Friday, October 22, 2010

Ukulele Fun

I got the best text message I have ever received earlier this week:

PS a ukulele will arrive at your house on Wednesday.


I am now a proud co-owner of "Ukie", the world's cutest and most Hawaiian ukulele.

I've never played a guitar before in my life. I have no idea how to strum, or play chords, or even hold it. But beef and I downloaded a few chord finder and tuner apps and chose two songs to start with.

Here is my extremely professional and heartfelt version of Hey Jude, dedicated to my sissy:



Here is Tom's haunting rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow:

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This beirut song is a good one to learn. Amazing song and simple to play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlvBMXrjM9U

Anna W. said...

Whoa - way to pick one of my favorite songs of all time, "anonymous". Thank you!

Jim said...

I can't wait to meet Ukie

Anna W. said...

ukie will love you.