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The Big NIght Out Playlist.
Set 1 - 7:00pm - 7:30pm.
Set 2 - After the show - While organisers are finalising activities… and then as people are leaving… and as time allows.
Additional performances during Round 1 - Music. What’s my line? Featuring Uke3a
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Gday fellow Ukelists,
This week I plan to cover Werewolves of London… which is simple and fun… and to tackle a traditional song Leave her Johnny leave her which I’d like us to attempt some more picking. I thought our picking of Chasing Cars was pretty good last week and it’s time to add a few more picking numbers to the repertoire. Leave her Johnny is an old sea shanty with a lovely lilting tune… there are so many versions of the lyrics that I can’t find the version I originally transcribed but… it’s a simple song to pick and a beautiful melody. There are 6 inputs on the new system and I’d like to start using them regularly. All you’ll need is a ukelele with a pick up and a functional battery as Dave has supplied leads. This week we will start practicing for our Big Night Out performance. Tables for this event are disappearing fast and I think this week will see us pretty much sold out so if you haven’t secured your spot now is the time to reserve your place. G’day fellow ukulele players,
After some rather fraught negotiations we have a confirmed a final date for the Uke3 Big Night Out. We’ll be entertaining an adoring audience of music lovers in the auditorium at the Fwmac hall… On 7:00 pm Friday 28th March. The Uk3a All Stars backed by the fabulous Granny Franny singers will perform a selection of our greatest hits for half an hour or so at the start of the night and again later on to usher our tired but happy punters home at the end of our glittering night of nights. We may also draft in a few musicians for a few extra bits as part of the trivia quiz section of the night or to fill in spaces in the program. I’m looking for kind of Rockwiz orchestra vibe. Anyone who hasn't seen Rockwiz should “do yourself a favour”… as Molly Meldrum used to say. I’ve shanghaied a few people to form an organisational subcommittee to turn a whole bunch of crazy ideas into an actual working plan. Ros and Jonno, Chris Kemper, JJ and Rob Andrew have ‘volunteered’ to do all the hard work… suckers! If anyone else would liked to be involved in planning this cultural extravaganza please don’t hesitate to thrust yourself forward. It takes a village to put on a Big Night Out. I thought we were a lot more disciplined this week and turned in some really good performances… that was best we’ve ever done on I’m yours. Dream Lover was very slick and Galway Girl and Dirty old town were good enough to bring tears to the eyes of even hardened old stagers like ourselves. Next week we will be doing the Swimming Song as a new song. It’s on the beginners group syllabus and it’s a lot of fun. A YouTube is available on our website, Week 3 in the beginners course section, for anyone who doesn’t know this great little number by Loudon Wainwright III Dale will also be taking us through Here comes the sun. Thanks to Dave Berry we should have some proper music equipment to play with next week. Full steam ahead. -Dave Martin. G’day fellow players,
It was good to get together and blow off a few cobwebs this week. We were a bit rough and ready at times but it was exciting to be back playing after the long break. This week we’ll have a bit of fun with 3 little birds, the Bob Marley song… a classic reggae number that should lend itself to some of our fancy harmonies and percussion embellishment. I’d like to continue working on playing the Lachlan Tigers at tempo and developing a proper intro for Brown eyed girl. I have big hopes for building the Cup Song into something special and we’ll have a closer look at this deceptively simple little song this week. I really want us to focus on listening to each other a bit better when we are playing. It’s easy to get lost in the zone when you’re loving the song and really rocking it out but… As John Wayne used to say… “a mans got to know his limitations and there’s a fine line between providing leadership during a performance and beating a song to death with brute force.” Actually, I don’t think he ever did say that but… Listen to the drummer, listen to the bass player and take note of the dynamics of the song. Try to convey a bit of light and shade in your singing and playing rather than just hammering away relentlessly. I’m just as guilty as anyone of hitting the overdrive pedal too often… possibly more so… but I reckon we can make a huge amount of improvement in our performance by putting more emphasis on playing together as a group. A champion team will always beat a team of champions etc…etc.. Anyway, we’ve been given a cupboard of our very own where we can store song sheets and our other bits and pieces. I’m going to put a basket of small instruments in there… shakers, whistles, cow bells, kazoos, harmonicas… whatever. If you have anything hanging around at home you don’t use and would like to add please feel free. And finally, Ros and Jonno have 11 students in their beginners class which runs every Tuesday at 12:30pm. They had 6 newbies last year who have all gone on to be serious players in our group so they must be doing something right. G’day fellow players,
Welcome to another year where we do big things with a little instrument. I’ve listed our current playlist below and marked the ones we haven’t tackled yet. These songs and more are all available on this website or by contacting Dave Berry by emailing [email protected] to get access to our dropbox hoard. There’ll still be access to hard copies of songs through the Suppository of all knowledge and a couple of loan folders but we are trying to move away from printing mountains of sheets each and every week. Index. Feb 25 No. *3 little birds* 26 Miles to Catalina A Act naturally. Ain’t misbehaving All I have to do is dream. *All right now* B Bad moon rising. *Ballroom Blitz* Big yellow taxi. Blame it on the boogie. Blame it on the ukelele. Blues riff Boogie woogie bugle boy Brand new key *Brown eyed girl* Bye, bye love. C Can’t help falling in love Chasing cars Cover of the Rolling Stone Count on me Crawdad Hole Crazy little thing called love *Cups-the long way round.* D Da Do Ron Ron *Dance the night* Diamantina Drover Dirty old town Don’t fence me in Don’t think twice it’s alright. Down on the corner. Dream a little dream of me. Dream lover E Eight days a week. End of the line Everyday F Feeling groovy. Five foot two. Folsom Prison Blues Four strong winds G Galway Girl H Happy together. Hard times. Have you ever seen the rain. Hello Mary Lou. Here comes the sun Hey good lookin *Hit the road Jack.* Home among the gumtrees. Hotel California Hot corn cold corn House of the rising sun. I I can see clearly now. I’ll be gone I’ll tell me ma. I’m into something good. Imagine. I’m yours In the summertime. It’s a heartache I want to be happy J Jamaica farewell. Jambalaya* K King of the road. L *Lachlan Tigers* Leaving on a jet plane. Let it be The Letter The lion sleeps tonight. Living la vida loca. Lola. Looking out my back door. M Margaritaville Move it on over. Mr Tambourine man N Not responsible O Oh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz. *Over the rainbow* P Plastic Jesus Proud Mary R Riptide Roll over Beethoven *Roll the old chariot along* Running Bear S San Francisco Bay blues. Saturday night at the movies. Scar Scarborough Fair. Sitting on the dock of the bay. Six Ribbons Sloop John B *Somebody I used to know* Stray cat strut. Summertime Summer wine. Summer of 69. Sway T Take me home country roads. Tennessee Waltz Tenterfield Saddler These boots are made for walking. The Time Warp. Throw your arms around me. U Under the boardwalk. W Wagon wheel. *Werewolves of London* The Wellerman. What a wonderful world. The wild rover Y Yesterday is here You ain’t going nowhere. You’re so vain. |
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