folk music, twenties jazz, community radio, ukulele, melodica, stock market, Franklyn MacCormack, Neutrowound, steel guitar, Hawaiian music, parenting, writing, Issaquah, KBCS, Seattle, SUPA uke song circle, software development, amateur radio KI7KJ
Music
Chris Smither, Loretta Lynn, Tom Russell, Nickel Creek, Dar Williams, Finest Kind, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Del Rey, Jim Page, James Keelaghan, Heidi Muller, David Mallett, Laura Love
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, James Hill, Jake Shimabukuro, the Quebe Sisters, Carolina Chocolate Drops, musette
Movies
Casablanca, Some Like It Hot, Dr. Strangelove, Bonnie and Clyde, Melvin and Howard, Pulp Fiction, Office Space, Unforgiven, Grand Illusion, Tillie's Punctured Romance, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Charles Bukowski, William Gaddis, Hegel, John Barth, James Joyce, William Goldman. Ok, maybe not Hegel.
Heroes
John Lennon, Augustus Pablo, Einstein, Feynman, Bob Dylan, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, General Grant, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Ettinger, Neil Young, Madame Blavatsky, Gilligan, Bill Tapia, Joni Mitchell, Jamie Moyer, Hoyt Wilhelm, Loretta Lynn, Claude Shannon, Roy Smeck
I live in Issaquah, Washington with my wife Shelly and our children Bobby and Stacia. I'm a folk DJ on KBCS radio, serving Bellevue and Seattle at 91.3FM. My show is the Tuesday edition of Lunch with Folks, noon to 3pm. You can listen online.
I play music, keyboards and guitar, but lately the ukulele and melodica. I'm a member of the Happy Campers. My homepage is nwfolk.com.
Also check out folkradio.org, the FOLKDJ website.
Who I'd like to meet: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bill Clinton, Paul McCartney, Michael Brown, Warren Buffett, Penny Marshall, Ellen DeGeneris, Malcolm Gladwell, Jesse Jackson, Rachel Ray, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
If You Want To Be A Part Of A 4 Day WORLD Music Art Fair Let Me Know Go To My Page And Read It! I Don't Care Were You Are In This World If We Want You We Will Find A Way To Get You Their. So Please Every One Take A Look At This Video
Dear Friend I haven't heard from you in a while. I invite you to stop by the site and take a look around. I've added pictures of our Grand Canyon Shows.Drop by and leave a comment! Jeff
"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
Welcome to Camelot Records nice to have you as a friend.
Jan Kurtis
Seattle's fabled Camelot Records makes its glorious return with this "best of" CD -- a disc that showcases some of the finest vintage 1960s R&B, Soul, and Rock 'n' Roll music ever produced in the Pacific Northwest. Included here are "long lost" gems of the widely esteemed Northwest Sound, nearly forgotten R&B rarities, previously unreleased sounds, and a number of tunes that (in their original 45rpm disc form) currently command mind-boggling values on the global collectors market. Like wresting an enchanted sword from a solid stone, Camelot has pulled off a grand feat that will thrill all fellow Knights of the Turntables. -Peter Blecha, Northwest Music Archives, 2009
Please check out our new "vampire bankers" comic music video. The guy who directed this also directed Madonna's first music vid. We think it's funny. Hope you do, too. There's also a free mp3 download on http://www.ukejackson.com
Thanks for being our friend! Uke Jackson and the NY Ukulele Ensemble
In early October I wrote one of my latest songs called, “Wall Street Bail Out Blues.” Within four days of writing it, a video crew captured me playing it on the street at Seattle’s Pike Place Market and posted their video on YouTube. That video has now reached the attention of a writer for The Wall Street Journal who is writing an article about those who have written songs about our tough economic times. His article will be published this week and I’m excited to read it.
Who knows where this might lead? Call me an optimist but I have a feeling that this could mean that a few more seconds of that elusive fifteen minutes of fame might be coming my way.
It ain’t the cover of the Rolling Stone but it’s not every day that a writer from a major worldwide news outlet seeks me out to talk to me about my songwriting. That’s a huge validation of my efforts at staying true to my vision. I must be doing something right.
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, James Hill, Jake Shimabukuro, the Quebe Sisters, Carolina Chocolate Drops, musette
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