Favorite Ukulele Musician/Performer?

papa posted on Sep 26, 2006 at 07:30PM

Sure Jake gets all the press today (imho deservedly so), but who is your favorite ukulele player?

Mine is Herb Ohta (Ohta-san). Classy, nice all-around guy as well as fantastic uke player. I'll admit I'm biased since I took lessons from the man as a youth. But I'll never forget his arrangement of "Days of Our Lives" (funny, yes, but a great arrangement nevertheless).

Here's a recent article on him from the Honolulu Star Bulletin:
http://starbulletin.com/2006/02/27/feattures/story01.html

Who's your fave?

2 replies

	ukemike said: Big Roy Smeck fan here! Classic uke performer in the vaudeville vein of ukulele performance. posted 3 years ago.

	unclesamo2 said: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole is amazing. Over the Rainbow is so pure and beautiful. He has an amazing voice and his music is so beautiful posted 1 year ago.