Lake Street Dive (I need to relisten to the Vilray number)… here they cover Halloween and Oates - You Make My Screams Say Boo 

[pauldo]

Another Halloween Lake Street Dive tune.  For our dear friend Gregory….

[cozmik_cowboy]

Seasonally appropriate music from Dick Siegel: 

Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

I know I've posted Taimane's Tiny Desk here, but I don't recall putting this one up; very nice Chris Isaak cover: 

Peter

[pauldo]

Great rendition.   What instrument is that?  Hybrid ukulele?

[cozmik_cowboy]

Great rendition.   What instrument is that?  Hybrid ukulele?

It's a 5-string ukulele; as near as I know, 5-string ukes always have the 4th & 5th as a unison paired course, rather than adding another note.

And I find I must let the teacher in me have his say:  The name is properly pronounced oo-coo-LAY-lay, not "yuke-a-LAY-lee".

Peter

[pauldo]

Thanks for the info.  And isn’t the top string(s) tuned higher than the others?

Paul (who is in the later group for pronunciation… given it’s island origin the former seems appropriate).
(who also recalls Grandpa Jensik playing the heck out of a Uke when he wasn’t blowing harmonica or playing piano like Eubie Blake)

[cozmik_cowboy]

Thanks for the info.  And isn’t the top string(s) tuned higher than the others?

Paul (who is in the later group for pronunciation… given it’s island origin the former seems appropriate).
(who also recalls Grandpa Jensik playing the heck out of a Uke when he wasn’t blowing harmonica or playing piano like Eubie Blake)

I think that is usually the case; I have friends who perform in an ukulele orchestra, but have attempted the instrument myself, so I'm not sure.

Peter

I have also seen one where 2nd string is also paired.

[peoplechipper]

I can't hear that song without being transported into my mtn. bike racing days; I was racing the first Hornby Island mtn. bike festival, the course was awesome but due to lack of water I 'bonked' hard...I also crashed because of it and broke my chain...as I was delieriously pushing my bike through the woods, "wicked game" was wafting in as they were testing the PA for the after party, and it was the first time I'd heard the song...needless to say, a strong impression...oh, and a friend's beer saved my life that night...Tony.

[rv_bass]

I know I've posted Taimane's Tiny Desk here, but I don't recall putting this one up; very nice Chris Isaak cover: 

Peter

Very nice playing!  I wonder what the effect is on the Yuke?  Seems to be a combo of reverb and delay of some kind. Nice porch to hang out on and jam on as well!

[cozmik_cowboy]

Driving around the last couple of days, I've been listening to The Adventures Of Panama Red - and being reminded once again what a superb bassist Dave Torbert was: 

Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

I know I've posted Taimane's Tiny Desk here, but I don't recall putting this one up; very nice Chris Isaak cover: 

Peter

Very nice playing!  I wonder what the effect is on the Yuke?  Seems to be a combo of reverb and delay of some kind. Nice porch to hang out on and jam on as well!

Just went back & listened; I'm going to say lots of reverb, and a delay is sometimes a slapback & sometimes just a tad longer.

Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

More Tiamane: 

Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

Great rendition.   What instrument is that?  Hybrid ukulele?

It's a 5-string ukulele; as near as I know, 5-string ukes always have the 4th & 5th as a unison paired course, rather than adding another note.

And I find I must let the teacher in me have his say:  The name is properly pronounced oo-coo-LAY-lay, not "yuke-a-LAY-lee".

Peter

An update:  I was just watching that again, and noticed the inlays; they may just look like triangles, but in traditional Hawai'ian tattooing they are shark teeth (my oldest lived on Maui for about 6 years, and has a tat with several of them), so I'm assuming either the inlay or the instrument itself are custom. 

Peter