“(Get Your Kicks) on Route 66” was my choice to lead from the San Jose Ukulele Club list of club favorites and requests. So, I applied it to all my weekend Zoom venues. The arrangement is from Asleep At The Wheel’s cover and also close to the Rolling Stone’s cover. Not the Daily Ukulele Leap Year Edition arrangement, which I think is closer to Troup’s original, as done by Nat King Cole.
South By Acoustic Music Group: I got to go first! The session featured a notable performance of “The Lonely Bull.”
Gilroy Ukulele Jam Zoom: I waited for my turn. Glen Baker delivered an excellent instrumental part on harmonica. There was a fun rounder of Herman’s Hermit’s “I’m Henry The VIII, I Am.” The song reminded me of a 6th-grade debate of who was tops: Herman’s Hermits, Dave Clark 5, or The Beatles. I was in the Hermit’s camp, and I was right. Peter Noone does excellent DJ work on Sirius.
Ukulele Rebellion: One participant did not recognize the Route 66 arrangement. My initial concern was that I had sung it too poorly. It turns out he was only familiar with the arrangement from the Daily Ukulele Leap Year Edition. He proceeded to play and sing that arrangement very well.
San Jose Ukulele Club: Gillian Alteri – “The SJUC started 10 years ago on Aug. 24 in the little hamlet of New Almaden, California. Six people showed up and we have steadily grown in membership to where the average attendance at our meetings is now around 60. We’ve improved a lot since that first meeting, i.e. going digital and arriving at our unique song sheet format are two of the big achievements. Brian (Wolf) has put together a special feature for this zoom meeting of 10 years of bringing fun and friendships through the ukulele that I think you’ll enjoy and find interesting.” The feature was a video collage of past meetings over the decade with “Ku’u Home O Kahalu’u” playing in the background. There was a notable performance of Green Day’s “Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life)” that included fingerpicking. Glen again provided a quality harmonica solo for the Route 66 instrumental.
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