Join Fender® Uke Artist Ukulele Ray, and his band, The KoKoNutz for a special Fender® Ukulele Showcase & Workshops at Milano Music in Mesa, Saturday, April 25 @ 1pm.
The showcase will feature a ukulele concert, demonstrating the versatility and sound of Fender® Ukes. The workshops include a beginners class; a class for guitar players; and songwriting with a uke.
Promoting the release of their NEW album, "Makin' Love Ukulele Style," Ukulele Ray and The KoKoNutz have released these fun music videos.
Join Ukulele Ray, as he hosts a "Pre-Game TailGator Party" every Saturday from 3:30-7:30pm (prior to the ASU games) with great music and comedy at "Barney's Boathouse" in Tempe!
A cast of thousands, including, and not limited to: Cheech & Chong, Bill Clinton, Joan Rivers, George Bush, Robin Williams, Groucho Marx, George Burns, Kermit The Frog, Elmer Fudd, Marvyn the Martian, Bette Davis, Neil Diamond, Ronald Reagan, Humphrey Bogart, Rod Stewart, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Carter, Cary Grant, Jack Benny, Bert & Ernie, James Cagney, Bugs Bunny, Richard Nixon, Jack Nicholson, Willie Nelson, Tom Jones, Edward G. Robinson, Carol Channing, Paul Anka, Johnny Mathis, Barney Fife, Woody Allen, Mae West, W.C. Fields, Laurel & Hardy, Bela Lugosi, Peter Falk, Ren & Stimpy, SpongeBob... and many, many more!
Influences
My Mom and Grandfathers; George Harrison; Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards); Neil Diamond; George Formby; Bob Dylan; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Weird Al; Eric Clapton; Bob Marley; Jimmy Buffet; Groucho Marx; and Tiny Tim (God Bless us, everyone!).
Sounds Like
Known for his many talents as an entertainer and singer/songwriter, Ukulele Ray displays his versatility of comedy acting and voice characterizations and impressions as he does six hilariously funny personalities in his upcoming children's TV show, "Kids 'R Cookin'.
For more information on "Kids 'R Cookin'... check out their MySpace Page and Website!
Madcap and wild, "The Captain Morgan Show" features famed American comedian and singer/songwriter, Ukulele Ray, in a musical/comedy revue. Watch for "The Captain Morgan Show" coming to a nightclub or showroom near you!
For booking and information, contact Ukulele Ray on this site or UkuleleRay@aol.com
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.
Famed pop-artist, musician and singer/songwriter, Ukulele Ray, hosted CMM Magazine's Reader Appreciation Party at The Big Fish Pub 'N Grub in Tempe, and rocked the house with his original songs and classic rock covers.
Pictures say a thousand words... and with the song, it says it all about "My Mom!"
It's great music and art at Mesa, Arizona's 2nd Friday "Music On Main" Arts Festival featuring local artists, musicians, food and more.
This clip was produced by the East Valley Tribune, featuring music by Ukulele Ray & The KoKoNutz at Queen's Pizzeria & Café doing the classic rock hit, "Dancing In The Streets."
Celebrated Fender® Uke Artist, entertainer, comedian and singer/songwriter, Ukulele Ray, is a San Francisco-born native, and has been hailed as an Andy Warhol, Tiny Tim and P.T. Barnum all rolled into one.
Creating a ukulele out of a Campbell's Soup can (The Warhol Soup-A-Lele) and inventing the "Lunchbox-A-Lele," (a ukulele/lunchbox... suitable for playing and carrying your sandwich and music book), brought Ray to worldwide prominence, with appearances on numerous International, national and local TV, radio, Internet news programs and talkshows, playing his musical Lunchbox-wonders.
A seasoned stage entertainer, after almost 20 years in Las Vegas opening for major headliners, Ukulele Ray is a professional singer, comedian and musician, and does everything from live concerts to fairs and festivals, as well as personal appearances with his band, The KoKoNutz, and his Traveling Wilburys tribute group, "The Traveling Wildberrys."
Ukulele Ray also totes a repertoire of over 1,000 celebrity voice impersonations, adding his voice-over talents to a variety of award-winning radio advertising campaigns and animated shorts, features and documentaries.
As a singer/songwriter, Ukulele Ray has written and recorded hundreds of songs, including his own Mr. Bojangles-style theme song, "Anybody Seen Ukulele Ray;" his tribute song, "My Mom - A Hero Always Be;" and his life-lesson song, "Take It Slow."
Ray's versions of "Over The Rainbow" and "Tiny Bubbles" are top Amazon & iTunes sellers, along with his albums, "My Heart Belongs To Uke," "Makin' Love Ukulele Style," and "Ukulele Ray's Punny Farty Thongs" (his album of comedy song parodies, featuring Arnold's Island, Big 'Ole SUV, Oh, SUZY Pew and Cock-Eyed Girl).
