George's Ukelele

[Hari's Chick]

I have found so many great stories which revolve around George and his Ukes~ this is an awesome link. There is a great story about him in a music store in Maui, and also a link to a Tom Petty tribute from Rolling Stone with more ukelele bits. The tribute is so beautiful... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cry2.gif http://www.smokebox.net/archives/rootcellar/rootukes.html

more about Tom & George & the song "Christmas All Over Again" here~ http://tompetty.mca.com/cd3.html

and another uke story http://www.kokomomusic.com/fartist/fartist.html



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"Still Krishna after all these years" ~ George

[bearkat77]

Thanks for the links, Hari's Chick.

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http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cat.gif
Bearkat77's Beatlemaniac Page (http://bearkat77.www9.50megs.com)
Bearkat77's Tribute to John Lennon (http://bearkatjl.50megs.com)
Bearkat77's Tribute to Ringo Starr (http://bearkatrs.50megs.com)

[Magill]

Thanks HC. I really enjoyed Tom's memoirs of George. Very special. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cry1.gif

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"So, it was you buzzin'..you NAUGHTY BOY!"

[Danoota64]

Yes, VERY special. That was very interesting from Tom Petty. Wow. Thank you for sharing. I don't own a Tom Petty record or read Stolling Rone, so i would never have seen this otherwise. It's a keeper!


http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/peace.gif

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"Although I laugh and I act like a clown/Beneath this mask I am wearing a frown." - I'M A LOSER (64)

You dont own any of Tom's records?? You need to change that soon!!! LOL! anyway, this reminded me of Jeff Lynne, who went to see George, well the day before..his girlfriend Rosie Vela, snuck in a ukelele without Jeff knowing, and he played George some of his favourite tunes on it..this is perhaps the most moving George tribute, ive heard of...George was sleeping at the time, but im sure he heard Jeff's (sometimes off key..) renditions of these songs..

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"hope to get out of this place, by the lord SRI KRISHNA'S GRACE"

oh, the Uke Paul used for "Something" on his current Driving Rain tour, was also a present from you know who..

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"hope to get out of this place, by the lord SRI KRISHNA'S GRACE"

[Hari's Chick]

Maharishi~ Thanks for that story about Jeff...what a special friendship...

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"George was the kind of guy who wasn't going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you." ~ Tom Petty

[SoftTouch]

Nice - thanks Hari's Chick!

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May God bless you all.
Don't forget to say all your prayers tonight.
Be good little souls.
Lots of Love!
George
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[FPSHOT]

I thought for a while the Xmas song was a Wilbury recording, also because of George's spoken intro.

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"Times I find it hard to say
With useless words getting in my way
Silence often says much more
Than trying to say what's been said before."
George, 1973

[Hari's Chick]

Who has a ukelele??? Here's your chance to strum along with the fabs!!
http://4rmj.com/rick/beatlesite/index.html



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"I'd gladly kiss it all goodbye, stay ever in your company...."

[PinballWizard2001]

Thanks for the link, Hari's Chick.

I dusted off my old ukelele recently after learning of George's fascination with them. It's a very fun little instrument.

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[FiendishThingie]

I have one, but it's back in California. I've been trying to find it when I go home to visit family, but it's hard to find things in my mother's house! LOL!

Think I'll just go back to Hawaii & pick up a new one! I like the sound of that better. Anybody wanna go with me? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh5.gif

FT http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink3.gif

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"Music always had a transcendental quality inasmuch as it reaches parts of you that you don't expect it to reach. And it can touch you in a way that you can't express. You can think that it hasn't reached you and years later you'll find it coming out." George Harrison

[FPSHOT]

It may be nice to have a look at these Ukelele links (again).

It has some very cool links like the one to the Tom Petty interview.