Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Jake & Tommy

4 comments:

Diane Smith said...

Oh,yeah.....

Diane Smith said...

This could go on forever.....

http://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/main/VideoClip.aspx

Diane Smith said...

A bit of Paradox trivia as I sit here with a stupid grin on my face listening to all of the clips at the Orchestra website....

Back in 1967, Bob and Helen took me to the Monterey Pop Festival. Mary McCaslin had a press pass, which she gave to me because she wanted to sit in the audience, so I wandered around in the back, ate press food, and sat at a table where Tiny Tim joined me and serenaded me on his ukulele. Ah, those were the days!

Rik Elswit said...

Sure, sure. But Jake can actually wail on that thing.

One of my bluegrass banjo students (a 70-something Chinese guy. Go figure)brought me in a video, about 3 years ago, showing Jake fronting a smooth jazz band, with bass, drums, and keyboards, and playing through a pedalboard the size of Rhode Island. The guy's a major culture hero in Japan.