Bit of jazz ukulele on a Sunday afternoon.
Image: Sonntag Guitars
Lego Ukulele
The inventiveness of human beings sometimes warms the soul.
This is a link to the chap who made it playing Puff the Magic Dragon
Original Image: http://www.br-eng.info/words/index.php/2011/05/21/ukulele-out-of-lego-bricks/
Tiny Tim
Tiny Tim was an iconoclast in a time when iconoclasts were two a penny. In the 60s he had a huge number 1 hit with Tiptoe Through the Tulips, he played with The Band, knew Dylan and hung out with the Beatles. Though his popularity suffered after the sixties he’s always maintained a strong cult following and his albums are certainly worth a listen.
Here’s an excellent cover of Nowhere Man from the Beatles 1968 Christmas record.
I think though, for all his achievements, appearing as a musical guest in the first episode, Help Wanted, of SpongeBob SquarePants, tops the lot.
Happy birthday Bob Dylan
As Bob is the big 70 today I thought a post would be in order. Here’s some covers.
All I really wanna do:
Great version of Maggie’s farm:
Tiny Tim, who knew Dylan, doing a Dylan parody.
And finally, I felt there needed to be one of Bob so here’s Tangled Up In Blue.
Charango
I’ve wanted a charango for years but never found one in London and I could never be bothered to order it from overseas. Amazingly, I found this one in a charity shop. I’ll post a video recording at some point as it sounds great, like a pimped ukulele. Very pleased. Another one for the miniature instrument collection.
This charango is from Peru. The instrument was invented in the Viceroyalty of Peru, though that was in the olden days. Now days the Viceroyalty of Peru is Peru & Bolivia.
Butterflies and charango.
Historically, a charango’s body used to be made from an armadillo shell though now, thankfully, they’re made from wood.
