Seasons of the Ukulele

A weekly song challenge for ukulele players - all welcome. Find out more here

SOTU 708 Antediluvian to Zero

johnpoole

A wonderful selection so far. Sorry if I’m not being a super involved host but it has been a bit of an extra busy week. But playlist should be up to date.

AlanDP

I don't know for sure how old this song is; possibly more than 200 years but definitely less than 300. The first 2 minutes is the song, the last minute is a short instrumental piece, and the 2 minutes in between is me trying to explain the relation between them as quickly as I can.

redpaul1

Once I saw this week's theme, there was only one song I was going to go for - Lost in the Flood! Thanks for giving me the opportunity/incentive to research/perform it. Hope you enjoy.

Threebird

Thanks for hosting this week, and for expanding my vocabulary by one word! I am going with the hindsight is 2020 option (Zero). 'Cold Wind' is a song by Calgary county music artist Carter Felker.

I heard it on the radio during a roadtrip this summer, and it stuck with me enough to remember to look it up when I got home. It is from an album he released earlier this year (wait, what! How does it qualify for 0?) - but…the first video I watched of the song is a live acoustic performance that was released on YT on Feb 06, 2020. Hopefully that makes the song eligible for this season.

The lyrics and a link to Mr. Felker's BandCamp page are in the YT description. Being a country song, I've "untwangled" it a bit, but please check out the original if you can as well as some of his other material.

DelGriff

Hi John - and thanks for hosting! Keeping everything crossed for a full recovery for you, matey - I hope you know you’re a hugely popular and respected and valued member of this community! 🙂

Now I’m sure just about everybody here must know that my favourite musical decade is the 1980s - I bang on about it at every possible opportunity! So the year I’ve chosen for my song entry this week was a no-brainer - 1970! 🤔😆

It’s a song I can’t believe I haven’t already attempted, but it was a joy to have the opportunity to play it now. Baritone uke, synth bass, cello and piano, and some vocal harmonies that took a lot of time and effort to work out, and even longer to perform to an acceptable level. I just hope they’re okay!

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel cover (SOTU 708)

CanadaJim

My first submission is from Option 1, a song from the year that ends in a zero.
This was the first song I ever recorded for the Seasons Of The Ukulele.
**AVALON - *Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, and Vincent Rose 1920

CanadaJim

Another song from Option ! - Zero
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET - Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields 1930

CanadaJim

PINEY BROWN BLUES - Joe Turner & His Fly Cats - 1940
Option 1 - Songs from a year that ends in a zero.
Lots of choices here John. Thanks for stepping in to host this Season.
Three one take wonders this afternoon. Maggie has a couple of chores for me, but I'll try for 1950, 1960 and 1970 soon.

CanadaJim

Option #1 again. The Weavers had a hit in 1950 with their version of Lead Belly's Irene GoodNight.

CanadaJim

Again Option #1 - Joan Baez recorded this song for her 1960 debute LP.
**Little Moses - The Carter Family

joo

Thanks for hosting, John!

Here is one by George W. Johnson from 1894.

There are 4 verses but i only sang one. I was too busily laughing. Bloopers included.

Also, i changed "darky" to "laddie" in the lyrics, which i really didn't have to, since that was how Johnson wrote it. But I did, thinking that would offend fewer people if i made the video public.

….i made this video unlisted anyway…'cause i wanna share my awful laughter only with you guys. Haha.

Fun song to do.

UkeCan1

A group of us from Brisbane City Sounds chorus went hiking today … and, well, wouldn't you know it, I just happened to bring a ukulele. 😉

I know we're a long way from Christmas, but for us it started last night. Our big holiday concert is Nov 28, and this was the first song worked on - "Feliz Navidad" by José Feliciano. Bonnie remembered we had looked it up and it is from 1970.

Featuring, L-R:

Sheryl (baritone)
Wendy (bari) + Kala Pocket Uke (backpack-friendly)
Daisy (bass)
Deirdre (lead)
Carolyn (bass)
Bonnie (bari)
Lyn (tenor)

That's a whole lotta baritone - the middle harmony part that's supposed to disappear in the mix. (I'm one of them, so it sounds right to me!)

We sing it in G - the sharp-eyed might notice I'm playing F shapes. That's because the Tiny Uke doesn't intonate properly in C, so I tune it up to D: A-D-F#-B.

Barbablanca

Here is my original composition as my contribution to this week's theme. It was inspired by the horrific (and avoidable) floods in the Valencia area last October.

Nearsighted-Lemon-McKay

Here is a "before" song I've always liked, originally performed by Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys.

Before All Hell Beaks Loose.

YorkSteve

Thanks for hosting John! It's van session time again, and I'll go back to 1970, when this one was a hit for Dave Edmunds.

AlanDP

A pop song from 1950 that's kinda silly but fun to sing.

kolibri

Option 2: "Pastime with Good Company" by Henry VIII (early 16th century). Arrangement by Tony Mizen. MsBean (Sabine) has recorded her own version for SOTU 510 a couple of years ago. My entry is played on a steel-string cavaquinho that is tuned DGBE.

AlanDP

This song is more than 400 years old. The last 90 seconds is me explaining the origin of the song and the book I got it from.

CanadaJim

Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker.

I'm not sure what year Jerry Jeff wrote this song, but The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band had a #9 hit with their version in 1970.

CanadaJim

HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY - Bobby Braddock & Curly Putman

Choice #1 - George Jones' 1980 hit song

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