Jake Shimabukuro

PhilNYC · « **on:** 21 Feb 2008, 02:55 pm »

From the Conan O'Brien show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw3n7VURfXE

Who knew a Ukulele could sound so beautiful....!

spwal · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 Feb 2008, 03:00 pm »

he is a hawaii legend. i saw him at Langerado music festival. His version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps was epic.

PhilNYC · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 Feb 2008, 03:05 pm »

I'm going through a bunch of his videos on YouTube right now...some pretty amazing stuff...

PhilNYC · « **Reply #3 on:** 21 Feb 2008, 03:09 pm »

Check out this duet of Jake and Tommy Emmanuel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5qakFIecBU

Charles Calkins · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Feb 2008, 04:19 pm »

Saw him live at the Herbst theater in S.F. last summer. Great concert. I'll see him again next time he comes our way.

Cheers
Charlie

P.S.
Another guy I saw last year was Chris Isaak. Great, great, great show. Don't get no better than the concert he did.

chadh · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Feb 2008, 08:47 pm »

My 5 year old son started playing the ukulele about six months ago, so I've spent a little time filtering through youtube looking for things that might interest him. At one stage I came across Jake playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". It was really pretty amazing. Personally, I prefer my son's version of "Sunshine of your Love". But it possible that I'm just a little biased.

Chad