As a commercial songwriter and producer, Ray has written extended jingles for several national and local companies/organizations, including: FreeLife™ International (Livin' The FreeLife™); Saddle Ranch Chop House (Saddle Ranch Cowboy); theme song for the City of Tempe (Tempe Towne); Fort McDowell Adventures (Time Is On Your Side with Jesse Stokes); and "On A Fender® Bender" for Fender® Musical Instruments ukulele division.
Ray produces music through his own label, UKE Got It Records and is a proud member of NAMM, ASCAP and the Tempe Chamber of Commerce. Ray is very involved in the local Phoenix area music scene and frequently lends his talents to numerous community organizations and fundraising events.
Have a "KOKONUTZ KRISTMAS" with Ukulele Ray & The KoKoNutz featuring a variety of classic rock, holiday favorites and old standards for your holiday party or event.
Ukulele Ray emcees the 100th Birthday Celebration of Tempe High School:
Ukulele Ray Emcees and Performs at SF Ukulele Festival
Ukulele Ray is featured in the current segment of Nissan's "Bay Area Backroads" at a meeting of the Santa Cruz Ukulele Club. "Bay Area Backroads" airs on several PBS stations throughout the area, but you can click on this link to see it online. NISSAN'S BAY AREA BACKROADS UKULELE SEGMENT
Ukulele Ray and his Lunchbox-A-Leles are featured in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle's Style section.
Ukulele Ray Donates Ukuleles to Ukes For Troops at NAMM Show '07
Ukulele Ray On Stage With The Venturettes at NAMM Show '07
Ukulele Ray at "Island Bazaar" in Huntington Beach During NAMM
Ukulele Ray at San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair
Ukulele Ray & Lunchbox-A-Leles on KCRA 3 News at Noon with Walt Gray
Ukulele Ray & Lunchbox-A-Leles on HGTV's "I Want That!"
Ukulele Ray on KRON TV4 News in San Francisco Ukulele Ray: Day 1 at the San Francisco Gift Show Ukulele Ray: Day 2 at the San Francisco Gift Show Ukulele Ray: Day 3 at the San Francisco Gift Show Ukulele Ray Does Austin Powers on a Lunchbox
Ukulele Ray Plays a Beatles' Yellow Sub Lunchbox
Ukulele Ray Demonstrates the Daisy Duke Uke w/Red Neck
Hey Ray, I had to stop back in and say the Nothing traveling Wildberry's CD totally kicks ass. I'm going to download it into our music system so that all the happy diner's here will hear it, and be even happier!!!!
Hey Ray, I had a great time last night doing everything in nothing, for nothing. I also enjoyed listening and jamming with you guys. keep after it and get to the top of ukuleleville!
What's up!? Just wanted to let you know what was going on with P6! Our 9th anniversary show is this Halloween! We will be playing with Bulletboys (Smooth Up in Ya back from the 80's!), Bionic Jive (AZ's resident old-school rap/rock soldiers!) and more at The Platinum Club inside Skye.
Also we're finally recording new tracks! Keep an eye out in November for our 2 track EP featuring songs off our upcoming new album "The New Amerikan Idols." Thanks for being our friend and don't be afraid to leave some love for us...Ladiebug and the rest of the band always like to make a personal response ;-) OneLove Sixers!!!
Thanks for sending us your comment which was approved and can now be seen on our page. Thanks too for placing us on your top friends list and for being one of the 3300+ members of Musicians and Artists for World Peace.
We now have members in 58 countries, including Donovan, Melanie, Patti LaBelle, Pete Seeger, Melba Moore, the New Rascals, Willie Nelson's Peace Research Institute, the Dalai Lama, Holly Near, Country Joe, Wayne Dyer, Patch Adams, Jean Houston, Dennis Kucinich & Deepak Chopra's Alliance for a New Humanity to mention just a few.
Perhaps some of your friends will visit our site, listen to our music and decide to join us too.
BTW, we have joined with people from all over the world to help make the 40th anniversary of Woodstock a true celebration of peace and love through music and collaboration. Please check out our page at http://passion.edu/elearn/mod/resource/view.php?id=1712
For the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, we will be doing a butterfly release at West Fest in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Sunday, October 25, 2009. Please see www.2b1records.com/woodstock40sf
We have also been invited to join the planning committee for a 3-day concert called "IMAGINE," in some respects similar to Woodstock '69. Imagine will take place in 2010 at the same time as the G8 world leaders meeting in Montreal, Canada. www.imagineconcert.com
Mean Ray Ray!"You really sent me nothing"! "Nothing for Nothing!
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Keep on rocking! Hugs and kisses!