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An HSFriday Tribute to Jake Shimabukuro

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Today we pay tribute to the greatest ukulele player that has ever lived. Jake is the most incredible ukulele player you will ever see and is my own personal ukulele idol and asian-american hero.

jakeYes, I have a huge man-crush on this guy. His uke playing is deft and speedy and never ceases to amaze. In honor of he and the song that has inspired many new ukulele players I present to you the

Jake Gently Weeps

This little number features Jake ripping soulfully into a uke ballad with a pattern of ukuleles on red.

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As always you can get your digital shirts, icons, avatars, and wallpapers at http://drop.io/hsfriday. Send your Facebooking friends a shirt here.

Now here is the song that made him an internet icon and, as mentioned before, inspired myself and countless others to take up the uke. It is a cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps by George Harrison.

Here is a fun little ditty that shows that this guy has Bruce Lee hands. Fastest uking I have ever seen for sure.

And here is an original song by Jake called Orange World

And, ok, this isn’t a Jake song but I had to share it with you. Cutest ukulele video EVER.

Have a Happy Hawaiian Shirt Friday!!

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