Lucky Wilbury, Woody Guthrie, Spike Wilbury, Folk Uke, Charlie T. Wilbury Jr., Johnny Cash, Pete Townshend and The Who, Nelson Wilbury, Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo`ole, Jake Shimabukuro, Ray High, Lefty Wilbury, Arlo Guthrie, Groucho Marx, Folk Uke, Jimmy Buffett, The UkeLeiMes, Hank William, Tony III, Stig O'Hara, The Traveling Wilburys, The Glass Household, The Ray, Hank Williams, Jr., Craig Roberson, Blind Willie McTell, Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Grunt, Lord Byron, Janis Joplin, Sweet Sourbrette, et al.
Sounds Like
I've been told I sound like Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed and Bob Dylan (though not always at the same time).
One of the latest scions of the legendary Wilbury musical dynasty, Elijah Wilbury is the grand-nephew of patriarch Charles Trescott Wilbury, Sr and cousin to many of the more famous members of the Wilbury clan, including his musical mentors Lucky Wilbury and Spike Wilbury, who first gained international noteriaty when he joined one of the more recent incarnations of Sgt Sir James Winston Pepper's much loved Lonley Hearts Club Band in the early 1960s.
Elijah Keoni Wilbury was born on 21 May 1973 in East Rockaway, Long Island, New York to Dorsey Conway Wilbury and Gayle Susanna Koa. Elijah began traveling early in life when his parents decided to leave thier home in Oceanside and move to the west coast wilderness of Oregon. After a couple minor moves AC Wilbury and family settled in to a relatively sedentary life (for a Wilbury anyway). But Elijah felt the WIlbury wanderlust in his bones. After graduating high school he set his shoes down and did some hard traveling, just like his great-uncle Woodrow Wilbury. Since then Elijah has resided in such varied places as Missouri, Indianapolis, Geissen-German, San Antonio-Texas, Tampa-Florida, and several locations in and around Pennsylvania. Elijah resided for many years on the upper west side of Gotham City, New York, where, in between uke-ing it up, he earned a graduate degree in Underwater Basket Weaving at the Abraham Erkstein Memorial Institute of Applied Irrelevancy and Discount Car Park. Currently he again has no fixed abode.
Elijah's first musical instrument was a harmonica that was given to him as a bar-mitzvah gift by his "Uncle" Lucky. Elijah's first serious foray into music was as an alto saxophonists in his Junior High School marching band. And while he still plays sax on occasion, he is more often seen with a soprano recorder as it is much more portable (traveling being the second thing the Wilburys are known for!) Portability is also one of the advantages of Elijah's current instrument of choice: the 'ukulele. Elijah was introduced to this wonderful little Hawaiian instrument by his British 'ukulele enthusiast cousins Spike and Nelson Wilbury, fell in love and has never looked back.
Elijah's growing ukulele collection includes an Oscar Schmidt OU-2E Concert Ukulele (with a DanElectro Honey-Tone mini-amp) and a vintage BH&S Melody Uke banjulele.
He records using the Wilbury Mobile Studio, though he has been known to put in session time at Gimme Yo Cash Studio in Queens, NY.
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
Please check out our new comedic “vampire bankers” music video. The guy who directed this also directed Madonna’s first music vid. We think it’s pretty funny. It’s available as a free mp3 download on http://www.ukejackson.com
Thanks for being our friend! Uke Jackson and the NY Ukulele Ensemble
Hey there! I'd like to invite anyone to listen to 4 tracks from the new BB&TD album on my profile.
If you really like what you hear, I'd like to make you a special offer for pre-order. Please contact me for more information. Thanks for looking into my music!
Famed American pop-artist, musician and singer/songwriter, Ukulele Ray, performs his original theme song, "Anybody Seen Ukulele Ray?" with the Tempe Tramps to a slideshow of his many exploits and adventures.
