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Mark Kailana Nelson : Funtime Uke-a-rama
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All of your favorites from the `Ukulele Happy Hour. It's not Whirled Music, it's a Uke-A-Rama.
Genre: Folk: Skiffle
Release Date: 2009
Funtime Uke-a-rama Record Label: acme arts
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Kenny Hall's Brazilian Tune 4:14 Album Only
Movin' Day 3:10 Album Only
Apache 4:18 Album Only
A-11 3:54 Album Only
Sleepwalk 4:12 Album Only
Kanaka Waiwai 3:33 Album Only
Love Alone 3:41 Album Only
Singing Bamboo 4:34 Album Only
`Ukulele Slack Key No. 1 3:38 Album Only
Two Sleepy People 3:19 Album Only
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Album Notes

"Every great once in a while a musician comes along who can make an instrument speak in tongues." - Deseret News. In demand as a session musician, touring artist and workshop leader, Mark is an outstanding player of the `ukulele and the Hawaiian slack key guitar. His "Learn To Play Fingerstyle Solo's for `Ukulele" (Mel Bay Publications) has introduced thousands to the joys of playing fun, complex music on the instrument.

Mark co-produces the Aloha Music Camp in Hawai`i along with Hawaii's beloved Beamer Family. Aunty Nona gave him the name Kailana, which means "floating gently on the surface of the sea" - not a bad description of the sound of his `ukulele and slack key guitar.

But Mark also has another side. He hosts "The `Ukulele Happy, Hour," a free-form jam session that brings together some of the country's top musicians fool around on the uke. He's been known to strap on a Strat to front such obscure bands as Los Viagras and the Tex Pistols.

Mark has performed just about anywhere – from Barrow to Boston; Sligo to San Diego. He's shared the stage with performers as diverse as Grover Washington, Jr.: Norton Buffalo; Doc Watson, and the Skagway Girls Jr. Varsity basketball team. He once worked as a banjo playing gorilla in Dublin, but that's another story...

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