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Here are some comments, audio, and two 'You Tube' links...
Your Abbey Road performance at Artichoke was fabulous! Fabulous! I look forward to the Brook Abbey Road CD!
F.Y. Portland, OR
I could almost see George Harrison standing behind you in Jedi robes, nodding his head in approval. Many many thanks and kudos.
R.L. Eugene, OR
I was teary-eyed after your recital of Abbey Road yesterday at the PUA meeting...your voice was strong and the structure of the songs came through loud
and clear. Conceptually, I enjoyed how you took the entire lush farewell Beatles album and reduced it to 4 small strings and a voice.
J.T. Portland, OR
One of my favorite albums of all time, and you did an awesome one-man cover of it. Unbelievable!
F. S. Berkeley, CA
Wow is the word! Just fantastic!! I like the way Brook used the ukulele as a drum.
J.P. Location ?
He just played Abbey Road...the entire album...at UCSC last night and tore the place down. Everyone at the club was blown away by his show.
R.T. Santa Cruz, CA
Carry That Weight
The End
This one is from Mike DaSilva's place in Berkeley.
(you tube)
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She's So Heavy
this is from the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz
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She could steal but she could not rob...
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I never really appreciated this song until I learned to play it.
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marmalukeys
THE SWINGIN' MARMALUKEYS! (Mar . Muh . Loo . Keez). Swingin' Marmalukeys are an eclectic string band who play cowboy gypsy party music. Cowboy; like Bob Wills, Gypsy; like Django Reinhardt, and Party; like Dr. John. The basic trio is Brook Adams on Guitar and Ukulele, Tim Miller on Bass and Ukulele, and Jon Neher on Dobro, Soprano Sax and Mandolin. We have an occasional fourth Marmalukey, Sylvain DuPlant who plays Guitar, Bass and Accordion. Tight swingin' rhythm from Tim and Brook and red hot solos from Jon are complimented by strong vocal harmonies to make a swing dancers delight.
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The pioneer cemetery behind University of Oregon, just blocks away from the annual Halloween Frat Party Riots, is a place where people ...party!
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Jon Neher wrote this one about the greatest American city.
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Tim on lead vocals here. I never get tired of this tune... and thats why youre hearing it now.
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Herb Remington was one of the later steel players for Bob Wills and he wrote this swell tune with Hank Penny.
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The Hugh Masakela song. I remember the vocal version by the group called the Friends of Distinction.
That's me on the Ashbory bass too.
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Jean Sablon used to do this one with Django Reinhardt.
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That means Dark Eyes... I been workin on my Django. I put the changes in a looper than I make an intro and hit the pedal and go for it. This one turned out ok but Im still workin on it.
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The theme music for Monty Python's Flying Circus is in fact a march by John Phillips Souza and here it is.
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An old Jimmy Rogers song. I copped it from Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.
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I stole the intro from the master, Django Reinhardt and threw in a little bit of Edgar Winter.
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The upcoming Swingin' Marmalukeys CD will have a version of this song with a cretinous vocal and worse things...
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I recently discovered Marissa Monte who I think is like a new Jobim...
And she plays ukulele
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Here are some samples from the first CD.
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A message of optimism and encouragement. Kind of a funky pollyanna.
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This isnt actually Love Death and Agriculture but back in Arizona I had this informal group we called the Bob Miller Band. Bob Miller didn't actually play in the band but we liked his name. This was recorded in the Orme School music classroom with a dynamic mic to pick the kick drum and the bass and two shotgun mikes pointed out into the room.
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When I returned to Oregon I briefly revived my old band Love Death & Agriculture. Here is a version recorded in a real studio.
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Here is my philosophical world view in a nutshell.
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Some guys just gotta hit on every woman they see. Here is a song about it from the masher's point of view.
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I wrote this song about a real person I used to know. Damn!
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