These guys are Excellent People and shameless purveyors of ukulele. They do workshops and classes and they also sell my snazzy t-shirts.

Al lives right here in Eugene and he makes an excellent uke. They're not too spendy either.

Woo Hoo! These are some tasty ukuleles here. To play one is to want one.

Marianne Brogan is one of my favorite people in the world. Her ukulele club is a real class act. They put on the First Annual Portland Ukulele Festival in 2004 and they are doing it again in June of 2006. Nice people, lotsa ukes, good vibes all around. PUA means 'flower' in Hawaiian

I run into these guy every so often and I always forget to add a link so Mea Culpa guys. This is THE Salem Uke connection

The guy with the tongue on the home page is reason enough to visit this site, but there's more...

I don't remember how I met Jerry but I'm glad I did. He is talented, fearless on stage and the nicest dude you'll ever meet.

Now here's some tasty stuff! My favorites are Bohemian Rhapsody and Flight of the Bumbleuke.

This site is just PACKED FULL of excellent music and very clear, readable charts. Go There!

I have a Fluke and a Flea. These are good-sounding, well-made instruments.

My friend in Colorado, Mike Rosso. A good photographer, DJ and mandolin player. This is his site.

Hayden's Ferry Records in Tempe Arizona. They do Americana and roots rock kinda stuff. TONS of samples to listen to. The main man there is Stu D. Baker. I know his real name but I ain't tellin'.

Political cartoons in Flash animation format. Political conservatives don't like him, but that's their problem.

I stumbled over this website the other day and it is a hoot.
I enjoy the ones from Lane County 'cause that's where I live and I've been to some of these spots.
I was so inspired, I adapted a real story into one about 'bigfoot'.

Sylvain is my friend and bass player. He has been writing prolifically and together we hope to conquer the world!
(or at least have some laughs and make a buck or two)

One of Eugene's coolest bands. They are living proof that hard work and perseverance are the keys to success.

Palmer has one of the most comprhensive ideas I ever heard. Write songs, make a songbook, make a CD of the songbook and put up a site to go with it. He really thought it all out.

It's old and beat-up. There's no label inside. It's too delicate for live shows. For that I use one of those plastic ones that Jim Beloff makes.

Baris are tuned like a guitar D G B E. Kinda too big for playing in the car but they sound nice with a regular uke. I used it a lot on the Evil Ukulele CD.

My dad found this drill at a bargain store. It is variable speed reversible with a torque adjustment. It matches the color of my plastic ukulele.

There are two different kinds of Requinto, This one is like a real small classical guitar. The tuning is (low to high) A D G C E A. You may notice that the four highest strings are the same notes as a soprano ukulele. Cool eh?

The other kind of Requinto has FIVE strings. I don't know how they are tuned, but in place of frets they have nylon strings tied all the way around the neck. I have seen mariachi dudes in Mexico adjusting the intonation of these 'moveable frets' and then tightening them by burning with a cigarette lighter so they shrink.

My requinto is a Tres Pinos brand. I bought it at a music store on the Plaza de Mariachis in Guadalajara. It's small enough to fit in the overheads on a plane. It sounds a lot better than those crappy 'travel guitar' things.

I had a green weed-eater but my friends Sylvain and Eric lost it or something and they replaced it with this. It's electric. It works fine but it won't cut thru the big blackberry stalks the way a machete will.

A generic cheepo made-in-Indonesia kid's electric guitar. It won't stay in tune very well in standard tuning so sometimes I tune it like a requinto. You can hear it in standard tuning on the song 'Mukilteo Moon' on the Evil Ukulele CD.

I hate dreadnaughts! They are big, ugly and boxy and real uncomfortable to play. I guess they're ok for rhythm but for single note stuff? Forget it! A dreadnaught is a Tyrannosaurus with a big body and little teeny hands. Yeah, yeah, so Doc Watson and Tony Rice use Dreadnaughts... So what? They probably have a three thousand dollar mic on that dinosaur. Did I mention that I hate dreadnaughts?

This is a Canadian guitar with a solid cedar top and 3-ply cherry back and sides. It is strung with .012 to .054 bronze strings. It has a pickup inside. It is LOUD. It is CRISP. And it can beat up your dreadnaught. Pretty macho huh?

A simple device for developing humility.