Ukulele Bluesman by Manitoba Hal
This CD is a compilation of different recording projects spanning 7 years of recording.
The first project is from the band KING UKULELE that released a CD called Yaaka Hula Dickey Dula in early 2000. The CD featured a 12 piece ensemble doing the novelty jazz and tin pan alley tunes.
In 2003 Hal fronted the uke ensemble THE INCOMBUSTIBLE MEN and they released the popular LOU OW! and played a number of Canadian festivals.
Finally, in 2005, Manitoba Hal released the CD Ukulele Bluesman, a CD featuring several blues tracks recorded over a four hour session during the Winter solstice.
This collection compares the sounds of tin pan alley and the blues with the Hapa Hoale music of the same era. This collection includes two previously unreleased recordings.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Ukulele Song | 1:34 |
| 2. | This Condition | 2:30 |
| 3. | Line & Pole | 3:06 |
| 4. | Honolulu Hula Girl | 5:06 |
| 5. | Atlanta Moan | 3:32 |
| 6. | Somebody On Your Bond | 5:45 |
| 7. | My Pencil Won't Write No More | 2:17 |
| 8. | Fixin' To Die | 2:45 |
| 9. | Stranger Blues | 2:33 |
| 10. | Paradise | 2:38 |
| 11. | Love Carries On | 3:15 |
| 12. | Turn Out The Lights | 3:14 |
| 13. | Waikiki Ukulele Girl | 3:00 |
| 14. | Everybody Does it in Hawaii | 2:19 |
| 15. | Wake Up Jake | 2:35 |
| 16. | St James Infirmary | 4:05 |
| 17. | South of the Border | 3:13 |
| 18. | King Of The World | 4:10 |
| 19. | Voodoo Thing | 2:30 |
| 20. | By The Light of the Silvery Moon | 2:48 |
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Canadian blues artist Manitoba Hal is a ukulele master and singer-songwriter. He is known for his expressive voice and mastery of his instrument; his trusty baritone ukulele; His original songs have become modern classics and his take on standards and popular blues songs of the past have brought him to festival stages worldwide.