Re: Sorta OT: Coffee Shop "sides"

On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:58:54 -0600, Steve Ackman
<steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bernie, do you, or have you ever conisidered trying
a talent / open mike afternoon / evening? Jake
Shimabukuro got his start doing Hawaiian coffee shops.
Maybe there's somone in LC who just needs a little
exposure.

If you haven't already, you have GOT to hear his "banjo."
(Cea, this is not Don Ho's uke)
Oh that was great. Ohta-san probably was more of Jake Shimabukuro's
mentor. Fabulous ukulele Player of my youth whom I was lucky to see
play once.. (BTW and I seem to be harping on this through out my life
lately- ukulele is pronounced in Hawaiian as ookoolele and not
youkulele. Uku is flea and lele is jumping:). Adapted from
Portuguese cowboys, end of education.) That ukulele is made from Koa
wood, one of our most prized wood and the more "curl" the more better.
Just had a bed made of same.

Think Don Ho was a big drinker and party guy who is best known for
"Tiny Bubbles".

"Orange World"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT_Jr3vasOo

Thanks Steve.

aloha,
Cea
.