Guests: Andy Andrews, Gerald Ross

Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown

In the bleak mid-Winter, my co-host Doug Brown and i bring you ukulele joy with returning guests Andy Andrews and Gerald Ross. We get to talk about Burt Bacharach songs, Andy Andrews first Ukulele Festival, the evolving Ukulele Workshop instructor, ukulele amps, Warren Buffett, and much more!

Shoutouts:

Don Thorne: Opening song is "Gilligan's Island" and "Hidden"

Dennis Hicks: Good job on wanting to practice and play Doug's song!

Andy Andrews:

* UkeFestWest Performers 2004 Lyle Ritz Bill Tapia Ian Whitcomb Jim Belloff Joel Eckhaus John King James Hill Tom Harker Ralph Shaw Dan Scanlan Manitoba Hal Janet Klein Bryan Tolentino Dan Sawyer Fred Fallin Del Rey Chris Kamaka Byron Yasui and 22 others: http://ukefestwest.com/

* Warren Buffett and Jon Bon Bovi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCm5-2UN2Ms

* Warren Buffett and ukulele: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/30/warren-buffett-coke-ukulele_n_7181918.html

* Playing ukulele might make you more successful: https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/21/4-reasons-why-playing-the-ukulele-like-warren-buffett-could-make-you-more-successful.html

* Uke U-7: https://www.facebook.com/events/681243092019014/

* Darth Vader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader

Gerald Ross:

* website: https://geraldross.com/

* Uke U-7: http://ukeu.info/

* Tunes in the Dune: https://tunesinthedunes.com/

Doug Brown:

* website: http://den-uke.com/

Links:

* Burt Bacharach “Mexican Divorce”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3brQuutKk

* Burt Bacharach “My Little Red Book”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1AYxsKOlT4

* Burt Bacharach & Dionne Warwick “I Say A Little Prayer For You”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75lAZuzOEwk

* Steely Dan “Haitian Divorce”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWYchJI0Cv8

* Henriksen The Bud Amp: https://henriksenamplifiers.com/

* Henriksen The Bud Amp for sale on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Henriksen-The-Bud/dp/B01GU4RV56/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519591063&sr=8-1&keywords=henriksen+amp

* Carrying case for The Bud Amp: https://www.amazon.com/Henriksen-JazzAmp-312-Gig-Bag/dp/B01GU7NVSO/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1519591089&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=henriksen+amp+carry+case

* Tangelo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangelo

* Apple Bananas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8YsfVZxavk

* Definition of a Kumu Hula: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumu_Hula

* Making Kalua Pig: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalua

* George Kahumoku workshop: http://kahumoku.com/2014/04/30/mahalo-dennis-kamakahi/

* GNUF: http://northernuke.com/

* Ukulele Festival of Scotland: https://ukulelefestivalofscotland.co.uk/

* Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer: https://weirdestbandintheworld.com/2013/02/21/weird-bands-of-the-week-professor-elemental-vs-mr-b-the-gentleman-rhymer/

* Dammit It Feels Good To Be A Chap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xj02gt-5Ug

* Reno Ukulele Festival: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-reno-ukulele-festival-tickets-38057690577

* Types of Bananas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banana_cultivars

* Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association: http://www.hsga.org/

* Bob Dylan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan

* Las Cruces Ukulele Festival: https://lascrucesukefest.com/