The Beatles and the Ukulele | Fab forum

I know there are a few other uke players on the board, including Joe, so I was just trying to think of any connections the Beatles had to the uke.

First, there was Julia, who Paul McCartney described as a ukulele player in the Anthology series. She's always been said to have played the banjo by most sources, but I find it kind of funny that Paul remembered her as a uke player because that's not a detail that he would forget.

Second, there are pictures of John with a uke that are around and he plays a little bit in All Together Now.

Obviously George played the uke, as seen on Anthology, and on many of his solo recording including my favorite song ever.

And we've seen Sir Paul play a uke in his concerts, most notably his tribute to George with Something. 

Anyone else know of any?

Paulrus said:

I love that song. Also, George played the bit at the end of Free as a Bird

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Oh yeah, I wish they would have featured it more on the song.

I wonder when he started playing.

Paulrus said:

I'm not sure, actually. Paul said during the Good Evening New York City concert that he went over to George's house with a ukelele and played Something on it for him, because George was a big fan of it, but he didn't think George was very impressed. He didn't say when it was though. Probably during the 60's or 70's

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That's a cool bit of information. I'm going to see his show in Pittsburgh in a few weeks and I can't wait to hear him play it.

MrBig said:

GniknuS said:

Joe said:

Nice, they're supposed to be very good. What size?

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Concert. I like it a lot, it sounds terrific, but I still think I prefer my old Mahalo soprano, which was much cheaper, but I guess I'm just more used to it.

 

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How much was it? (american currency?)
 

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I bought the Mahalo for $40 and the Oscar Schmidt for $100 but it was originally priced at $150. That's why I like uke's, they are relatively inexpensive, easy to learn and fun to play.