strip: Uke Club, remembering the fallen
I wanted to share this song I play when friends or acquantices of mine pass away. I usually play it in private when no one else is around, because, well, I sing terribly. In light of Sunday being September 11th, and all the tragic losses from Hurricane Katrina, I’ve been playing it a lot lately. Don’t forget, you can learn the uke easy with our little lesson plan HERE.
The original version of this song from the 40’s, the lyrics are much different. See here. I discovered the song, only after Ukulele Eck, (Joel Eckhaus), sang it at a radio station and I caught some MP3s online—- The version presented here, is only what I tabbed out myself, who knows, it’s probably not even right, but it plays fine to me and it’s a simplified pattern for just playing along. — To help, I put up a mpg video clip of me playing this, WARNING again, I sing terribly but here you go:
http://yirmumah.net/video/ukulele.html
September 9th, 2005 at 4:42 am
Are you sayin’ … “There ain’t no Atheists in foxholes” ? ?
September 9th, 2005 at 8:02 am
No.
September 9th, 2005 at 8:50 am
somewhat moving, that. commendations, DJ.
September 9th, 2005 at 12:08 pm
first of all, great song.
second, DJ, has anyone ever told you that you sound a bit like Lou Reed? (when you sing and I know its a bit of a stretch. how about a Lou Reed not on crack?)
September 9th, 2005 at 12:13 pm
“‘There are no atheists in foxholes’ isn’t an argument against atheism, it’s an argument against foxholes”
~James Morrow
September 9th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
Thats a great song,man.
September 9th, 2005 at 12:44 pm
Jeege: No, never been told that. I don’t sing often at all. I love to play the uke though.
September 9th, 2005 at 2:43 pm
That was awesome DJ.
September 9th, 2005 at 4:04 pm
You sound alot like this one guy I heard along time ago, but I can’t remember who he is. Anyway, great song. You keep playing that uke.