Hey… So… This is one of my all time favorite tunes… 1968, I believe… The Strawberry Alarm Clock is the band… The tune is a benchmark for the ‘summer of love’ type tunes from the late sixties… Hope you like it…
Love Like a Truck!
Hey kids… Our friends have inspired us to play/record a little more… My lovely wife is great… I do better live, than in front of a camera… My I.Q. kinda drops…. Anyway, this is a tune from the Bottle Rockets, that we have liked/played for years…. Hope you like it…
Walk Right In
Hey kids… Our friends Diane Poole, and Michael August-And us- did an classic tune from the early ‘60’s… The Rooftop Singers had the original. Great tune…. Walk Right In… Hope you like it…. Thanks again, Diane, for the idea!!
Old Man Time
Hey kids… This is a special tune. A Kate Rusby tune, that is from like 1995, or so… Lovely lyrics…. Our friends Elizabeth, Gail Herrera, and Michael August made it a really good tune… Hope you like it!!
We’re Side By Side
Hey kids. I’m told today- as in today here in the USA- is International Play Your Ukulele Day… So, that means it’s I.P.Y.U.D. Everywhere! We wanted to join in, and share w/ our brothers and sisters in the uke world… Play, share and enjoy your ukeness!
BCUF. 2022
Hey kids… Well, we are home from our first adventure in a while… We were lucky enough to go to the Brown County Uke Fest, over the weekend. 2021 was canceled, like everything else, last year. This year, we got lucky. Headed off Thursday morning, with our friend Mike, and, 10 minutes later, a call from our dear sister Diane, that she was coming too!!! SURPRISE! Now, it was gonna be a full blown party. We visited with old and new friends. Played a metric ton of music. Watched amazing musicians, and made it home in one piece, no worse for wear… Seeing Diane was a high point. Hadn’t in real life, in a year and a half…. A big thanks to Mainland Ukes, Mike Hater, Pete and Dee McCarty, Greg Gent, Jeremy Roberts, Denise Martin, Devin Scott, Sam Anderson, AND a hundred other people, who made it a killer weekend… 🎶
Here are a few pix and videos from the adventure….
Headed for Jammin’….
Secret Agent Man…
Hey kids… So, have loved this tune since it was released in 1966. Very hip/edgy and all that… The original tv show was called ‘Danger Man’, when first produced in 1964 in the UK. When it came to the US in 1966, title was changed to ‘Secret Agent Man’… Johnny Rivers had a hit w/ the tune… A lot of Cold War spy tv shows and movies then. This one, ‘the man from UNCLE’, ‘The girl from UNCLE’. James Bond… Etc… But always liked this tune…. Anyway, here is The Magtones version, w/ a lot of help from our friend Mike… He always makes a song better…. Hope you like it…
Smokestack Lightning
I though I had posted this here, but, being old, I guess I forgot…. It’s a bit of impromptu jam, with my friend of 52 years, Doug… I added some pix of us through the years, to make it fun for old guys to see themselves… Hope you like it…..
We Can Almost Hear the Dr DeMento Show…
Hey kids. Been awhile. Outside of the holidays, and some jamming, not a lot going on. Not a bad thing. One thing going on recently, was this collaboration… Our amazing friend, Elizabeth Safely Brinker wrote, sang, and played uke on this. The smooth Martin Hoffman was killer on the Ubass. And, the one, the only Michael August added great harp. I did the rhythm guitar, to finish it up… Hope you like it… Cuz, it’s soooo good…
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