The Whokulele

This is just glorious!  New Zealand ukulele player Liz Quilty (Velofille) has created something special - a Doctor Whokulele!

Image Credit - Liz Quilty / Velofille - Copyright

Even better, Liz has put a host of pictures up showing the full creation process on her Flickr Page.

Thanks to Liz for allowing me to share this!

Dancing In The Dark - on Ukulele

Shonky singing, shonky strumming, but a really easy song for beginners to play - Dancing In The Dark by Springsteen on my Koaloha Soprano.

Chords are easy too - the main verses repeat G and Em, then Am and C.  It ends on a D, and chorus is D, C, Am, C, Am, G

Matchstick Ukulele

I'm a sucker for an unusual ukulele, so was delighted when a site I do enjoy, Ukulele For Me mentioned a ukulele made of matchsticks.

Now that is a piece of work - more on that and the original article on the Walyou page here.

Famous Ukulele Players - Part 21 - John Sebastian

With many many thanks to one of the Got A Ukulele readers "gooney" for alerting me to the famous uke player on the Moku Ukes Facebook page - we have John Sebastian, singer and songwriter with The Lovin' Spoonful and The Mamas and the Papas with a uke!

Summer In The City! (And those Moku ukes look very sweet - more on them here.


Check out previous Famous Ukulele Players entries below...

Famous ukers part 1

Famous ukers part 2

Famous ukers part 3

Famous ukers part 4

Famous ukers part 5

Famous ukers part 6

Famous ukers part 7

Famous ukers part 8

Famous ukers part 9

Famous ukers part 10

Famous Ukers part 11

Famous ukers part 12

Famous ukers part 14

Famous ukers part 15

Famous ukers part 16

Famous ukers part 17

Famous ukers part 18

Famous ukers part 19

Famous ukers part 20

Shameless plug

Can't believe I've not chosen to advertise this site on my blog before now!







The benefits of a plastic backed uke!



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Competition reminder!

Not that long to go in my competition to win a copy of my ukulele ebook, What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know in a format of your choice!

Not had a huge amount of entries, so your chances will be improved!  Easy really - just email me a funny picture that includes a ukulele to be in with a shout.  Send to bazmazwave@gmail.com.

More about the competition, rules and how to enter here. And you can take a look at the book up for grabs on Amazon.com.


Good luck!

Famous Ukulele Players - Part 20 - The Rock!!

This one made me smile, not least because there is some funny video too - my next instalment of Famous Ukulele Players!

This edition - we have Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson playing what looks like a U900 aNueNue ukulele - ignore the bit of comedy singing at the beginning - the man has a bit of a voice. And considering he is THE ROCK, who am I to argue?

AND- BIG THANKS to Mike at the very wonderful Mainland Ukuleles for bringing this to public attention!

Video below



For the rest of my Famous Ukulele Series - check the links below!

Famous ukers part 1

Famous ukers part 2

Famous ukers part 3

Famous ukers part 4

Famous ukers part 5

Famous ukers part 6

Famous ukers part 7

Famous ukers part 8

Famous ukers part 9

Famous ukers part 10

Famous Ukers part 11

Famous ukers part 12

Famous ukers part 14

Famous ukers part 15

Famous ukers part 16

Famous ukers part 17

Famous ukers part 18

Famous ukers part 19

That Warren Buffett Chinese Ukulele vid

As reported in Got A Ukulele at the weekend news roundup, billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffet apparently entertained the Chinese public on State Television, playing the song "I've Been Working On The Railroad" on his ukulele.

In order to prove to my readers that this was not a strange dream I had as a result of eating too much cheese, I felt duty bound to include it here.  I honestly can't find the words...



I particularly like the model railway set behind, in case there was any doubt he was singing about railroads..