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Topic: Three Holiday Uke/Dobro tunes from Gerald Ross |
Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Craig Prior
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National City, California, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 8:12 am |
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"Here are three new ukulele/Dobro tunes for the Holiday season. I recorded these over the Thanksgiving weekend."
It's nice when someone uses their Thanksgiving weekend for something besides eating and watching football. Great arrangements, Gerald!
Craig. |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Jack Knight
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Kealakekua, Hawaii
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 9:47 am
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You Rock. If you keep raising the bar, none of us will be able to reach it. 
Great job, Gerald
Jack
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 1:59 pm
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| It's nice when someone uses their Thanksgiving weekend for something besides eating and watching football. |
Or ...
Fightin' with your in-laws
Thanks Gerald ... you put me in a FESTive mood ... 
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Aiello's Cast Steel Guitars
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Kris Oka
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San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 4:24 pm
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| Hey Gerald, Rockin Around the Christmas was dynamite. Very nice picking. Could you teach me that one? What key was that in? Kris |
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Kris Oka
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San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 4:33 pm
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| Gerald, listened to it again and makes me want to drag the uke out and put the steel back in the case. I think you are right up there with James Hill. You would definitely WOW any audience. Kris |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 7:29 pm
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| But Gerald, how many fingers do you have on each hand???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Geo |
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Kris Oka
From:
San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2005 10:08 pm
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| Gerald, now you lost me cuz I don't know guitar chords. Would you call your music synchopated beat? I'm with George. Those fingers are busy. |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 1:21 am
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I really enjoyed those songs Gerald!
Especially 'Chanukah Oh Chanukah'- nice melody and you've got a great beat with it. A perfect song for Dobro, too.  [This message was edited by Jeff Strouse on 30 November 2005 at 01:26 AM.] |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 7:13 am
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Kris,
Being a guitar player I look at the uke as a tiny guitar. The intervals between the strings are the same as the top 4 strings on the guitar. The uke tuning though, is a fourth higher. So a "C" chord shape on a uke is an "F" chord in concert pitch, a "D" shape is a "G" etc.
Jeff,
The beat is "3AM Jewish wedding Mogen David grapevine".
Most minor key songs like this fit in well for any ethnic group. Example: When I play the song "Anniversary Waltz" at an Italian, Jewish, Greek, Polish, German etc. wedding it goes over like gang busters because each group claims the song as their own.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 7:34 am
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| Ahhh...good 'ol Mogen David at 3 AM? Brings back memories. When I used to stay at my Grandmother's house as a kid, I would occassionaly sneak downstairs after everyone went to bed and sip on the Mogen David. She said the doctor told her to drink it for her angina (heart) pain. She caught me red handed a few times (I guess I made a lot of noise in the kitchen), and eventually brought it up one morning at the breakfast table in front of my Dad. When he questioned me about it, I explained to him that it was for my angina pain, but I don't think he bought it.. |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 7:55 am
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Don't like Mogen David? There's always Manischewitz for the more discriminating palatte...
Goes great with a little gefilte fish! |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 8:03 am
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MD 20/20 ...
Thanks for the memories ... or lack of ... 
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Aiello's Cast Steel Guitars
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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