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Ukulele Blues Club meets at the Old Spot Hotel, 955 main North Road Salisbury SA.1pm - 2:30pm EVERY 1st Saturday of the month. If you want to learn to play the blues on ukulele, and are up to CHALLENGE and EXTEND your Skills then this is FOR YOU.

Monday Night 14th session will be INSIDE in the Front Bar of the REZZ under the Chilly Chilly Air-conditioning ...   You may have noticed it is all of a sudden SUMMER.   It will be back on the Deck when the weather returns to slightly less than "Hot As Hell" mode.   Ukulele Lesson and Jam Monday evenings 7pm - 9pm.   Friday Mornings 10:30am -12 noon.   The Rezz Hotel Newton, 20 Hamilton Tce, Newton, South Australia (off Gorge Road)   Everyone welcome and I always bring loaner Ukes so bring a friend.    Cheers CC

Well family, the last day of 2018. Congratulations on all your achievements in 2018!   Take a minute to ponder this, at one point in time... Tommy Emanuel had never played a guitar. Andy Thomas had never flown in space. AC/DC had never written a song or played a gig. Andrew Bogut had never shot a basketball.   BUT... Just like the famous people above, we all started somewhere.   When it comes to learning ukulele, I think all milestones should be celebrated. Otherwise, you forget how far you've come.   As you drive down the road today, don't forget...

Tone Woods: Instruments are not just lumps of wood with strings. Choosing the right wood changes the tone produced dramatically.  Q. What are your thoughts on your favourite wood? I think Cedar is a great top wood, very loud but still plenty of bass tone. And a Cedar Top and Acacia Back and Sides is a winning combo that sells strongly. My favourite personal uke that I use for my teaching and band work is the species koa/acacia.  Previously I was playing an all solid mahogany ukulele.   Acacia and Koa are the same, Koa if grown in Hawaii and Acacia if from...

Welcome aboard to Sponsored Artist Katie Kitchen. Direct from NYC USA to Australia (via Plympton) Katie Kitchen is a Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Radio Personality, Writer, Publisher and Ukulele Player, a real Renaissance woman. And Now Ukulele Trading Co Australia's First Sponsored Artist. Katie K currently uses a Kala Traveller Series and a Kala Padauk Series ukulele.Unlike Phil Spector we would never shout at Katie Kitchen on the phone.  "regardless of what I have done in my life,  from living in other countries to drawing a lot  to having kids to working various interesting  jobs –  when I meet new people...