This past Saturday, along with Jimmy the Uke and Steve McNie, I was once again on GO to pimp the ukulele. It was a lot of fun, as always. Here’s an mp3 of the segment:
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If you attend only one ukulele-related event in Corktown this week, make it this one. Steve and David of the Corktown Ukulele Jam have arranged for the uke action to move to the front room of the Dominion on Queen, and the whole night will be captured on video and uploaded to YouTube.
The Best of The Corktown Ukulele Jam, 8pm
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Dominion on Queen, main room
500 Queen Street East (at Sumach, 2 west of the DVP), Toronto, ON
I’ll be there, reprising (at Steve’s request) my ukulele cover of “She’s Dead” by Jim’s Big Ego. Video to follow, if it’s any good.
My pal Tom gave me a ukulele for Christmas. To me, it’s wonderful. To Jenna, it’s irritating.
So then, I can’t tell you how happy I was to discover the Corktown Ukulele Jam. It started about a month ago, and is held every Wednesday at the Dominion pub on Queen (a five-minute walk from our apartment). Last night, I went for the first time with Jenna and Rae.
Steve and David, the organizers, were welcoming and knowledgeable. Someone played a Jonathan Coulton cover (Re: Your Brains). It was kind of, sort of, like going to ukulele heaven.
I’ll be back next week, and I hope this thing keeps going. It’s terrific. Sometimes I am very glad to live in a city large enough to support something like this.
